Organizational leadership involves leading a group towards fulfilling a mission or goal. Leaders play functional roles like choosing goals, supervising performance, making decisions, and completing plans. They must also know their team, keep them informed, set a good example, make timely decisions, develop responsibility in subordinates, and take responsibility for results. Different leadership styles include autocratic, participative, free-rein, and others. Effective leadership requires influencing teams to be their best rather than relying solely on power.
2. In your own understanding what is
Organizational Leadership?
-Organizational leadership is the ability to leads group
of individuals towards fulfilling an organizations mission
or goal.
4. FUNCTIONAL ROLES THAT LEADERS PLAY
Meaning of functional Role
- The concept of functional roles come from the idea that a behavior
act stems from a certain role which has to satisfy a particular need.
- Within an organization, there are many work groups with different
leadership role but each has to work cooperatively to achieve the
objects of the company. Different leaders perform different functions
according to the word group they handle.
5. TYPES OF FUNCTIONAL ROLE
The functions of the leader may be:
Direct such as choosing the group goal
supervising performances
making decisions and;
completing plans.
In addition; the leader must:
Know himself and his men
Keep his employees informed
Set the example
Make sound and timely decision
Develop a sense of responsibility among subordinates through proper supervision and
delegation of authority and responsibility.
Take responsibility and of his action and the action of subordinates.
6. FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIOR
One functional behavior of a leader is that he must be a catalyst or a change
agent.
- Leader is one that acts as one who must get things done in their proper
perspective.
- He has to identify the goals, whether he does it alone or with the help of his
group members.
- He has to make decision or resolve differences.
- Be more flexible
7. BEHAVIORAL STYLES OF LEADERSHIP
1. Autocratic Leadership- the autocratic leader or X leaders major task is to
command or give orders and assume that people will follow. In this way, he
gets things done fast. This does not mean that he creates an atmosphere of
hostility or negativism but rather sureness of will.
Instruction are given in detail with care and precision.
The leader do not know directly what the employees feel and think
He make decision without consulting others.
2. Participative Leadership- participative leaders or Y leaders invite the active
participation of subordinates to share in decision-making process as much as
possible.
Primary concern: Develop group interrelationship as well as getting the job
done.
8. Two types of Participative leadership
A. Democratic Leader- one who emphasizes on his subordinates their authority
to make decisions and abide by such decisions with no expectations.
B. Consultative Leader- this requires a high degree of involvement from
employees but it is clear that they alone have the authority to make final
decisions.
3. Free-rein Leaders- it refers to us as a laissez-faire leaders. Free-rein leaders
give their subordinates the goals and guidelines of their jobs with little direction
and leave the rest to them.
9. Other leadership styles
1. Coercive leadership- this is considered the lowest grade of leadership. It
tells subordinate to “ do this or else..”
2. Leadership by assignment- the leader gives definite assignments and
responsibilities to his subordinates and expects them to do what has been
assigned.
3. Leadership by teaching and explaining- Here the leader takes pain in
teaching and explaining to the group what is to be done and what he
expects from them.
4. Leadership by inspiring and molding ideas- this is considered the highest
form of building good relationship.
10. Management VS. LEADERSHIP
Head of the team
Has confidence in their roles
The one who is in charge
Is a title
is power
Seek to be the best on the team
Gives direction
Says “this is what I think”
Says “ call if you need me”
Part of the team
Has confidence in their teams
The one who leading the charge
Is a choice
Is influence
Seek to bring out the best in the team
Ask questions
Ask ‘ what do you think”
Regularly check in and ask how to help
11. “ A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do
well and help those who are doing well to do even better”
-Jim Rohn
12. ACTIVITY 8
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4. He is one that acts as one who must get things done in their proper
perspective.
5. is the ability to leads group of individuals towards fulfilling an organizations
mission or goal.
6-7 Give at least two characteristics of management.
8-10. give at least three characteristics of a leadership.
13. Matching Type
1. Autocratic Leadership a. considered the highest form of building good relationship.
2. Participative Leadership b. one who emphasizes authority to make decisions
3. Two types of Participative leadership c. expects to do what has been assigned.
4. Leadership by teaching and explaining d. Y leaders
5. Leadership by inspiring and molding ideas e. laissez-faire leaders
6. Coercive leadership f. the authority to make final decisions.
7. Free-rein Leaders g. Democratic & Consultative Leadership
8. Leadership by assignment h. X leaders
9. Consultative Leader i. lowest grade of leadership
10. Democratic Leader j. leader takes pain in teaching and explaining to the group