MGT 164 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ower, Neocortex, Ahold

• School: UCSD
• Department: Management, Rady School of
• Course: MGT 164
• Professor: Mary Mc Kay

Document Summary

All over the world, there"s a conversation going on about leadership, and today, you join the discussion. Yet, there is no universal list of characteristics, traits, or behaviors. Leadership is the ability to make those around you better and more productive. - jack clark. A state of discomfort where leaders learn to live comfortably. Expanding your perspective on organizations allows you to expand your perspective on leadership. Key concepts: goals, roles (division of labor), formal relationships. Central focus: alignment of structure with goals and environments. Leadership: social architecture -- differentiation and coordination. Key concepts: needs (motives), capacities (skills), feelings. Central focus: fit between individual and org, align the org to human needs. Key concepts: interests, conflict, power, scarce resources. Central focus: getting and using power, managing conflict to get things. Key concepts: culture, myth, ritual, story, etc. Central focus: building culture, staging organization drama. Everyone as actors and have a role. Leader as prophet gathering community of faithful.