Leadership

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Leadership

• Ch 13
• Part 2 April 11

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Fiedlers LPC (cont.)
Low LPC most effective when? High LPC most
effective when?
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Applying LPC theory

• Match leader to situation practical
• Evaluation of theory
• Conclusions about leader effectiveness derived
  from many studies
• Criticisms?

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Normative Decision Theory (Vroom Yago)

• Another contingency theory, focused on styles of
  participative decision making
• Prescriptive theory indicating which of 5 styles
  a leader should adopt based on decision tree
• Autocratic (2 types)
• Consultative (2 types)
• Group decision (1 type)

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Normative Decision Theory (cont.)

• Follow decision tree, questions related to
  quality of decision needed and acceptance of
  decision
• Evaluation of theory?

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Self-Leadership

• Idea that there are substitutes for leadership,
  may not need leader position anymore
• What 3 things could substitute?
• How well do these variables predict important
  outcomes?

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Gender Ldship

• Gender diffs in leadership styles?
• Eagleys meta-analysis no diffs in task v
  person orientation, but
• What is the exception?
• Why? Potential explanations?

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Culture Ldship

• Various leadership styles effective across
  cultures?
• Cultural values affect preference for style
• How so?
• Many theories appear to hold across culture in
  predicting leader effectiveness

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Sternberg article

• Effective leaders synthesize creativity,
  intelligence, wisdom
• His views on whether these are innate?
• Importance of attitudes for each dimension?
• 1. Creativity
• 10 elements of creative attitude for ldship

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(cont.)

• Types of creative leadership range from
  conceptual replication to redirection and
  synthesis
• 2. Intelligence focus on academic practical
• Not a straightforward relation betw academic
  intell leadership
• Importance of practical intell

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(cont.)

• 3. Wisdom balance own, others, and orgs
  interests
• Characteristics?
• Synthesis of 3 components will lead to giftedness
  in leadership
• Can assess train this in children