Leadership Principles and Skills: Understanding Bass' Theory and Practical Applications, Summaries of Mathematics

Download Leadership Principles and Skills: Understanding Bass' Theory and Practical Applications and more Summaries Mathematics in PDF only on Docsity! Module 3: Basic Leadership Principles and Skills Lecture: Basic Leadership Principles and Skills 1. Leadership a. Definition ¢ Leadership is a process by which a person influences others to accomplish an objective or task, or sway their decision and opinions’; * Leadership also means to direct the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent; or to influence a group of individuals to reach a common goal.” b. Two types of Leadership * Process leadership® - these are leaders that acquires their leadership skills and knowledge thru leadership training, workshop and seminars; © Trait leadership - a common knowledge that leaders are born and not made. c. Four Factors of Leadership* ¢ Leader - You must have an honest understanding of who you are, what you know, and what you can do as a leader to be able to lead effectively; Followers - they are the direct recipient of leadership * Communication - there must be continuous and two-way communication between leaders and followers and much of it is nonverbal in form; Situation - the circumstance when the leadership is exercised and followed. No situations are the same. You must always use your judgment to decide the best course of action and style needed for each situation. d. Legitimacy of Leadership® ¢ Assigned Leadership - the authority to lead is vested in a particular position a leader occupies like a manager, supervisor, lead, etc; ¢ Emergent Leadership - the authority to lead comes directly from the follower who thinks that the group’s goal could be best achieved under your leadership. 2. Bass' Theory of Leadership*® * Daft. Richard L. (2008). The Leadership Experience, 4" Edition. Thomson South-Western. Ohio. U.S.A. p 1 ? Ibid * Northouse, Peter Guy, G. (2008). Leadership: Theory and Practice | 5™ Edition. SAGE Publication. California. U.S.A. p.5 *Talloo, Thelma, J. (2007). Business Organization and Management: For B. Com Course of University of Delhi. Tata Mc Graw Hill. New Delhi p. 49 ® Rowe, W. Glenn et al. (2011). Cases in Leadership: 2" Edition. SAGE Publications, Inc. California, U.S.A. p. 3 ° Bass, Bernard M. (1998). Transformation Leadership: Industrial, Military and Educational Impact. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. New Jersey U.S.A. p. 18 a. Bass' theory of leadership list down the three basic ways to explain how people become leaders: © Trait theory - some personality traits may lead people to be appointed or led naturally into leadership roles; * Great Events Theory - a crisis or important event may cause a person to be appointed or assumed leadership role; * Process Leadership theory - basically argues that people can learn leadership skills. 3. Leadership Models a. Leadership models help us to know what makes leaders act the way they do: © Four Framework Approach:’ 1. Leaders display leadership behaviors in one of four types of frameworks: Structural, Human Resource, Political, or Symbolic. a. Structural Framework i. The leader is a social architect whose leadership style is to analyze and design course of action. They focus on structure, strategy, environment, implementation, experimentation, and adaptation. b. Human Resource Framework i. The leader is a catalyst and servant whose leadership style is to support, advocator and _ promotes empowerment. c. Political Framework i. The leadership style is based on coalition and building alliances. d. Symbolic Framework i. The leader serves as a prophet, whose leadership style is inspiration. 4. What makes a person want to follow a leader? a. People want to be guided by those they respect and who have a clear sense of direction. 5. The Two Most Important Keys to Effective Leadership a. Trust and confidence b. Effective communication 6. Principles of Good Leadership*® a. Know yourself and seek self-improvement 7Talloo. Ibid. p. 132 ® Generalized reflection during the AdU NSTP Instructors Team Building | Caliraya, Lumban, Laguna dated June 24- 25, 2011