Organizational Leadership

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Organizational Leadership

• MSE180 5/20/02

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Organizational Decision Making
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The Nature of Decisions in Organizations

• Usually no clear right or wrong answers
• Usually rely as much on buy in as making a good
  decision
• Often, effects are hard to isolate measure
• Are not singular they must be managed

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3 Ways to Get Things Done

• Hierarchy
• Culture
• Power/influence

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Carlys Last Stand

• What were the consequences of HPs decision to
  merge with Compaq?
• How did Carly manage them?

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Leadership

• Name some of the best leaders ever

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Leadership

• Why were they effective?

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Leadership

• The ability to influence employees to go above
  and beyond mechanical compliance with the routine
  directives of the organization
• (Katz Kahn, 1978)

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The Leadership Debate

• Personality
• v.s
• Situation

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Personality based view...

• Hard to define the right set of traits
• Most of us arent ...
• The advice build charisma isnt very useful
• Leadership IS primarily situational

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Transactional Theories

• Leadership Style
• Initiation of structure ()
• Consideration (?)
• Contingency Theory
• Type of work
• Size of organization
• Structure
• External environment
• Etc.

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Current Leadership Models

• Focus on
• What do leaders DO?
• HOW can people be effective doing these behaviors?

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Leadership Style Survey

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Leadership Style

• Transactional
• provides structure
• exhibits concern interpersonal support
• Transformational
• shared responsibility teams
• continuous development of individuals
• focus on a common vision

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Video John Chambers

• Is Chambers a leader or manager? Why?
• If hes a leader, what kind of leader is he?
• How much of his success is situation vs. style?
• Would you expect him to be able to effect
  dramatic change at Cisco?
• Would you like to work with/for him?
• Would you like to have him as an employee?

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Transformational Leadership

• Attention through vision
• Meaning through communication
• Trust through action
• Positive self-regard
• confidence in oneself
• focused on the goal
• doesnt think about failure

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For Next Time

• Individual papers due AT 1000AM (others will be
  considered late)
• Surveys for study participation due
• Read
• OReilly
• Schein (skim)
• Peters
• Making of A Bad Cop - Discussion