3.2 Leadership, management

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What is leadership?

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A relationship through which one person influences the behaviour or actions of others.

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What are the traditional views of leadership?

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Command and control, decision making.

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What are the modern views of leadership?

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Inspiring employees, creating a vision, shaping core values and culture, building effective teams.

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Why is leadership important?

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Changing organisational structures, flatter delegation, teamwork, focus on quality assurance, coaching, support, empowerment, rapid change.

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How are leaders and management linked?

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Leaders inspire people, build relationships, take risks, and have followers. Managers enact the plan, use authority, manage risks, and have subordinates.

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What is authoritarian management?

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Power with the manager, top-down communication, formal systems, command control, use of rewards and penalties, little delegation.

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What is paternalistic management?

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Leader decides what is best for employees, akin to a parent/child relationship, little delegation, softer form of authoritarian leadership.

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What is democratic management?

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Power within the group, shared leadership functions, greater employee involvement, delegation, and consultation.

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What is laissez-faire management?

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Leader has little input, decision to delegate power, managers have freedom, effective when staff are ready and willing to take responsibility.

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What is the Tannenbaum and Schmidt continuum?

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A continuum of leadership behaviour representing a range of action related to the degree of authority used by the manager and area of freedom available to non-managers.