...ethical leadership? Michel Dion ´ Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada Abstract Purpose – The aim of this study is to know if ethical theories could be connected to some leadership approaches. Design/methodology/approach – In the paper eight leadership approaches are selected: directive leadership, self-leadership, authentic leadership, transactional leadership, shared leadership, charismatic leadership, servant leadership, transformational leadership. Five western ethical theories (philosophical egoism, utilitarianism, Kantianism, ethics of virtue, ethics of responsibility) are analyzed to see to what extent their basic concepts could be connected to one or the other leadership approach. Findings – A given ethical theory (such as philosophical egoism) could be suitable to the components of various leadership approaches. Ethical leadership does not imply that a given leadership approach is reflecting only one ethical theory. Rather, ethical leadership implies that for different reasons, various leadership approaches could agree with the same ethical theory. This is what we could call the “moral flexibility of leadership approaches”. Research limitations/implications – This study focuses on western ethical theories. A similar study should be undertaken for Eastern ethical theories coming from Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, or Daoism. Practical implications – Some dualisms (such as Kantianism-transformational leadership, philosophical egoism-transactional leadership) do...
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...Leadership Approach Paper The leader has the ability to attract and influence any group of people to follow their path to achieve organizational goals have power of authority, make people want to do it but it's really what we as leaders want them to do. In this paper we will discuss the situational leadership theory as an approach to the study of leadership and seeing the strengths and weaknesses of this approach, and an example how it works in the organization. According to Yuki, "common practice is to limit the focus to a leading feature type, ie traits, behavior or power" (Yuki, 2010). In the trait theory, will provide a definition and analyze an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of this approach. Trait Approach Trait approach is defined as "personal attributes (or features) of the leaders, as the characteristics, skills and physical values and personality" (Fleenor, 2006). The idea behind early research was that some people were born traits that allowed them to be leaders, researchers have created lists describe the character traits of leaders. Individuals and lists of character traits are compared to determine the success or failure of such person in a leadership role. Strengths Trait approach to leadership research has some clear advantages. This approach maintains the idea that the leaders of this world are in the open and head. Leaders, consistently been transmitted are different from the villages, and have characteristics that differentiate them from others...
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...II Common: Communication Differences: We all had very specific differences that we wanted to work on for self-improvement that will lead to Air Force improvements. Such as: Ethical Leadership, Negotiations, Contemporary Motivation, Discipline, Adaptability, Team Roles, Transformational Leadership, Followership, Team Dynamics 2. Based on feedback, what to change in PLDP A. Common: Not many changes are needed to PLDPs as the development of them was effective during the course Differences: Some of took a situational approach and some of us focused on overarching personal identities. 3. How will our PLDP affect our workcenter? Common: Communications, task versus relationship orientations, team dynamics, implementation of new tools like DDP Differences: N/A 4. Getting feedback: Common: How can I improve? Differences: Unlimited feedback, how my personality affects people 5. Giving Feedback: Common: Always gave feedback, but could use more tact, we have far more information on what is valuable for feedback Differences: Need to be more adaptable 6. Making decisions, adapt to uncertainty, conserve resources Common: Leadership development and the 3 elements of adaptability will improve all areas with ethical approaches, Differences: Took more value out of team approaches to all of these situations. 7. Encouragement in work center: Common: Empowerment – situations handled at the appropriate level, encourage subordinates to handle situations at their...
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...article: Sexual harassment Sexual harassment is behavior that denigrates or mistreats an individual due to his or her gender, creates an offensive workplace, and interferes with an individual being able to do the job.[17] Teams[edit] Main article: Team Job-related attitudes and emotions[edit] Organizational behavior deals with employee attitudes and feelings. Job satisfaction is the feelings one has about the job or facets of the job, such as pay or supervision[18] Organizational commitment is the extent to which employees feel attachment to their organization.[19] Emotional labor concerns the requirement that employees display certain emotions, like smiling at customers.[20] Leadership[edit] Main article: Leadership There have been a number of approaches and theories that concern leadership. Early theories focused on characteristics of leaders, while later theories focused on leader behavior, and conditions under which...
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...RUNNING HEAD: LEADERSHIP APPROACH PAPER Leadership Approach Paper University of Phoenix LDR 531/ Organizational Leadership March 31, 2013 Leadership Approach Research on leadership has been occurring for centuries and has continued to evolve over the course of time. So much research is available that it is necessary to categorize it to emphasize potential relationships that tie them together. According to Yuki, "common practice is to limit the focus to one type of leader characteristic, namely traits, behavior, or power" (Yuki, 2010, p. 13). Focusing on the trait approach, a definition will be provided and an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of this approach will be discussed. Trait Approach Trait approach is defined as "personal attributes (or traits) of leaders, such as physical and personality characteristics, competencies, and values"(Fleenor, 2006, p. 830). The idea behind early research was that certain people had traits from birth that enabled them to be leaders. Researchers have created lists to describe the character traits...
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...TERMS OF REFERENCE Element 010 – Assignment, 800 words This paper is intended to discuss how leadership behavior, [and] may influence (positively or negatively) motivation of individuals in organisations as well as identifying and critically discussing traditional and contemporary theory. Module lecturer Lleanna Pereira Organisational Behaviour-MOD001120 Anglia Ruskin University November 12, 2015 i TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction…………………………………………………………1 Transactional Approach…………………………………………….2 Transformational Approach………………………………………...2 Validation of Self Concept…………………………………………3 Mission or Vision Approaches……………………………………..3 Building Commitment……………………………………………...3 Leadership as a Behaviour…………………………………………4 Conclusion…………………………………………………………4 References…………………………………………………………5 Bibliography……………………………………………………….6 ii INTRODUCTION Leadership can be defined as a relationship through which one person influences the behavior or actions of other people (Mullins, 2013). Motivation is the driving force within individuals by which they attempt to achieve some goal in order to fulfil some need or expectation (Mullins, 2013). Leadership behavior is the behavior of leaders that influences the motivation of individuals to achieve the desired need or expectation. Through this interrelationship, we can demonstrate how different types of leadership approaches can tap into the five sources of motivation, namely intrinsic process, instrumental, self-concept external...
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...Leadership Development Options and Approaches This is not a research paper or a sales pitch. It is a discussion document, which may help you with your thought formation on the subject of leadership development. Introduction Developing great leaders is one of the greatest challenges for current leaders. This is not only a component of succession planning, it is a obligation, in the form of passing a legacy from one generation of leaders to the next. When we accept that great leaders are not born, they are developed, we begin to think differently about how we can invest in others to grow leadership capacity. When we accept that leadership capacity drives business outcomes and our customer experience, we begin to think differently about the urgency and priority we must give to expanding leadership capacity. Today. Challenge Extend leadership capacity through a robust and innovative leadership development initiative: • Leadership team understanding. • Leadership commitment. • Connection to key business goals. • Adaptable for today’s fast changing business environment. • Outcome and results driven. Options Leadership development today is a more complex proposition than it has been in times past. The options we will look at in this White Paper are ideas, recommendations and suggestions, rather than turn-key solutions. We will look at options through a four-phase approach. We will also consider that development is hierarchical, meaning, content builds...
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...Abstract Reviewing Leadership by Banks and Ledbetter looks to review and evaluate the concept of leadership in our culture today. Initially the book looks to the rise in the interest of leadership and the development of leadership within churches. The book also delves into trends and societal issues while it forecasts that the central theme of leadership is the concept of values. On the other hand, the authors look to see how some people's faith affects their approach about leadership and use the example of the Apostle Paul. After the book addresses the interest in leadership today it looks to provide Biblical contemporary and historical aspects of leadership. The Biblical and contemporary aspects that Banks and Ledbetter include are Benedictine tradition, Lutheran, Presbyterian and Pentecostal; and contingency and transformational. Banks and Ledbetter state “[s]uch approaches have their basis in an institutional setting-primarily the church or a religious order-that was influenced explicitly or implicitly by a particular set of theological convictions” (2004, p. 28). Next the Authors address the spiritual and religious dimensions that leadership offers. In this chapter the authors look at spiritual dimensions of leadership characterized by Vaclav Havel and accordingly two basic Christian approaches to leadership. In the chapter following the spiritual and religious dimensions, Banks and Ledbetter look into the faith-based approaches to leadership. In this portion of the...
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...Whittington for exam Question: What is strategy? There is not much agreement about strategy in other textbooks. Rather than taking ‘strategic management’ for granted, this book starts from the basic question ‘what is strategy anyway?’. Four basic conceptions of strategy are introduced which all have different implications for how to go about ‘doing strategy’. Each perspective has its own view of strategy and how it matters for managerial practice. The Classical approach gives the textbook answers. - Classicists broadly see strategy as a rational process of long-term planning, vital to securing the future. - Evolutionists usually regard the future as too volatile and unpredictable to plan for, and warn that the best strategy is to concentrate on maximizing changes of survival today. - Processualists too doubt the value of rational long-term planning, seeing strategy best as an emergent process of learning and adaptation. - Systemic theorists take a relativist position, arguing that the forms and goals of strategy-making depend particularly on social context, and that strategy should therefore be undertaken with sociological sensitivity. These are four starkly different perspectives (p. 119), but it is the Systemic sensibility that helps us finally to choose. For the Systemic strategist, effectiveness depends upon understanding context and playing by local rules. Classical, evolutionary, processual, they can all take place in some conditions. There is no one...
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...MGT/307 Organizational Behavior and Group Dynamic December 19, 2009 George Beaini Leadership is the ability to influence a group toward the achievement of a vision or set of goals. The source of this influence may be formal, such as that provided by the possession of managerial rank in an organization (Robbins & Judge, 2009). Because management positions come with some degree of formally designated authority, a person may assume a leadership role simply because of the position he or she holds in the organization. Leaders establish direction by developing a vision of the future; then they align people by communicating this vision and inspiring them to overcome hurdles (Robbins & Judge, 2009). Throughout history strong leaders have been described in terms of their traits, trait theories of leadership differentiate leaders from non-leaders by focusing on personal qualities and characteristics. Different studies identified nearly 80 leadership traits, but only 5 of these traits were common in 4 or more studies (Robbins & Judge, 2009). A breakthrough of these studies came when researchers began organizing traits around the Big Five personality framework. It became clear that most of the dozens of traits emerging in various leadership reviews could be submitted under one of the Big Five and that this approach resulted in consistent and strong support for traits as predictors of leadership (Robbins & Judge, 2009). Extraversion is the most important trait of effective leaders when...
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...Running Head: EFFECTIVE APPROACHES IN LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT Effective Approaches in Leadership and Management: Nursing Staff Ratio Yu Chen Grand Canyon University: NRS-451V Nursing Leadership and Management October 11, 2015 Effective Approaches in Leadership and Management: Nursing Staff Ratio Introduction Identifying and maintaining the appropriate number and mix of nursing staff is critical to the delivery of quality patient care (American Nurses Association, 2015). Staffing issue is very important simply because this ongoing concern affects the quality of health care service, the safety of both patients and nurses. Many research shows that adequate staff ratio has close relationship with patients’ safety and recovery time of period. In this paper, different nursing leadership and approaches are discussed. Skills and methods employed by leaders and managers to address staff issue are described. My preferred approach is also presented. The Importance of the Issue The benefits and importance to maintain s safe staffing ratio is never underestimated. • Relieve nurses from overload, fatigue and burnout so that they can focus on work to reduce medical and medication errors • Plenty of nurses can provide better service and attention to patients so that complications will be decreased • Mortality could be decreased due to more frequent monitoring of patients’ health condition and prompt response from on-duty nurses and doctors ...
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...Four Models of Leadership Lisa S. Patrick University of Phoenix Four Leadership Models There are theories that suggest characteristics, behaviors and relationships that inspire and create effective leaders and followers within organizations. The Trait Leadership Model, Behavior Leadership Model, Situational Leadership Model, and Charismatic Leadership Model provide assumptions built on theories from approaches that incorporate characteristics, leader behaviors, outcomes affected by situations and how leader relationships inspire change in an organization. Differences and similarities exist among these approaches and may address some of the contemporary leadership and challenges in organizations. Trait Leadership Model The Trait Model examined specific traits researchers believed were associated with leadership and focused on the innate characteristics that make good leaders. This body of research included theories that “leaders were born and not made” (Clawson, 2006, p. 379) in the “Great Man” Theory of Leadership. Kouzes (2003) believes that to view a few men and woman as innate greatness is wrong and that heroes do exists in organizations. Other Theorists like Stogdill’s Leadership Traits, Maccobys Leader, and John Gardner’s Leaders noted characteristics believed to make great leaders. Stogdill believed leaders were strong, task-oriented, confident, handled stress, and accepted responsibility for actions were qualities of a good leader (Clawson, 2006; Clemers...
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... important? How does the emphasis change as one progress in career? Q. 4: In today’s environment, which is more important to organizations efficiency or effectiveness. Explain your choice? Q. 5 (a): What are the three major roles of a manager? (b): What are the three levels of management? How are the roles being transformed? [ c) How do the changing environmental conditions alter the management and HR priorities. Management History – module Chap 1 Q. 6: What is the difference in management theories presented by Fredrick Taylor and Henry Fayol? Q. 7: What are the major elements in the Classical Management, Behavioral Management, and Quantitative Management perspectives? How are these approaches similar and how are they different? Q. 8: When managers apply the Contingency Theory? Q. 9: Why has Weber’s bureaucracy developed a bad reputation? How can modern managers use bureaucracy management to streamline their organization? Q.10: What were the experiments which were conducted during the “Hawthorne Experiment”. Discuss the benefits of these experiments? Managing in a Global Environ- Chap 3 Decision-making – Chapter 7 Q. 11: What are the programmed and non-programmed decisions, and why do top mangers usually tackle the non-programmed decisions? Q. 12: What are bounded rationality, maximizing, satisficing and optimizing; and how do they influence...
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...19 20 Economic Performance and Issues of Major Regions Established Economies Emerging Economies Developing Economies on the Verge 20 20 22 26 The World of International Management—Revisited 30 Summary of Key Points 32 Key Terms 32 Review and Discussion Questions 32 Answers to the In-Chapter Quiz 33 Internet Exercise: Global Competition in Fast Food 33 In the International Spotlight: India 2 Globalization and International Linkages 34 The Political, Legal, and Technological Environment 36 The World of International Management: Social Media and the Pace of Change 36 Political Environment Ideologies Political Systems 38 39 41 Legal and Regulatory Environment Basic Principles of International Law Examples of Legal and Regulatory Issues Privatization Regulation of Trade and Investment 44 44 45 48 50 Technological Environment and Global Shifts in Production Trends in Technology, Communication, and Innovation 51 51 xvii xviii Table of Contents Biotechnology 53 E-Business 54 Telecommunications 55 Technological Advancements, Outsourcing, and Offshoring 56 The World of International Management—Revisited...
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...TEACHING OBJECTIVES To 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, global environment. 1. Experts state that five key leadership roles will be essential for successful managers in the next decade: a. providing a strategic vision to motivate and inspire; b. empowering employees; c. accumulating and sharing internal knowledge; d. gathering and integrating external information; and e. challenging the status quo. 2. New trends, such as telecommuting, virtual organizations, and technological advances, affect the practice and study of leadership. B. A leader’s “style” refers to the way in which he or she influences followers. Classic studies and modern theories have implications for leader style. 1. The Hawthorne studies and McGregor’s Theories X and Y delineation drew attention to the need for humanistic styles of leadership. 2. The Iowa studies examined the impact of autocratic...
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