TRAIT THEORIES

THERE ARE 6 TRAITS ON WHICH LEADERS TEND TO DIFFER FROM NON LEADERS

LIKE WHAT?????? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

AMBITION ENERGY DESIRE TO LEAD HONESTY AND INTEGRITY SELF CONFIDENCE INTELLIGENCE JOB-RELEVANT ????

 KNOWLEDGE

 MORE RECENT RESEARCH PROVIDES STRONG EVIDENCE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE HIGH SELF MONITORS---- THAT IS HIGHLY FLEXIBLE IN ADJUSTING THEIR BEHAVIOR IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO EMERGE AS LEADERS IN GROUPS .

 IT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED NEARLY 80 LEADERSHIP TRAITS HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT BUT ONLY FIVE OF THESE TRAITS.

BEHAVIORAL THEORIES
THE RESEARCHERS WONDERED IF THERE ARE SOMETHING UNIQUE IN THE WAY THAT EFFECTIVE LEADERS BEHAVE. EG : TITAN INTERNATIONAL CEO TOM SIEBEL HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN LEADING HIS COMPANY THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES. THE LEADERSHIP STYLE ---- 1. TOUGH-TALKING INTENSE AUTOCRATIC

 IF TRAIT RESEARCH HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL, IT WOULD HAVE PROVIDED A BASIS FOR SELECTING RIGHT PERSON TO ASSUME FORMAL POSITIONS IN GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS REQUIRING LEADERSHIP

 IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC BEHAVIORS THAT IDENTIFIED LEADERS, THEN WE COULD TEACH LEADERSHIP-------WE COULD DESIGN PROGRAMS THAT IMPLANTED THESE BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS IN INDIVIDUAL WHO DESIRED TO BE EFFECTIVE LEADERS.

OHIO STATE STUDIES

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE LATE 1940s DID A COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH . TWO DIMENSIONS INITIATING STRUCTURE CONSIDERATION

INITIATING STRUCTURE
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REFERS TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH A LEADER IS LIKELY TO DEFINE AND STRUCTURE HIS OR HER ROLE AND THOSE EMPLOYEES IN SEARCH FOR GOAL ENTERTAINMENT

WHAT SORT OF BEHAVIOR?????

 IT ATTEMPTS TO ORGANISE WORK WORK RELATIONSHIPS AND GOALS

LEADER ?????? TRAITS

 AS HIGH IN INITIATING STRUCTURE COULD BE DESCRIBED AS SOMEONE WHO ASSIGNS GROUP MEMBERS TO PARTICULAR TASKS, EXPECTS WORKERS TO MAINTAIN DEFINITE STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE AND EMPHASIZES THE MEETING OF DEADLINES

CONSIDERATION
IT IS DESCRIBED AS THE EXTENT TO WHICH A PERSON IS LIKELY TO HAVE JOB RELATIONSHIPS LIKE ??????

MUTUAL TRUST RESPECT FOR EMPLOYEES IDEAS REGARD FOR THEIR FEELINGS A LEADER HIGH IN CONSIDERATION COULD BE DESCRIBED AS THE ONE WHO HELPS EMPLOYEES WITH PERSONAL PROBLEMS IS FRIENDLY AND APPROACHABLE TREATS ALLLLLLLLLLLLL EMPLOYEEEEEEEEES AS EQUALS..

 AOL TIME WARNERS CEO RICHARD PARSONS, RATES HIGH ON CONSIDERATION BEHAVIOR. HIS LEADERSHIP STYLE IS VERY PEOPLE-ORIENTED EMPHASIZING COOPERATION CONSENSUS BUILDING

MANAGERIAL GRID
TWO-DIMENSIONAL VIEW OF LEADERSHIP STYLE WAS DEVELOPED BY BLAKE AND MOUTON THEY PROPOSED A MANAGERIAL GRID BASED ON THE STYLES OF CONCERN FOR PEOPLE AND CONCERN FOR PRODUCTION

 OHIO STATE `PEOPLE INCLUDED DEVELOPMENT ITEMS SUCH AS PUSHES NEW WAYS OF DOING THINGS ENCOURAGES MEMBERS TO START NEW ACTIVITIES BUT DURING THOSE DAYS CHANGE WAS NOT CRITICAL BUT THIS MAY NOOOOOOOO LONGER BE TRUE.