1. 7. Leadership B 7 / 1 BUSINESS ECONOMICS 5 / 6
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2. 7.0 OVERVIEW B 7 / 2 7.1 WHAT IS LEADERSHIP? page B 7 / 3
7.2 ROLES OF A LEADER page B 7 / 5
7.3 TYPES OF LEADERS page B 7 / 7
7.4 LEADERSHIP AND MOTIVATION page B 7 / 8
7.5 EXERCISES page B 7 / 13
7.6 VOCABULARY page B 7 / 15
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7.1 WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?
Former US President Barack Obama was considered to be a good leader.
Can you think of specific examples that support this?
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Leadership is the talent to guide the work of others and to make them help achieving the company targets
Leadership is essential to a business
Explain:
Search for informaton on Wouter Torfs (CEO Torfs) and find-out why he is a successful leader:
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7.2 ROLES OF A LEADER
Frank is managing a snackbar business As the company’s CEO, he is the leader of his team
Give examples of the different roles he plays as a leader?
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7. 7.3 TYPES OF LEADERS B 7 / 7 TYPE OF LEADER CHARACTERISTICS 1
Autocratic leader 2
Democratic leader 3
“Laissez faire” leader 4
Paternalistic leader
In reality, “leaders” show a mix of leadership types
Most good leaders are: competent, charismatic, stubborn, ambitious, straightfoward
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8. 7.4 LEADERSHIP AND MOTIVATION
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7.4 LEADERSHIP AND MOTIVATION
The most important role of a leader is:
Explain:
There are 3 models in economic science that analyze motivation and explain how to deal with it:
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TAYLOR
Comment:
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MASLOW
Comment:
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HERZBERG
Comment:
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12. B 7 / 12 And this is the link between 2 and 3: Comment:
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7.5 EXERCISES
Select and contact a SME in your neighborhood and conduct an interview with the management & members of the staff on the:
Leadership style of the CEO
Ways used in the company to motivate the staff
Write-down a summary on this page and the following page:
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7.6 VOCABULARY EN NL
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