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