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Engineering Management Leading

The document discusses the nature and qualities of leadership, emphasizing the role of a leader in influencing and supporting others towards achieving organizational goals. It outlines different leadership styles, including autocratic, laissez-faire, democratic, and bureaucratic, and introduces the concept of situational leadership, which suggests that leadership styles should adapt to varying circumstances. The document highlights key qualities of effective leaders, such as vision, communication skills, and empathy.

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Engineering Management Leading

The document discusses the nature and qualities of leadership, emphasizing the role of a leader in influencing and supporting others towards achieving organizational goals. It outlines different leadership styles, including autocratic, laissez-faire, democratic, and bureaucratic, and introduces the concept of situational leadership, which suggests that leadership styles should adapt to varying circumstances. The document highlights key qualities of effective leaders, such as vision, communication skills, and empathy.

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ENGINEERING

MANAGEMENT
LEADING
ENGR. DIGNA L. NOCUM, CE, SE
LEADING

• The Nature of Leadership


- Role of a Leader
- Qualities of a Leader
- Leader versus Manager
Leadership Style
Situational Leadership
LEADERSHIP

• Leadership may be referred to as the


process of influencing and supporting
others to work enthusiastically toward
achieving objectives.

• According to Keith Davis, “Leadership


is the ability to persuade others to
seek defined objectives
enthusiastically. It is the human factor
which binds a group together and
motivates it towards goals.”
THE NATURE OF
LEADERSHIP

• It is an interpersonal process
• It denotes a few qualities to be
present in a person
• It is group process
• It involves shaping group towards
accomplishment of organizational
goals
• Leadership is situation bound
ROLE of a Leader Qualities of
a Leader
• Physical appearance
Required at all levels
• Vision and foresight
• Intelligence
Representative of the organization
• Communicative skills
Integrates and reconciles the personal • Objective
goals with organizational goals • Knowledge of work
• Sense of responsibility
He solicits support
• Self-confidence and will power
• Humanist
As a friend, philosopher and guide
• Empathy
LEADERSHIP STYLE

• A perfect/standard leadership style is one which


assists a leader in getting the best out of the
people who follow him. Some of the important
leadership styles are as follows:
• 1. Autocratic – a leader has complete command
and hold over their employees/team
• 2. The Laissez Faire – the leader totally trusts their
employees/team to perform the job themselves
• 3. Democratic/Participative – the leaders invite
and encourage the team members to play an
important role in decision-making process, though
the ultimate decision-making power rests with the
leader
• 4. Bureaucratic – the leaders strictly adhere to the
organizational rules and policies
SITUATIONAL
LEADERSHIP

• This theory says that the same


leadership style cannot be
practiced in all situations,
depending upon the
circumstance and environmental
context the leadership style also
changes.

• The pioneers of this theory were


Kenneth Blanchard and Paul
Hersey.
SITUATIONAL
LEADERSHIP
• In the Situational Leadership model, the leadership style has been
divided into 4 types:
• - Telling, Selling, Participating and Delegating

• The developmental level of follower


- High Competence, High Commitment
- High Competence, Variable Commitment
- Some Competence, Low Commitment
- Low Competence, High Commitment

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