Matakuliah : G0934 / Leadership and Organisation
Tahun
: 2007
Perspective on Effective Leadership Behaviour
Pertemuan 6
OFC
Learning Outcomes
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After studying this chapter students should be able to:
• Understand what research methods have been used to study leadership
behaviour.
• Understand the findings in the early research on leadership behaviour.
• Understand how leadership behaviour can be described with either broad or
specific categories.
• Understand the different methods for developing taxonomies of leadership
behaviour.
• Understand why task and relations behaviour are important for leadership
effectiveness.
• Understand how specific types of task and relations behaviour can be used
effectively.
• Understand why it is useful to classify leadership behaviour in terms of a threedimensional model.
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• Understand the contributions and limitations of the behaviour approach.
Outline Materi
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The Ohio State Leadership Studies
The Michigan Leadership Studies
Limitation of Survey Research
Experiments on Task and Relations Behaviour
Research Using Critical Incidents
The High-High Leader
Leadership Behaviour Taxonomies
Specific Task Behaviour
Specific Relations Behaviours
Evaluation of the Behaviour Approach
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Perspective on Effective Leadership Behaviour
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• An integrating framework for Classifying Behaviour
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TWO Alternative Conceptions of Task, Relations, and Change-Oriented Behavior
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A specific leadership behavior will involve a mix of;
Task Oriented
Relations Oriented
Change Oriented
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Specific task Behaviour
• Planning work activities
– Planning means deciding what to do, how to do it, who will do it and when it
will be done.
– Planning is largely a cognitive activity involving processing of information,
analyzing, and deciding.
– Planning is most observable when a manager takes action to implement plans
by communicating them to others and making specific task assignment.
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Guidelines for action planning
Identify necessary
action steps
Identify the optimal sequence
Of action steps
Estimate the time needed
To carry out each action step
Estimate the cost of
Each action step
Determine starting times and
Deadlines for each action step
Determine who will be accountable
For each action step
Develop procedures for
monitoring progress
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• Clarifying roles and objectives
– Defining job responsibilities
– Assigning work
– Setting performance goals
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• Monitoring Operations
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Identify and measure key performance indicators
Monitor key process variables as well as outcomes
Measure progress against plans and budgets
Develop independent source of information about performance
Observe operations directly when it is feasible
Ask specific questions about the work
Encourage reporting of problems and mistakes
Conduct periodic progress review meetings
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Specific relations behaviour
• Supporting
Guidelines
• Developing
Guidelines
• Recognizing
Guidelines
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Evaluation of the
behaviour
approach
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Closing
• Summary
– Two broadly defined categories of behavior
– Leadership taxonomies
– Key task-oriented behaviours that jointly affect subordinate
performance.
– Key relations-oriented behaviours
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•Review and Discussion Questions
•Cases
‘Consolidated Products’
•Companion Website : Exercises and Reading
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