Skills Model of Leadership Problem solving skills creative ability to solve new and unusual ill-defined organizational problems Social judgment skills capacity to understand people and social systems perspective taking, social perceptiveness, behavioral flexibility, social performance
Skills Model of Leadership ◼ Problem solving skills ◼ creative ability to solve new and unusual, ill-defined organizational problems ◼ Social judgment skills ◼ capacity to understand people and social systems ◼ perspective taking, social perceptiveness, behavioral flexibility, social performance
Skills Model of Leadership Knowledge accumulation of information and the mental structures used to organize that information a semantic innovation
Skills Model of Leadership ◼ Knowledge ◼ accumulation of information and the mental structures used to organize that information ◼ semantic innovation
Skills Model of Leadership Effective problem solving the originality and the quality of expressed solutions to problem situations Performance the duties to which s/he has been assigned
Skills Model of Leadership ◼ Effective problem solving ◼ the originality and the quality of expressed solutions to problem situations ◼ Performance ◼ the duties to which s/he has been assigned
Skills Model of Leadership ■ Career experiences challenging job assignments, mentoring appropriate training hands-on experience in solving new and unusual problems a Environmental influences the level of skill of subordinates
Skills Model of Leadership ◼ Career experiences ◼ challenging job assignments, mentoring, appropriate training, hands-on experience in solving new and unusual problems ◼ Environmental influences ◼ the level of skill of subordinates
Style approach Emphasizes the behavior of leader TWo kinds of behavior task behaviors (help group members to achieve their goals and relationship behaviors(help subordinates feel comfortable with themselves with each other and with the situation) Style studies since late 1940s
Style Approach ◼ Emphasizes the behavior of leader ◼ Two kinds of behavior: task behaviors (help group members to achieve their goals) and relationship behaviors (help subordinates feel comfortable with themselves, with each other, and with the situation) ◼ Style studies since late 1940’s