Leadership: An Integrative Approach Yaschira E. Rodriguez-Cuevas LDR/531 March 10th, 2012 Professor Miguel Rodriguez Carrasquillo Leadership: An Integrative Approach Leadership, as stated by Yukl (2010), is a multifaceted concept that has kept a passionate interest among its followers and people since it takes into account the characteristics of the leaders, followers and the surrounding environment
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the American Psychological Association 0021-9010/08/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.93.2.453 Employee Resistance to Organizational Change: Managerial Influence Tactics and Leader–Member Exchange Stacie A. Furst University of Cincinnati Daniel M. Cable The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The authors explored the relationship between managerial influence tactics and employee resistance to organizational change. Using attribution theory, the authors developed a series of hypotheses
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present various findings on the styles of leadership and how they contribute to leader effectiveness; to relate implications from classic studies and modern theories of leadership; to discuss the research findings on leadership roles and activities, especially as they relate to successful and effective leaders; and to identify and analyze the skills needed for effective leadership of today’s organizations. II. TEACHING NOTES AND REVIEW OUTLINE A. Leadership roles are changing in today’s dynamic
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Jing Wu jingwu@callutheran.edu LEADERSHIP IN GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS INTRODUCTION In Apple’s offices, where are located at Cupertino, California, IT engineers finished the design of the new iPhone. Then the project would be sent to several Japanese companies and ordered sophisticated core components, such as sensors, blue modules, and chips, for the new product. At the same time, depending on the new design, Apple’s partner at Korea also started producing components of screen and battery. After
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determines the type of leadership, communication, and group dynamics within the organization. The workers perceive this as the quality of work life which directs their degree of motivation. The final outcomes are performance, individual satisfaction, and personal growth and development. All these elements combine to build the model or framework that the organization operates from. Perceived Behavioral Control is the individual’s belief concerning how easy or difficult performing the behavior will be. Pertaining
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Enron Managerial Organization Ismael Cruz University of Phoenix LDR531 Instructor Jerry Kahn 02/27/2012 Enron Managerial Organization Organizational behavior theories help manage organizations with managerial issues, such as Enron, an energy company based in Houston, Texas, as in October 2001, revealed the largest accounting failure and internal financial corruption in U.S. history. Perhaps, the lack of transparency, and dishonest executives cause the company’s failure. The lack of specific
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* sFive Models of Organizational Behavior: Factors | 1)Autocratic | 2)Custodial | 3)Supportive | 4)Collegial | 5)System | Basis of model | Power | Economic resources | Leadership | Partnership | Trust, Community | Managerial orientation | Authority | Money | Support | Team work | Caring,Compassion | Employee orientation | Obedience | Security&Benefits | Job performance | Responsiblebehavior | Psychologicalownership | Employee psychological result | Dependenceonboss | Dependenceonorganization
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Leadership Theories and Models Situational Leadership When discussing situational leadership the best action of the leader varies and relies upon a range of situations. Situational leadership doesn’t just fall into one learning style. There are many factors that affect situational decisions two are motivation and capability of the followers which is determined by the particular situation. Many believe that the perception of the leader and the follower will have an effect on what they do instead
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Leadership Theories One of the leadership theories that influences the way organizations lead their employees is the Participative Leader Theory. Participative leadership is a managerial style that invites input from employees on all company decisions (Root, 2014). The way it works is the team is presented with important information about the main issues of the company. This type of leadership allows the team to input ideas for the direction the company could take to fix the issue. Using
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“Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.” The management role is ‘getting things done by other people’ (Parker Follet, 1941) So management can be described as ‘the process of optimizing human, material and financial contributions or the achievement of organizational goals’. (Pearce and Robinson, 1989) At first glance a manager’s role is to organise, supervise and control people so that there is a productive outcome to work. The managers role
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