管理学-斯蒂芬.P.罗宾斯 chapter_17 (免费).ppt

Chapter 17 leadership Managers versus leaders Leader is someone who can influence others and who has managerial authority. Leadership is the process of influencing a group toward the achievement of goals. Manager-leader grip Early leadership theories Trait theories Behavioral theories university of michigan studies the managerial grid A summary of behavioral theories Contingency theories of leadership The fiedler model the theory proposed that effective group performance depended on the proper match between the leader’s style of interacting with his or her followers and the degree to which the situation allowed the leader to control and influence. Fiedler assumed that a person’s leadership style was always the same regardless of the situation. The key situational factors: leader-member relations, task structure, position power He concluded that task-oriented leaders performed better in very favorable situations and in very unfavorable situations.relationship-oriented leaders performed better in moderately favorable situations. in fiedler’s opinion,there were only two ways to improve leader effeciveness. Situational leadership theory SLT is a contingency theory that focuses on followers’readiness. R1-S1 telling R2-S2 selling R3 –S3 participating R4-S4 delegating * *