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Leadership and Management Unit 6.14 Week[1]

Unit level:6 Unit code H/503/5200 Achila Amarasinghe BSc (Hons),MSc ,PgCert,PTLLS achila@workmail.com

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Introduce your colleague: Pair up and interview your colleague for information. take turns and Introduce your colleague by answering the following questions
1. What is his/her name? 2. What is his/her nationality? 3. What would he/she like to work as after

university?

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Discover your priorities and plan your life

What are the three most important things in

your life? (10 minutes)

Write them on 3 separate small pieces of paper

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Now.....
Throw away the 3rd most important thing

Throw away the 2nd

Check the one left! Are you focusing on the most important thing in your

life? (Dont tell us keep it to yourself)

Life is like business. It's 20 percent what happens to you, and 80 percent how you respond and manage

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Leadership
What is leadership? What do you think good leadership qualities

and bad leadership qualities ? identify your favourite leader and why do you think he/she is a good leader?

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1. Understand theories of leadership and management 1.1 Analyse concepts of leadership and management 1.2 Evaluate key management and leadership theories

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Concepts of leadership and management Defining leadership: Good leaders are made not born. Good leaders develop through a never-ending process of self-study, education, training, and experience.

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Definition of leadership
Leadership is a complex process by which a person

influences others to accomplish a mission, task, or objective and directs the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent. A person carries out this process by applying her leadership attributes (belief, values, ethics, character, knowledge, and skills).

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Leadership Activity
Group in to 2 groups; Form up lines as possible line up such that they can whisper to their immediate neighbours. Discuss the best strategic ways to form the line/Appoint a leader A phrase will be told by the judges and the first player whispers it as quietly as possible to his or her neighbour. Last person who gets the message must write it down in the white board as he or she received. Leader must appoint ; number of members who can stay idol depend on the team size and he/she can call or replace the team members according to the strategic values.

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What are Effective Leadership Characteristics?

Vision
Influence Not all influence is good, you can influence people in

a bad way. Its your choice to be good or bad Empower To give people the tools they need to do what they need to be able to do Communication Collaborative Genuine
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Historical Development in Leadership Trait Theories Behavioral Theory Situational Transactional/Transformational

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Trait Theories
Some personality traits may lead people naturally

into leadership roles. This is the Trait Theory Physical Characteristics

Appearance, Height, Age

Personality
Extroversion, Persistence, Self-assurance, Decisiveness

Intelligence
Knowledge, Ability, Judgment

Social Characteristics
Tact, Diplomacy, Sociability, Fluency

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Trait Theories
The Big Five Personality Traits *** Extroversion (Ambition, Energy) ** Conscientiousness ** Openness To Experience * Emotional Stability (Self-confidence)

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Behavioral Theory
ASSUMPTION Leaders are effective because of the actions they take IMPLICATION We can learn to become leaders by studying what effective leaders do LIMITATIONS Situational factors that influence success or failure are ignored Leaders need to be flexibleyou cant lead the same way all the time

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Great Events Theory & Transformational Theory

A crisis or important event may cause a person to

rise to the occasion, which brings out extraordinary leadership qualities in an ordinary person. This is the Great Events Theory. People can choose to become leaders. People can learn leadership skills. This is the Transformational Leadership Theory. It is the most widely accepted theory today

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Election poster:
Get in to groups and create a Election poster

for a Leader of your groups choice. Make sure to include the knowledge of previous theories. You must present your poster and promote your leader as a presentation activity.

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OTHER LEADERSHIP THEORIES CONTINGENCY THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP

FIEDLERS CONTINGENCY MODEL Each item is given a single ranking of between one and eight

points, with eight points indicating the most favourable rating. For example: least preferred co-worker (LPC) scale.

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PATHGOAL THEORY
The

pathgoal theory of leadership suggests that the performance of subordinates is affected by the extent to which the manager satisfies their expectations. Directive leadership Supportive leadership Participative leadership Achievement-oriented leadership

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Theory and practice

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