BM chapter 8

Three ways an individual can develop leadership skills

Reading books, working with someone who has leadership ability and study what they do,taking initiative at school, at work, or in club activity

Integrity

holding to principles like honesty, loyalty, and fairness

describe leadership

leadership Provides direction and vision for a company

why do managers use leadership styles?

Because the managers who use leadership styles empower their employees. Will need the input of them because to empower them you give them more power so you cant just run the business and no have their opinions on changes

why are professionals such at engineers usually manage with a free-rein style rather than a autocratic style?

Doctors require communication, it's a key part of their job with autocratic, you answer to no one and only help yourself and you have your own way of taking care of a problem

explain how a leader can use to different leadership styles

They can be a good mix of all of them to make the perfect equilibrium maximizing profits and efficiency. They consult their workers on changes that will change their job, and be firm with orders to make sure that the new responsibility are fulfilled.

what traits must workers have if self managed teams are to operate efficiently and effectively?

They have to be able to work well with others, they must be willing to participate, Learn to help solve their own problems

describe the self manages team approach and the two ways in which such an approach is organized

This start in Japan and moved to the US in 1980's because its success in the originating nation. This Emphasized people working in teams and making the decisions as group lessing the stress on an individual.

describe autocratic, democratic, and free rein leadership styles

autocratic leadership: when you like to run everything yourself and answer to no one democratic leadership: managers and employees work together to make decisions free-rein leadership :requires the leader to set goals for your managers and employees and then leave them alone to get the job done

why do all institutions need leaders?

everything needs leaders so people know who to turn to when something goes south

why is it essential that a leader had integrity

everything needs leaders so people know who to turn to when something goes south

Delegating

giving managers and employees the power to run things and make decisions

democratic leadership

managers and employees work together to make decisions

describe qualities of a leader

motivation, confidence, communication, integrity

leadership

providing direction and vision for a company

free-rein leadership

requires the leader to set goals for your managers and employees and then leave them alone to get the job done

human relations

the ability to communicate with people

Initiative

the desire to take action and get things done

autocratic leadership

when you like to run everything yourself and answer to no one

self-managed teams

work groups that supervise themselves