Bus 119 Principles Of Personal Organizational Leadership

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Bus 119 – Principles of Personal & Organizational Leadership Overview – Suggested and Required Actions for this week • Post your introduction – What would you like us to know about you? • Read Chapters 1 & 2 in your text book • 2 Discussion Questions – Original Posts – Due by Thursday, 11:59 pm • Respond to at least 2 classmates for each question – Due by Monday 11:59 pm • Leadership Journal Northouse, P. G. (2018). Introduction to leadership: Concepts and practice (4 ed.). Retrieved from This textbook is a ConstellationTM Course digital materials (CDM) title. This week students will 1. Define leadership. 2. Identify key characteristics associated with effective practice of leadership. 3. Explore the impact of definitions and traits on the study of leadership.

Activity Due Date Format Grading Percent Read Chapters 1 & 2 Post Your Introduction Day 1 Discussion 2 Conceptualizing Leadership Questionnaire Day 3 (1st post) Discussion 3 Respond to at least 2 classmates’ posts Day 7 Discussion Part of 3 above Leadership Lessons Day 3 (1st post) Discussion 3 Respond to at least 2 classmates’ posts Day 7 Discussion Part of 3 above Leadership Journal Day 6 500 to 1,000 words 6

“Leadership is a process of social influence which maximizes efforts of others towards achievement of a goal” (Kruse, 2013, para. 1). What is leadership? Leadership has nothing to do with seniority or one’s position in the hierarchy of a company. Leadership has nothing to do with titles. Leadership has nothing to do with personal attributes.

KEY LEADERSHIP PARADIGMS Just as every other field of study changes with time so too is the field of leadership study changing. Consider the following changes in thinking regarding leadership: Traditional Contemporary Departments System Fragmented, Specialized Connected, Flexible Authority, Decision Level Empower, Facilitation Control Envision Permanent, Growing Temporary, Trimmed Pyramid Flat Cost Cutting Social Sensitivity

WHAT IS LEADERSHIP? Ask 20 people the question “What is leadership?†and you may get 30 different answers. If we examine the differences we receive, we may be able to identify a few themes, from which we may be able to construct a rough definition.

Here are the themes we receive back: leading – setting direction, pace, and rhythm toward a vision leader – one who is setting the direction, pace, and rhythm toward a vision So then leadership – the ability to set direction, pace, and rhythm, and organize and motivate supporters, subordinates, and/or populations toward achieving the vision. So leadership is a term that is somewhat difficult to set in fixed terms. We may often hear people say, “I can’t define it, but I know it when I see it.†If we can agree that leadership is the ability to help individuals achieve a goal, then we can set some fixed aspects of leadership. Here are some items to remember throughout this class that will help frame our study of leadership: 1. Leadership must excite movement toward a goal or vision. 2. The approach and methods used by the leader are the leader’s leadership style. 3. Leadership style is influenced by the leader’s personality. 4. A leader may and probably will use more than one style to lead. 5. A leader’s leadership style often reflects how they feel about their followers.

WHAT IS LEADERSHIP? (CONTINUED) KEY TERMS You may be asked to use these terms in Discussion Board responses or your assignment for the week.

• Term: Authentic Leadership - An emerging leadership approach that looks at the authenticity of leaders and their leadership
• Behavior Approach - an approach to leadership research that focuses on behavior and examines what leaders do and how they act
• Contingency Theory - a leadership theory that focuses on the match between the leader’s style and specific situational variables
• “Great Man†Theories - early trait theories of leadership that focused on identifying the innate qualities and characteristics possessed by great social, political, and military leaders (Northouse, 2018)
• Term: Leadership - a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal
• Path-goal Theory - a leadership theory that examines how leaders use employee motivation to enhance performance and satisfaction
• Relational Approach - an approach to leadership research that examines the nature of relations between leaders and followers
• Servant Leadership - an emerging leadership approach that emphasizes the “caring principle†with leaders as “servants†who focus on their followers’ needs in order to help these followers become more autonomous, knowledgeable, and like servants themselves (Northouse, 2018)
• Term: Situational Approach - an approach to leadership research based on the premise that different situations demand different kinds of leadership
• Spiritual Leadership - an emerging leadership approach that examines how leaders use values, a sense of “calling,†and membership to motivate followers
• Task Behaviors - behaviors used by leaders to get the job done
• Trait - a distinguishing personal quality that is often inherited (e.g., intelligence, confidence, charisma, determination, sociability, or integrity)
• Trait Approach - an approach to leadership research that focuses on identifying the innate qualities and characteristics possessed by individuals (see also “Great Man†theories)

KEY TERMS (CONTINUED) (Northouse, 2018) FSB APA GUIDANCE Please use the FSB APA Guidance located in your classroom.

References

• Kruse, K. (2013, April 9). What is leadership? Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenkruse/2013/04/09/what-is-leadership/
• Northouse, P. G. (2018). Introduction to leadership: Concepts and practice (4th ed.). SAGE Publications.