Management & Leadership

Leadership In Practice

•Salman Ahmed Awan•Ahsan Raza•Sawan

• What is Leadership• Traits• Tasks• Different Leadership Styles• What is Middle Management• Role of Middle Management• Organizational Structure• Six Leadership Styles

What is leadership?

1. Process of social influence2. One person 3. Enlist the aid and support

of others4. Accomplishment of a

common task

Management

1. Act of getting people together2. To accomplish Goals3. Using available resources 4. Efficiently and effectively

Managers do efficiency, leaders create change

The U.S. Army's Eleven Leadership Principles

1. Proficiency2. Self-improvement3. Know your soldiers4. Keep your soldiers informed5. Set the example6. Task 7. Train8. Decisions9. Sense of responsibility 10. Delegation according to capabilities11. Actions

Some Traits from Research

• Building Excellence• Character• Trust • Beliefs • Values • Skills • Honest• Competent• Forward-looking

Some Traits from Research

• Inspiring• Intelligent• Fair-minded• Broad-minded• Courageous• Imaginative • Drive • Flexible

Leadership and Management Tasks

Leadership styles

1. Subordinate participationAuthoritarianDemocraticDirectivePermissive2. Task/production v relation/people –oriented3. Transactional v Transformational

Authoritarian Leadership

• Autocratic Leaders• No coordination with rest of the group• Clear division between the leader and the followers• Takes less time • “bossing people around”• Should be rarely used

Democratic Leadership

• Participative leadership• Sign of strength that your employees will respect– Encourage Employees– Develop plans with employees

• Leaders encourages the decision making from different perspectives – Consultative: process of consultation before decisions are

taken– Persuasive: Leader takes decision and seeks to persuade

others that the decision is correct

Democratic Leadership

– It may help motivation and involvement– Workers feel ownership of the firm and its ideas– Improves the sharing of ideas

and experiences within the business– Can delay decision making

Directive Leadership

• Giving directions and guidance• Schedules and time lines• Unstructured Task• Inexperienced follower• High control

Permissive Leadership• “hands-off” leadership• Very little leadership pressure• Expected to solve its own problems and accomplish goals • Can result in confusion and lack of productivity if members

are not organized• Common in young professionals

Combination

• Directive Democrat: – Makes decisions participatively; closely supervises subordinates.

• Directive Authoritarian: – Makes decisions unilaterally; closely supervises subordinates.

• Permissive Democrat: – Makes decisions participatively; gives subordinates latitude in carrying out

their work.

• Permissive Authoritarian: – Makes decisions unilaterally; gives subordinates latitude in carrying out their

work

TASK/PRODUCTION VS. RELATION/PEOPLE –ORIENTED

• Task-oriented style– Leader helps subordinates figure out what is expected of them– Manages the daily activities of a group toward accomplishing a task– Referred to as transactional leadership

• People-oriented style– More supportive role in providing a positive work environment – Workers can maximize their productivity– Referred to as participative leadership

Transactional

• ‘Transaction’• Similar to authoritarian leadership• Primary Characteristics Includes– Certainty– Clear Direction– Personal oversight– Perceptions of “just” treatment

Transformational• Charisma• The power to captivate and energize a following • “The art of mobilizing others to want to struggle for shared aspirations”• Primary Characteristics

– Risk Taking– Goal Articulation– High expectations– Emphasis on collective identity – Self assertion and vision

Coaching- a new form of leadership

• Involves the executive in long-term professional development and mentoring of employees.

• Leaders who score high on the socialized-power motive prefer it under low-stress conditions

• Leaders who create high clarity often rely heavily on the visionary, participative, and coaching styles

• Appropriated when follower are more responsible, experienced and agreeable.

• Provides encouragement and inspiration to help motivate the followers.

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What is middle management?Middle management is a layer of management in an organization whose primary job responsibility is to monitor activities of subordinates while reporting to upper management.

Top Level

Middle Level

First Level

THE ROLE OF THE MIDDLE MANAGER?

Identification of candidates for management positionsAppointment of new managersIntroduction of new managersManagement development, in particular coaching of managersMotivation of managersTermination of unsatisfactory management

Can All Middle Managers Be Saved?

It will preserve its investment in these long-term employees.

It will be utilizing these valuable resources to build the company's future, at the same time demonstrating to its employees and stockholders that it is open to new ideas.

It will be sending a clear and important message to all of its employees and stockholders that it is concerned not only with cutting current costs, but in creating a real, exciting, and profitable future as well.

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES

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What motives drive leadership behavior?

Socialized power means the leader’s strength comes from empowering people. Studies show that great charismatic leaders are highly motivated by socialized power.

Personalized power means that, the leader draws strength from controlling others and making them feel weak. Personalized power is often associated with the exploitation of subordinates.

The Six Leadership StylesDirective Visionary Affiliative Democratic Pacesetting Coaching

The style in a phrase

“Do what I tell you.”

“Come with me.”

“People come first.”

“What do you think?”

“Do as I do, now”

“Try this.”

Underlying emotional intelligence competencies

self-control

Self-confidence

Empathy, building relationships,

Team leadership

drive to achieve

self-awareness

When the style works best

to kick start a turn around

when a clear direction is needed

to motivate people in stressful circumstances

To build buy-in or consensus

To get quick results form a motivated team

To help an employee improve performance

Overall impact on climate

Negative Most strongly positive Positive Positive Negative Positive