Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership In Organizations3-1 Effective Leadership Behavior

After studying this chapter, you should be able to:  Understand why so many taxonomies have been proposed for leader behavior.  Understand what research methods have been used to study leader behavior.  Understand how leader behavior can be described with either broad or specific categories. Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership In Organizations3-2

 Understand why task and relations behaviors are important for leadership effectiveness.  Understand why change-oriented behaviors are important for effective leadership.  Understand how specific types of tasks and relations behaviors can be used effectively. Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership In Organizations3-3

Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership In Organizations3-4 Understand why so many taxonomies have been proposed for leader behavior

 Behavior categories are abstractions  Different levels of abstraction  Diverse development methods Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership In Organizations3-5

The Three Broadly Defined Behavior Categories  Task Behavior  Relations Behavior  Change-Oriented Behavior Other Broad Behavior Categories  Participative Leadership  Transformational Leadership Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership In Organizations3-6

Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership In Organizations3-7 Understand what research methods have been used to study leader behavior

 Survey  Experiment  Field Experiment  Behavior description methods  Diaries  Critical incident reports  Interview Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership In Organizations3-8

Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership In Organizations3-9 Understand how leader behavior can be described with either broad or specific categories

 Broad Category Examples:  Task  Relations  Transformational Leadership  Specific Category Examples:  Planning Work Activities  Supportive Leadership  Developing Subordinate Skills Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership In Organizations3-10

Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership In Organizations3-11 Understand why task and relations behaviors are important for leadership effectiveness

 Task Behaviors  Accomplishing a task efficiently  Relations Behaviors  Increasing mutual trust and relationship Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership In Organizations3-12

 Survey research findings  Experiment and descriptive research findings  Importance of the Situation Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership In Organizations3-13

Task Behaviors  Planning  Clarifying  Monitoring Relations Behaviors  Supporting  Developing  Recognizing Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership In Organizations3-14

Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership In Organizations3-15 Understand why change-oriented behaviors are important for effective leadership

 Understanding the environment  Adapting to the environment  Implementing change Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership In Organizations16

Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership In Organizations3-17 Understand how specific types of tasks and relations behaviors can be used effectively

 Planning Work Activities  Clarifying Roles and Objectives  Monitoring Operations and Performance  Supportive Leadership  Developing Subordinate Skills  Providing Praise and Recognition Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership In Organizations3-18