Leadership and Socialized Power
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1. Compare and contrast any two definitions of leadership discussed by the text. (20 points)
Two main types of leadership are transactional and transformational. Transactional leadership is concerned with the end result and involves a leader providing direction to others. Transformational leadership is concerned with the process and requires participation from all involved. There are advantages and disadvantages to both types of leadership. The circumstances of a given situation may require leaders to use one type of leadership over another. Another way of looking at it, actual - giving guidance or direction, like a teacher being a leader to a student, as in the phrase "the President has provided satisfactory leadership". Potential - the capacity or ability to lead, as in the phrase "she could have exercised effective leadership"; or in the concept "born to lead". Leadership can have a formal aspect (as in most political or business leadership) or an informal one (as in most friendships). Speaking of "leadership" (the abstract term) rather than of "leading" (the action) usually implies that the entities doing the leading have some "leadership skills" or competencies.
There is a great deal of talk about loyalty from the bottom to the top. Loyalty from the top down is even more necessary and much less prevalent.
George S. Patton, Jr., War As I Knew It, 281
Using examples from the movie Crimson Tide or a current event situation illustrate the interactional framework; its component parts (leader, follower, situation) and give examples of interactions between these three elements. (40 points)
Most leadership work customarily has assumed leadership to have a unswerving impact on a principle variable or in its more urbane guise, assumes that the type variable has direct impact on leadership or conceivably that there is reciprocal impact. without a doubt, direct impact is all part of the Lone Ranger white hat syndrome infused much traditional leadership research. And, indeed, there are many instances where leadership can precisely be defined, or described as having a direct impact for good or bad Usually, in addition to face-to-face, such leadership could be by telephone and E-mail.
Such effects often accompany more direct leader-follower effects higher in the organization. These indirect effects operate through other variables.
2. Describe aspects of the people you work with that make learning from leadership...