This document summarizes leadership theories and models, including: Hersey and Blanchard's model of leadership styles; the leader-participation model; the path-goal model; contingency theories like Fiedler's model; and the five dimensions of trust in leadership - integrity, competence, consistency, loyalty, and truthfulness. It examines traits, styles, behaviors and situational factors that influence effective leadership.
This document summarizes leadership theories and models, including: Hersey and Blanchard's model of leadership styles; the leader-participation model; the path-goal model; contingency theories like Fiedler's model; and the five dimensions of trust in leadership - integrity, competence, consistency, loyalty, and truthfulness. It examines traits, styles, behaviors and situational factors that influence effective leadership.
This document summarizes leadership theories and models, including: Hersey and Blanchard's model of leadership styles; the leader-participation model; the path-goal model; contingency theories like Fiedler's model; and the five dimensions of trust in leadership - integrity, competence, consistency, loyalty, and truthfulness. It examines traits, styles, behaviors and situational factors that influence effective leadership.
This document summarizes leadership theories and models, including: Hersey and Blanchard's model of leadership styles; the leader-participation model; the path-goal model; contingency theories like Fiedler's model; and the five dimensions of trust in leadership - integrity, competence, consistency, loyalty, and truthfulness. It examines traits, styles, behaviors and situational factors that influence effective leadership.
Definition of Leader and Leadership. Hersey and Blanchard’s Model
-focused on followers’ readiness. - Leader is someone who can influence others and who has - Based on 4 leadership styles: telling (high task–low managerial authority. relationship), selling (high task–high relationship), participating (low task–high relationship), and delegating - Leadership is a process of leading a group and influencing (low task–low relationship). that group to achieve its goals - 4 stages of readiness which are unable and unwilling (use telling style); unable but willing (use selling style); able but unwilling (use participative style); and able and willing (use delegating style). Leadership Theories Leader-Participation Model - Early attempts to define leader traits were unsuccessful, -relate leadership behaviour and participation to decision but later attempts found eight traits associated with making leadership. - It uses a decision tree format with seven contingencies and - Eight traits are drive, desire to lead, honesty and integrity, five alternative leadership styles. self-confidence, intelligence, job relevant knowledge, Path-Goal Model extraversion and proneness to guilt. -identified four leadership behaviours: directive, supportive, - The University of Iowa studies explored three leadership participative, and achievement-oriented. styles which are democratic style, autocratic style and - the model suggest that a leader should provide direction Laissez-faire style. However, democratic style was most and support as needed; that is, structure the path so the effective. followers can achieve goals. - The Ohio State studies identified two dimensions of leader behaviour which are initiating structure and consideration. Modern Views of Leadership and Issues Leader with both behaviours likely achieved high group - A transactional leader exchanges rewards for productivity task performance and satisfaction. where a transformational leader stimulates and inspires - While University of Michigan studies conclude that followers to achieve goals. employee-oriented leaders and production-oriented - 2 priorities of team leader: manage the team’s external leaders on leadership behaviours. They found out that boundary and facilitate the team process. employee-oriented have high group productivity and - 4 roles of leader: liaison with external constituencies, satisfaction. trouble-shooter, conflict manager, and coach. - Lastly, the Managerial Grid looked at leaders’ concern for Issues production and concern for people and identified five -Major issues are employee empowerment, national leader styles. culture, and emotional intelligence. - In conclusion, leader behaviour will be main on two nature - To cope with situation, leader should adjust their styles as which are focus on task and people. it to fit in and ensure process run.
Four Major Contingency Leadership Theories Essence of Leadership
Fiedler’s Model - The five dimensions of trust include integrity, competence, -This model measured leader style which are relationship consistency, loyalty, and truthfulness. oriented or task oriented using the least-preferred co- -Integrity deal with honesty and truthfulness, while worker questionnaire. competence involve technical and interpersonal skills. - Three contingency dimensions defined : leader-member -Consistency relates to reliability of individual doing their relations, task structure, and position power. task._ - The model suggests that task-oriented leaders performed -Loyalty is an individual’s willingness to protect and save face best in very favourable and very unfavourable situations, for another person. and relationship-oriented leaders performed best in moderately favourable situations.