Leadership Theories & Practice HBD 6776 Dr. Kimanya Ards

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Things to remember March 19, 2011 ◦Late registration ◦Last day for 100% refund ◦Last day to apply for graduation April 16, 2011 ◦Last day to withdraw – prorated refund

Expectations Open dialogue Participation requirements APA requirements

Tell us about yourself Name/preferred name Degree program Major Occupation Hobbies/interests

Overview History of leadership styles Managers versus leaders Leadership characteristics essential to achieving goals Final exam information

History Leadership Styles – Trait Theory – Circumstances Theory – Function Theory

Management vs. Leadership

Managers are people who do things right, and leaders are people who do the right thing. (Northouse, 2004, p. 9)

Leadership Characteristics Caring Confident Dependable Encouraging Honest Intelligence Insightful Inspirational Loyal Motivational Responsible Supportive

Leadership ◦Leadership Characteristics Appearing in Three Studies

Why We Do What We Do Maslow’s Needs Hierarchy (Tubbs, 2009)

Leadership Characteristics: Achieving Goals Personality Gender Age Health Attitudes Values

Personality One of the most important background factors in small group communication (Tubbs, 2009)

Gender Communication between the genders is both the most interesting and sometimes the most challenging (Tubbs, 2009)

Age Communication patterns differ from childhood through adolescence to adulthood and old age. (Tubbs, 2009)

Age Communication patterns found that age was a good predictor of a person’s ethics. Chronological age is less important than psychological age when it comes to effectively working with others. (Tubbs, 2009)

Health Deficiencies in both physical and mental health of members seem to impede group performance. (Tubbs, 2009)

Attitudes Attitudes are defined as the way one feels about people and things ◦Positive feelings ◦Negative feelings (Tubbs, 2009)

Attitudes Attitudes have three components:  Cognitive component;  Affective component;  Behavioral component. (Tubbs, 2009)

Values Attitudes and values are closely linked. People’s values are also important as a predictor of behavior. (Tubbs, 2009)

Assignments Read chapters 4-5 Begin working on test questions ◦7-10 multiple choice questions ◦ test questions to

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References Lussier, R., & Achua, C. (2009). Leadership, Theory, Application, Skill Development (4 th ed.). South-Western College Publishing: Kentucky. Northouse, P. (2004). Leadership: Theory and Practice (3 rd edition). Sage Publications: California. Tubbs, S. L., (2009) A Systems Approach to Small Group Interaction (10 th Ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.