Leadership In Organizational Settings

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Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behaviour
Individual Behaviour
Perceiving Ourselves and Others in Organizations
Workplace Emotions
Foundations of Employee Motivation
Applied Performance Practices
Decision Making and Creativity
Team Dynamics
Communicating in Organizations
Power and Influence in the Workplace
Conflict and Negotiation in the Workplace
Leadership in Organizational Settings
Designing Organizational Structures
Organizational Culture
Organizational Change

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Leadership is about influencing, motivating, and enabling others to contribute towards organizational effectiveness and success of the organizations of which they are members.

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In order to be a leader in an organization one must possess coercive authority.

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Shared leadership is the view that leadership is a role. Therefore, anyone in the organization may be a leader in various ways and at various times.

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Shared leadership calls for a collaborative rather than internally competitive culture.

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Unlike the traditional view of leadership, shared leadership lacks formal authority.

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Shared leadership roles are formally assigned by the team.

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Transformational leadership views leaders as change agents.

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The most popular leadership perspective today-and arguably the most important in the domain of leadership-is transactional leadership.

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Transformational leaders are reluctant to encourage experimentation, because it could lead the organization astray.

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Transformational leaders shape a strategic vision of the future that focuses employees on a superordinate organizational goal.

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Transformational leaders frame their vision by setting it aside until the time is right to introduce it again.

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One of the reasons why transformational leaders are so successful at communicating their vision is because they use plain language and avoid symbols, and other vehicles that transcend language.

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Transformational leaders communicate their vision through symbols, metaphors, stories, and other vehicles that transcend plain language.

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Effective transformational leaders "walk the talk" by making meeting agendas, work schedules and other executive symbols, patterns and settings more consistent with the strategic vision.

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Walking the talk assists organizational change by building trust in the leader.

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Transformational leaders encourage employees to continuously question the way things are currently done.

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Transformational leaders support a learning orientation. However, they are reluctant to accept mistakes made by their employees.

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One of the ways that transformational leaders build commitment is by using subtle coercion to encourage employees.

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Effective transformational leaders build commitment towards the strategic vision by using words, symbols, and stories that inspire and energize employees to adopt the vision as their own.

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Some experts believe charisma is an element of transformational leadership.

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