Leadership 22

7/31/2019 Leadership 22

1/12

LeadershipPresentation in PSY/SOA 131

Social Psychology

K. D. Kappus

http://www.ilstu.edu/~kdkappu/leadership.ppt


2/12

August 15, 2012 SOA/PSY 131: Social Psychology

Introduction

Todays topic:

What makes a good leader?

Social psychologists have a number of

theories about leadership

You will find information covered today onpages 493-499 of the text

The study of leadership is related to many

of the other topics weve been going over

this semester, includingconformity and

compliance


3/12


What are the main ideas about leadership?

The main ideas that you are responsible

for areI. The classic trait theory

II. Contingency models of leadership

III. Normative model of leadership

IV. Transactional leadership

V. Transformational leadership


4/12


In-class activity

Before we go on, please tell us what you

already know about leadership. Writedown the following:

Your name

The name of someone you think is agreat leader

A paragraph about why you think thisperson is such a good leader

Hold on to your paperwell revisit thislater in class.


5/12


I. Classic trait approach

Are leaders effective because they share

certain fundamental leadershiptraits?

The classic trait approach, or great

person theory, states that certaintraits are uniquely and universally

important to effective leadership


6/12


I. Classic Trait approach (continued)

Traits that researchers say are important

Cognitive ability

Inner drive

Expertise

A desire to motivate others

Creativity and flexibility

Integrity


7/12


I. Classic trait approach (continued)

Variations on the classic trait approach

Emotional intelligence: the classictraits are important, but a true leader

also needs to understand other people

and their emotions in order to adapthis/her leadership style to the

circumstances

The effect of circumstances: perhapsdifferent personal characteristics are

important in different situations


8/12


II. Contingency models of leadership

What leadership styles are better for which

situations?Leadership styles:

Task oriented

Relations oriented

Task orientedleaders do best when theyre incircumstances oflow situational controlor high

situational control.

Relations orientedleaders do best when theyre in

an ambiguous situation


9/12


III. Normative Model of Leadership (continued)

How much participation should a leader

invite?According to the normative model of

leadership, leaders must solicit theefficient level of decision-making inputfrom their subordinates

A leader who is too autocratic willalienate subordinates

A leader who solicits too much input willwaste time


10/12


IV. Transactional Leadership

Ewe quiche me, I fondue you

Is leadership a top-down, one-way streetsort of thing?

According to transactional leadership,

no.

Leaders set mutual goals with employees,

and take action when these goals are

not met


11/12


V. Transformational Leadership

Transformational leaders

Convey to followers the message thatanything is possible

Articulate a clear vision of the future

Motivate followers to transcend theirpersonal interestsin pursuit of thisvision

Bottom line: inspiring ideas are oftenmore effective motivators than rewardsand punishments


12/12


VI. Review Activity

On your sheet of paper from earlier in the

class, youve identified someone who youthink is a good leader, and mentioned whyyou think s/he is a .

Now, in another short paragraph, write which

one of the models from this lecture bestcorresponds to your reasoning: classic trait,contingency, normative, transactional,tranformational

Slides will be available athttp://www.ilstu.edu/~kdkappu

Leadership 22

Documents

Transcript of Leadership 22