Peter Simpson Study Unit 09

UMODML-15-3
The Complexity of Leading Change
Managing
Organisational
Change

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Lecture Objectives
To discuss major themes in leading change:

i. Rethinking Leadership through Multiple Perspectives

ii. Leading & Managing combined is Strategic Change

iii. Key Components of Strategic Change

iv. Complexity – a Focus on Emergent Change
Leading & Managing Combined is
Strategic Change

Leading
AND
Managing
Change
Leadership & Management is Strategic Change
“Effective strategic leadership requires that management
keep everyone aligned with and committed to the
evolving vision. Change must be understood as continuous
rather than a single event. Effective strategic leadership is
a dynamic process of maintaining coherence among the
elements of the evolving vision, continuous
communication with all members of the organization, and
constant efforts to maintain members’ ongoing
commitment to the vision (ideal identity)”

Hitt et al (1994: 20)

Strategic, Visionary & Managerial Leadership
• Visionary leadership is future-oriented, concerned with risk-taking;
organizational control is maintained through socialization and shared
values and beliefs (cf ‘Leadership’)

• Managerial leadership involves stability and order, the preservation of

the existing order, focuses on day-to-day activities and is short-term
oriented (cf ‘Management’)

• Strategic leadership is the ability to influence others to voluntarily

make day-to-day decisions that enhance the long-term viability of the
organization, whilst at the same time maintaining its short-term
financial stability (Management & Leadership)
Rowe, W.G. (2001)
 FOCUS ON PEOPLE
+ Generous Support + Inspirational Challenge
P – Ineffectual Kindness – Manipulative Control
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+ Thorough Problem Resolution + Provocative Vision
– Obsession with Detail - Unrealistic Expectations

FOCUS ON TASK
 Simpson (2014) “An Elaboration of Rowe’s Model of Strategic Leadership”
Flexing Styles? Situational Leadership

Hersey, Blanchard & Johnson, 2013

References
Hersey, P., Blanchard. K. & Johnson, D. (2000) Management of
Organizational Behavior Leading Human Resources, Prentice Hall:
London, 8th Edition
Hitt et al (1994) “Rightsizing: Building and Maintaining Strategic
Leadership and Long-Term Competitiveness” Organizational
Dynamics 23/2: 18-32
Rowe, W.G. (2001) Creating Wealth in Organizations: The Role of
Strategic Leadership” Academy of Management Executive,
15/1:81-94
Simpson, P. (2014) ‘An Elaboration of Rowe’s Model of Strategic
Leadership.’ Unpublished Working Paper, University of the West
of England, Bristol.