Leadership Theories Shaleen Brown Capella University The three leadership theories I have opted to write about are The Great Man Theory, Behavioral Theories, and Contingency Theories. The Great Man Theory is the oldest of all leadership theories and has more to do with presumptions made at the turn of the century then actual data. The Behavioral Theories, which are Role Theory and The Managerial Grid reflect what the leader does more than the traits of an individual. The Contingency Theories
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The Right Stuff No two people are the same. Everyone has their own dreams and aspirations, strengths and weaknesses, fears and dreams. What can motivate one person may not appeal to the next, and vice versa. Imagine coaching a high school basketball team. Each member has a position and is responsible for certain tasks, like setting up the offense, rebounding, setting picks, etc. To get the team to practice and play hard, and to execute the game plan, the coach has to motivate the team. Although
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Case Study Analysis Paper 3: A Tale of Two Coaches 1) Through your review of Fiedler's contingency model, would you say that the coaches are matched to their situation? Why or why not? Has this had an impact on their effectiveness? I believe that Coach Knight and Coach K are matched to their situation according to Fiedler’s Contingency Model. Contingency theory suggests that situations can be characterized in terms of three factors: leader–member relations, task structure, and position power
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out, which sought to identify these characteristics. This is known as the Great Man Approach, since being born with these characteristics made you a “great man”. So is it true that leaders are born? Before seeking to answer this question, the theories should be examined. Stodgill (148) and Bass (15) looked at people who had achieved “greatness” and tried to identify traits which they all possessed, and distinguished them from others. They identified 5 main characteristics which consisted with
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The theories of management have evolved over the years. The classical approach is one of the earlier theories in management beginning in the late 1800’s. This theory has two divisions the scientific approach and the administrative approach. The scientific approach to this theory is how to better make the mechanical side of the business more efficient and profitable. This approach was also responsible for encouraging employees to use the one best way to accomplish a task. In comparison with the behavioral
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Carsondra D. Grimes Introduction to Legal Analysis and Writing, PA 205-01 Professor May 3, 2011 The theories of management have evolved over the years. The classical approach is one of the earlier theories in management beginning in the late 1800’s. This theory has two divisions the scientific approach and the administrative approach. The scientific approach to this theory is how to better make the mechanical side of the business more efficient and profitable. This approach was also responsible
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Strategies To understand more about the concepts of leadership it is essential to know more about the leadership theories that exist. Like leadership itself, leadership theories are hard to define. There are so many different theories of leadership exist. However most of these theories can be classified under the following set of leadership theories. Great Man Theories Great man theories state that leaders are born not made. In other words leaders are somewhat considered heroic. This implies that
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Fiedler, 1995). According to Ayman, Chemers, and Fiedler (1995), “the model’s constructs are: (1) leader’s characteristics, (2) situational control, and (3) leadership effectiveness” (p. 288). Ayman, Chemers, and Fiedler’s conclusion is that contingency model of leadership has been in practice and aided by research for the last thirty years. They revised the strengths and weaknesses of the model. According to Ayman, Chemers, and Fiedler (1995): The greatest strengths of the model reside in:
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Janette Hurst Module Leader Singapore: Jasmine Puah Table of Contents Introduction 3 Trait Approach to Leadership Theory 3 Advantages of Trait Approach 4 Disadvantages of Trait Approach 4 Situational and Contingency Approach 6 Fiedler’s Contingency Theory: 7 Advantages of Fiedler’s Contingency Model 9 Disadvantages of Fiedler’s Contingency Model 9 Harsey-Blanchard Situational Leadership 10 Advantages and Disadvantages of Hersey-Blanchard Situational Leadership Model
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Contingency theory Assumption that different styles and leaders are appropriate for various situations. Democratic leadership Leader includes subordinates in decision making. Fiedler’s theory of leadership Proposal that success of task– or person– centered leader depends on relationships between the leader and subordinates, the degree that subordinates’ tasks are easily and clearly defined, and the officially granted organizational power of the leader. Fundamental attribution error Assumption
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