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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR - II
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DR. S. SRINIVASAN
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, VGSOM, IIT KHARAGPUR
Module 02:
Lecture 05 : Teamwork and Leadership
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR - II
Teamwork and Leadership
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In the earlier lecture we discussed on the effectiveness of team
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and teamwork process.
Now, we shall discuss on teamwork and leadership.
As quoted by Ronald Reagan, the former President of America -

‘‘The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the
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greatest things. He is one that gets the people to do the greatest
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things.’’
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Leadership and teamwork have direct impact on the performance of a

team and for an organization to achieve its goal.
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Leadership is important to ensure the direction of work of a team
towards the goal.
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Importance of Leadership in Teamwork
Importance of leadership are :

 It provides a clear vision for the team.
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 It provides a strategy for achieving the vision.
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 It motivates team members to introduce required change.
 It helps challenging the team to solve conflict effectively.
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 It monitors progress and directs the team to keep them on track.
Importance of Leadership in Teamwork
Importance of leadership are :

 It influences the behaviour of the member.
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 It helps employees in fulfilling the needs.
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 It helps for training and development of team members.
 It helps to build up morale among the members.
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Types of Leadership in Teamwork
Democratic or Formal and

Participative informal
Leadership Types
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Transactional Transformational
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Strategic
Autocratic
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Bureaucratic Laissez-Faire
Charismatic
Types of Leadership Style
 Democratic Leadership or Participative Leadership:
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Democratic leadership also known as participative or shared
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leadership can win easily confidence, co-operation and loyalty as
well as initiative of the group. Members of the team take more
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participative role in the decision-making process.
 Transactional leadership:
Transactional leaders depend on self motivated people who work well
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in a structured environment. These managers reward their employees
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for precisely the work they do.
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These leaders seeks to motivate and inspire members, workers in the
team to influence rather than direct others.
 Autocratic leadership:
 Autocratic or Dictatorial Leadership:
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The leader assumes full responsibility for all actions. He exercises control
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over all decisions and little input from team members. Typically makes
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choice based on his/her own ideas and rarely accept the advice from
followers.
 Bureaucratic leadership:
Bureaucratic leaders rely on a clear chain of command. This style of
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leadership might listen and consider the input of employees, unlike
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autocratic leadership, but the leader tends to reject an employee's
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input if it conflicts with company policy or past practices.
 Charismatic Leadership:
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The leader who uses communication skills of his/her own ,
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persuasiveness and charm to influence others. He/she has ability
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to connect with members of the team on a deep level and is
especially valuable within organizations that are facing challenges
to move ahead.
 Laissez-faire leadership:
The French term "laissez faire" literally translates to "let them do,"
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and leaders who embrace it afford nearly all authority to their team
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members.
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Instead of a single leader making all decisions for an organization,
group or team, laissez-faire leaders make few decisions and allow
their staff –members to choose appropriate workplace.
 Strategic Leadership
Strategic leadership is described to a manager's potential to express
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a strategic vision for the organization, or a part of the organization,
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and to motivate others to acquire that vision.
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Strategic leadership can also be defined as utilizing strategy in the
management of employees.
 Transformational leadership:
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Transformational leadership is always "transforming" and improving
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upon the company's conventions. Employees might have a basic set
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of tasks and goals that they complete every week or month, but the
leader is constantly pushing them outside of their comfort zone.
Leadership Functions in Teamwork
There are various functions of a Leader in teamwork:
 Develops teamwork
 Representative of sub-ordinates
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 Working as Counsellor
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 Uses power properly
 Manages the time well
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 Strives for effectiveness
 Takes the initiative
 Catalysing
Functions of Leadership in Teamwork
 Develops teamwork:
The three vital determinates of teamwork are the leader, sub-ordinates
and the environment. These factors are interdependent. It is the
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leader’s responsibility to make the environment conductive to work.
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 Representative of sub-ordinates:
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He is an intermediary between the work groups and top management.
They are called linking pins.
 Working as Counsellor:
Quite often people in the work place need counselling to eliminate the
emotional disequilibrium that is created sometimes in them. He removes
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barriers and stumbling blocks to effective performance.
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 Uses power properly:
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If a leader is to effectively achieve the goals expected of him, he must have
power and authority to act in a way that will stimulate a positive response
from the workers.
 Manages the time well:

Time management is vital for a team to work properly. There are three
dimensions of time, boss-imposed time, system-imposed time and self-
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imposed time that is prominent in literature.
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 Strive for effectiveness:
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Leaders put thrust on effective functioning of the team for which some issues
are given less attention.
 Catalyzing:
In organization some force is required to start or accelerate movement.
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A leader is expected to provide such a force.
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 Takes the initiative:
‘Leader is a person who bows down the head first.’ A leader usually
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treated as the initiator of the organization
REFERENCES
 Aswathappa, K.(2014). Organisational Behaviour, Text, Cases Games. Himalaya Publishing
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House, Mumbai ,
 Bhattacharyya, D.K. (2012). Principle of Management, Text and Cases, Pearson, New Delhi
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 Charles, W.L. Hill and Steven, L. McShane. (2008). Principles of Management, Published by
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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 Luthans, F. (2011). Organizational Behavior: An Evidence-based Approach, Published by
McGraw-Hill/Irwin,
 Stoner, A.F. (1984). Management, Prentice-Hall, New Delhi
 Cherrington, D.J. (1989). Organisational Behaviour, Allyn and Beacon, Boston, USA
 White, D.D. and Bednar D.A. (1986). Organisational Behaviour, Allyn and Beacon, Boston, USA
 Cutlip Scott. M , Center, A. H. (1952). Effective Public Relations, Pearson Prentice Hall, USA
CONCLUSION
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In the conclusion of this lecture session, we may recap the
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discussion held on teamwork and leadership which may be
very much helpful to learners. They will obtain knowledge on
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the overall discussions made in this session.
In the next session, we will be discussing about
communication. Enjoy the learning, thank you all.
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Teamwork and Leadership

As quoted by Ronald Reagan, the former President of America -

Leadership and teamwork have direct impact on the performance of a

Importance of leadership are :

Importance of leadership are :

Democratic or Formal and

 Democratic Leadership or Participative Leadership:

Transactional leaders depend on self motivated people who work well

 Autocratic or Dictatorial Leadership:

Bureaucratic leaders rely on a clear chain of command. This style of

Strategic leadership is described to a manager's potential to express

There are various functions of a Leader in teamwork:

 Manages the time well:

 Aswathappa, K.(2014). Organisational Behaviour, Text, Cases Games. Himalaya Publishing

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