Research Paper

Research Paper

Chapter 14 of your textbook is on the topics of Power, Influence, and Leadership. You will have to demonstrate your knowledge of the course concepts on the above-mentioned topics through your work on the final project.

Leader: Paul Polman

For the final project, please select a person who you consider a “great leader” from the world of business or government/politics (past or present) to conduct your research on. (No fictional characters, professional athletes, movie stars, or cartoon characters).

Research Paper (5 pages):

Provide a brief biography of the person, and their accomplishments.

Identify their leadership style and practices using terms and concepts from the course and from your research.

Identify their personal attributes as they may have applied to their success as a leader. Provide examples from your research.

Discuss why you chose to research them, and what you admire about that person.

Identify what attributes and/or practices of your selected leader that you plan to emulate/take with you into your leadership style.

Your paper should include:

  • A short biography of your leader and their accomplishments.
  • Introduction of the leader.
  • Identification of their style of leadership.
  • Explanation of why you chose that person.
  • The most important things for us to take-away from your research.

This assignment will be graded on:

  • The demonstration of knowledge of assigned content.
  • Ability to follow assignment directions.
  • Professional Communication Skills (written paper in APA format).

Power, Influence, & Leadership From Becoming a Manager to Becoming a Leader

Chapter 14

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Major Questions You Should Be Able to Answer

14.1 I don’t want to be just a manager; I want to be a leader. What’s the difference between the two?

14.2 What does it take to be a successful leader?

14.3 Do effective leaders behave in similar ways?

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Major Questions You Should Be Able to Answer

14.4 How might effective leadership vary according to the situation on hand?

14.5 What does it take to truly inspire people to perform beyond their normal levels?

14.6 If there are many ways to be a leader, which one would describe me best?

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The Nature of Leadership

Leadership

the ability to influence employees to voluntarily pursue organizational gains

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Characteristics of Being a Manager & a Leader

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Table 14.1

Being a Manager: Coping with Complexity

Determining what needs to be done – planning and budgeting

Creating arrangements of people to accomplish an agenda – organizing and staffing

Ensuring people do their jobs – controlling and problem solving

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Being a Leader: Coping with Change

Determining what needs to be done – setting a direction

Creating arrangements of people to accomplish an agenda – aligning people

Ensuring people do their jobs – motivating and inspiring

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Five Sources of Power

Legitimate power

results from managers’ formal positions within the organization

Reward power

results from managers’ authority to reward their subordinates

Coercive power

results from managers’ authority to punish their subordinates

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Five Sources of Power (cont.)

Expert power

results from one’s specialized information or expertise

Referent power

derived from one’s personal attraction

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Question

Alex compliments his co-worker Joe on the great job he did on the weekly report, and also informs their mutual boss. Alex is using ______ power.

Legitimate

Referent

Reward

Punishment

 

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The correct answer is “C” – reward power.

 

 

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Tactics for Influencing Others

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The ability to get others to follow your wishes is influence

There are nine ways to try to influence others:

-rational persuasion – convincing someone by using logic, reason, or facts

-inspirational appeals – building enthusiasm or confidence by appeals to emotions, ideals, or values

-consultation – getting others to participate in a decision or change

ingratiating tactics – acting humble or friendly before making a request

-personal appeals – referring to friendship and loyalty when making a request

-exchange tactics – reminding someone of past favors or offering to make a trade

-coalition tactics – getting others to support your effort

-pressure tactics – using demands, threats, or intimidation

-legitimating tactics – basing a request on implied support from superiors, or on rules or policies

 

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Rational persuasion

 

 

Inspirational appeals

 

 

Consultation

 

 

Ingratiating tactics

 

 

Personal appeals

 

 

Exchange tactics

 

 

Coalition tactics

 

 

Pressure tactics

 

 

Legitimating tactics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Five Approaches to Leadership

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Table 14.2

Do Leaders Have Distinctive Personality Characteristics?

Trait approaches to leadership

attempt to identify distinctive characteristics that account for the effectiveness of leaders

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“Dark Side” Traits

Narcissism

having “a self-centered perspective, feelings of superiority, and a drive for personal power and glory

Machiavellianism

displays a cynical view of human nature and condones opportunistic and unethical ways of manipulating people, putting results over principles

Psychopathy

characterized by lack of concern for others, impulsive behavior, and a dearth of remorse when the psychopath’s actions harm others

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Do Women Have Traits that Make Them Better Leaders?

Studies show that women executives score higher than their male counterparts on a variety of measures – from producing high quality work to goal-setting to mentoring employees

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The Lack of Women at the Top

Unwillingness to compete or sacrifice

Modesty

Lack of mentor

Starting out lower, and more likely to quit

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Behavioral Approaches

Behavioral leadership

approaches attempt to determine the distinctive styles used by effective leaders

 

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Task-Oriented Leader Behaviors

Task-oriented leadership behaviors

to ensure that people, equipment, and other resources are used in an efficient way to accomplish the mission of a group or organization

planning, clarifying, monitoring, and problem solving

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Initiating-Structure Leadership

Initiating-structure leadership

leader behavior that organizes and defines—that is, “initiates the structure for”—what employees should be doing to maximize output

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Transactional Leadership

Transactional leadership

focusing on clarifying employees’ roles and task requirements and providing rewards and punishments contingent on performance.

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Relationship-Oriented Leader Behavior

Relationship-oriented leadership

primarily concerned with the leader’s interactions with his or her people

 

Consideration

Empowering leadership

Servant-leadership

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Relationship-Oriented Leader Behavior

Consideration

leader behavior that is concerned with group members’ needs and desires and that is directed at creating mutual respect or trust

Empowering leadership

represents the extent to which a leader creates perceptions of psychological empowerment in others.

Psychological empowerment

employees’ belief that they have control over their work

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Psychological empowerment

Leading for meaningfulness: inspiring and modeling desirable behaviors

Leading for self-determination: delegating meaningful tasks

Leading for competence: supporting and coaching employees

Leading for progress: monitoring and rewarding employees

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Relationship-Oriented Leader Behavior

Participative management (PM)

the process of involving employees in setting goals, making decisions, solving problems, and making changes in the organization

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Servant Leadership

Servant leadership

focuses on providing increased service to others—meeting the goals of both followers and the organization—rather than to oneself.

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Ten Characteristics of the Servant Leader

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Table 14.4

Example: Servant Leadership: Leaders Who Work for the Led

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is cited as being one of the foremost practitioners of servant-style leadership.

 

Schultz has made sure his employees have health insurance and work in a positive environment, and as a result Starbucks has a strong brand following

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Passive Leadership

Passive leadership

form of leadership behavior characterized by a lack of leadership skills

Laissez-faire leadership

a form of “leadership” characterized by a general failure to take responsibility for leading

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Some Practical Implications of the Behavioral Approaches

A leader’s behavior is more important than his or her traits.

There is no one best style of leadership

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The Contingency Leadership Model

Contingency leadership model

determines if a leader’s style is task oriented or relationship-oriented and if that style is effective for the situation at hand

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Dimensions of Situational Control

Leader-member relations

reflects the extent to which the leader has the support, loyalty, and trust of the work group

Task structure

extent to which tasks are routine and easily understood

Position power

refers to how much power a leader has to make work assignments and reward and punish

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Question

Rayford is head of a task force consisting of his peers from other departments in the organization. Rayford has:

High leader-member relations

High task structure

High position power

Low position power

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The correct answer is “D”.

 

 

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Representation of Fiedler’s Contingency Model

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Figure 14.1

The Path-Goal Leadership Model

Path-Goal Leadership Model

holds that the effective leader makes available to followers desirable rewards in the workplace and increases their motivation by clarifying the paths, or behavior, that will help them achieve those goals and providing them with support

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House’s Revised Path-Goal Theory

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Figure 14.2

Leadership Styles of the Revised Path-Goal Theory

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Table 14.5

Does the Revised Path – Goal Theory Work?

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Use more than one leadership style

 

 

Help employees achieve their goals

 

 

Modify leadership style to fit employee and task characteristics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Full-Range Model

Transformational leadership

transforms employees to pursue organizational goals over self-interests

influenced by individual characteristics and organizational culture

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Question

Jim, a manager, uses rewards and discipline to motivate subordinates, but does this as a way of helping them reach their full potential. This is called:

Contingent leadership

Transformational leadership

Developmental consideration

Democratic leadership

 

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The correct answer is “B”

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Key Behaviors of Transformational Leaders

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Transformational leaders have charisma (“kar-riz-muh”), a form of interpersonal

attraction that inspires acceptance and support. At one time, charismatic leadership—

which was assumed to be an individual inspirational and motivational characteristic of

particular leaders

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Inspirational motivation

 

 

Idealized influence

 

 

Individualized consideration

 

 

Intellectual stimulation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Implications of Transformational Leadership

It can improve results for both individuals and groups

It can be used to train employees at any level

It requires ethical leaders

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The Ethical Things Top Managers Should Do to Be Effective Transformational Leaders

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Table 14.6

Additional Perspectives

Leader-Member Exchange (LMX)

emphasizes that leaders have different sorts of relationships with different subordinates

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Additional Perspectives

E-leadership

can involve one-to-one, one-to-many, and within-group and between-group and collective interaction via information technology

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Question

Laura is involved in leading a virtual team with members in Kansas, South Carolina, Chicago, and India. This is an example of __________.

Servant leadership

Shared leadership

Leader-member exchange

E-leadership

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The correct answer is “D” – e-leadership. See previous slide.

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