This document outlines the key learning objectives for developing leadership skills. It discusses understanding the importance of leadership training and development in organizations. It also covers understanding the benefits and limitations of different leadership development methods such as lectures, role playing, and simulations. Additionally, it addresses understanding how organizational conditions like boss support and a learning climate can facilitate leadership development.

1. Developing leadership Skills
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2. After studying this chapter, you should be
able to:
 Understand the importance of leadership
training and development in organizations.
 Understand the benefits and limitations of
different methods for leadership development.
 Understand the organizational conditions that
facilitate leadership training and development.
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3.  Understand how leaders can encourage and
facilitate leadership development of
subordinates.
 Understand what leaders can do to develop
their own skills.
 Understand why leader development should
be integrated with human resource
management and strategic planning.
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Understand the importance of
leadership training and
development in organizations

5.  Increasing rates of external environment
change
 Higher levels of skill
 New competencies
 Relevant for all managers
 Focus on skills for current positions
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6. Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall. Leadership in Organizations 15-6
Understand the benefits and
limitations of different methods
for leadership development

7.  Lecture and discussion
 Role playing
 Behavioral role modeling
 Case analyses
 Simulations
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8. Methods should:
 Consider trainee’s current level of skill,
motivation, and capacity
 Provide opportunity for active practice
 Include feedback
 Provide clear expectations of success
 Experience of progress and success
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9.  Amount of challenge
 Variety of tasks
 Relevant feedback
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Understand the organizational
conditions that facilitate leadership
training and development

11.  Boss support
 Learning climate
 Developmental criteria for placement decisions
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Understand how leaders can
encourage and facilitate leadership
development of subordinates

13.  Multisource feedback
 Assessment centers
 Developmental assignments
 Mentoring
 Executive coaching
 Simulations
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14.  Relationships among approaches
 Integrating developmental activities
 Leadership versus leader development
 Leadership development and strategy
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Understand what leaders can do
to develop their own skills

16.  Practitioner books
 Instruction video or compact disks
 Interactive computer programs
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17. Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall. Leadership in Organizations 15-17
Understand why leader
development should be integrated
with human resource management
and strategic planning

18.  Best practices for developmental activities align
with Human Resources functions
 Best practices for developmental activities align
with Strategy function
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19.  Systematic needs analysis
 Development and succession planning
alignment
 Top management support
 Cultural values of development
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20.  Mutually consistent developmental activities
 Recognition and reward of improvement
 Systematic assessment of program
effectiveness
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