Northouse7e PPT 01

Chapter 1: Introduction
Overview
 Importance of Leadership
 Leadership Defined
 - Ways of conceptualizing leadership
 - Definition and components
 Leadership Described
 - Trait vs. process
 - Assigned vs. emergent
 - Leadership and power
 - Leadership and coercion
 - Leadership and management
Peter G. Northouse, Leadership: Theory and Practice, Seventh Edition. © 2016 SAGE Publications, Inc.
The Evolution of Leadership Definitions
 1900-1929 – Control and centralization of power
 1930s – Trait approach
 1940s – Group approach
 1950s – Group theory, shared goals, and effectiveness
 1960s – Leadership as behavior
 1970s – Organizational behavior
The Evolution of Leadership Definitions
 1980s – Explosion of research
- Leader’s will
- Influence
- Traits
- Transformation
The Evolution of Leadership
 21st century – The process of leadership
- Authentic leadership
- Spiritual leadership
- Servant leadership
- Adaptive leadership
Conceptualizing Leadership
Some definitions view leadership as:
 The focus of group processes
 A personality perspective
 An act or behavior
 The power relationship between leaders & followers
 A transformational process
 A skills perspective
Leadership Defined
Leadership
a process whereby an individual influences a
group of individuals to achieve a common goal.
Components Central to the Phenomenon of
Leadership
Leadership Leaders
 Is a process  And followers are involved
 Involves influence
together
 And followers need each
 Occurs within a
other
group context
 Often initiate and maintain
 Attends to common
the relationship
goals
 Are not above or better
than followers
Leadership Described
 Trait vs. Process Leadership
 Assigned vs. Emergent Leadership
 Leadership and Power
 Leadership and Coercion
 Leadership and Management
Trait vs. Process Leadership
 Certain
individuals have
special innate
characteristics or
qualities that
differentiate them
from nonleaders.
 Resides in
select people
 Restricted to
those with
inborn talent
Trait vs. Process Leadership
 Leadership is a property or set of

properties possessed in varying degrees
by different people (Jago, 1982).
 Observed in leadership behaviors
 Can be learned
Assigned vs. Emergent Leadership
Assigned Emergent
 Leadership based  An individual perceived by
on occupying a others as the most influential
position within an member of a group or
organization organization regardless of the
 Team leaders
individual’s title
 Emerges over time through
 Plant managers
communication behaviors
 Department
heads • Verbal involvement
 Directors • Being informed
• Seeking others’ opinions
• Being firm but not rigid
 Affected by personality and gender
Leadership & Power
Power Bases of Social Power

 The capacity or potential to  Referent
influence.  Expert
 Ability to affect others’ beliefs,  Legitimate
attitudes, & actions
 Reward
 Coercive
Power is a relational concern for  Information
both leaders and followers.
French & Raven (1959), Raven (1965)
Leadership & Power
 Position Power  Personal Power is
derived from office influence derived from
or rank in an being seen as likable &
organization knowledgeable
Shift in Leadership Power, Kellerman (2012)
 Power no longer the domain of leaders

 Followers demand more from leaders
 Access to technology has empowered followers
 Leaders more transparent
 Decline in respect for leaders
 Leadership as social contract between leaders
and followers
Leadership & Coercion
Coercion Involves Examples of Coercive Leaders
 Use of force to effect  Adolf Hitler

change  Jim Jones
 Influencing others to do
 Taliban leaders
something by
manipulating rewards and
penalties in the work Power & restraint used to
environment force followers to
engage in extreme
 Use of threats,
behavior
punishments, & negative
rewards
Leadership & Management, Kotter (1990)
Management Leadership
Activities Activities
“Produces order “Produces change
and consistency” and movement”
• Planning & Budgeting • Establishing direction
• Organizing & Staffing • Aligning people
• Controlling & Problem • Motivating/Inspiring
Solving
Major activities of management & leadership
are played out differently; BUT, both are essential
for an organization to prosper.
Leadership & Management Zaleznik (1977)
Managers Leaders
Unidirectional Authority Multidirectional Influence
 Are reactive  Are emotionally active &

involved
Prefer to work with
Shape ideas over responding to
people solving
them
Have low emotional Act to expand available options
involvement
Change the way people think
about what is possible

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Chapter 1: Introduction

 1900-1929 – Control and centralization of power

 1930s – Trait approach

 1940s – Group approach

 1950s – Group theory, shared goals, and effectiveness

 1960s – Leadership as behavior

 1970s – Organizational behavior

 21st century – The process of leadership

 The power relationship between leaders & followers

 Trait vs. Process Leadership

 Assigned vs. Emergent Leadership

 Leadership and Power

 Leadership and Coercion

 Leadership and Management

 Leadership is a property or set of

Power Bases of Social Power

 Power no longer the domain of leaders

 Use of force to effect  Adolf Hitler

 Are reactive  Are emotionally active &

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