1. The
leader creates a
community of shared values.
2. Behavioural theories
deal with behaviour of leaders.
3. Leadership
is strictly a people- centered
work.
4. The
role of a leader is to
get others to achieve an objective willingly.
5. Leadership is the
ability of influencing people to strive willingly for mutual objectives.
6.
A
leader is full of new
ideas and believes in experimenting and creating new things.
7. leader has to be
the one who can appropriately set the tempo.
8. The
most powerful tool in a leader’s toolbox is vision.
9. Leaders
make followers and the managers look for subordinates.
10. Manager is the main
control of the firm.
11. There
are three levels of
management: top, middle and low level
12. Loyal
customers and employees from an integral part of Resources
13. In
the effective school, staff believes
and demonstrates that all students can master the essential school Skills.
14. The
core ideas of Classical
schools of management include application of science to practice of management.
15. Max weber (1905)
developed the seminal “bureaucracy” theory, a formalized and idealized view of
organizations. It is based on 6
major principles:
16. If
anything goes wrong, then it will be the Leader who will ask the question in what and why as s/he has to
answer the higher-ups.
17. It
is understanding what is needed, in terms of human and other resources, to
achieve success and developing the plan to achieve it is known as Situation.
18. Input are the
resources from the environment
19. Output is the
product or service exported to the environment
20. The
process of converting resources within the system into product or service is throughout.
21. Hierarchy
of Need (Motivation) Theory was presented by Abraham Maslow in 1954.
22. John Woodward argued that
technology and production system were critical aspects of organizational design.
23. Students
must feel secure in
their school community so that their energies can be applied to learning.
24. Teachers
at effective schools are aware of limited instruction time and create a syllabus with that in mind.
25. Effective
schools can be good schools and good schools can be effective schools-but two are not necessarily the
same. (Carl Gickman, 1987)
26. Fred Edward Fiedler (1967)
argued that leadership effectiveness was dependent (contingent) upon two
interacting factors, leadership style and situational favourableness.
27. The
principal can make a mission effective by being Persistent and energetic in sharing her vision with
faculty.
28. Neo Classical School of Management
deals with Human Relations and Behavioural.
29. Human
Relation Theory comes under the domain of Neo Classical School of Management.
30. Neo-classical
school of management relates to people.
31. In
an effective school, the students & the staff are full of respect for each other.
32. Resources consist of
people, their skills, know-how and experience, machinery, raw materials,
computers and IT, parents, financial capital and loyal customers and employees.
33. The
Neo-classical thought emerged in reaction against the Scientific Theory of Management, which stressed
upon “Standardization”
of jobs, processes and technologies to maximize economic yield.
34. Behavioural
theorists viewed employees ae individuals – resources and assets to be
developed and worked with – not as machines, as in the past.
35. According
to Trait Theory, People
are born with inherited traits.
36. Modern
school of management is about environment.
37. Four Functions
of Management 1. Planning 2. Organizing 3. Leading 4. Controlling
38. Articulation
and application of
specific principles of management.
39. The
mangers at different
levels are given specific functions
which are properly coordinated.
40. Early
forms of management
concepts have been applied throughout history in order to progress as a
society.
41. Leadership
is a process by which a person influences others to accomplish an objective and
directs the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent.
42. The
seminal “bureaucracy” theory, a formalized and idealized view of organizations
is based on 6 major
principles.
43. About 40 years ago, Dr.
Lezotte and his colleagues Ron Edmonds, Wilbur Brookover and other effective
school researchers identified the common characteristics of successful
schools-schools where all children learn.
44. Brymen
(1992) splits leadership research into four phases.
45. Three major
theories have emerged from a range of views on leadership. 1. Trait theories 2.
Behavioural and 3. Contingency
46. A
measure of how efficiently and effectively managers use available resources is
Organized Efficiency.
47. An
effective mission emphasizes innovation
and improvement in providing learning for all
48. Contingency Theories
relate to leadership in the context of specific situations.
49. He
further states that leadership styles are based on: The specific management situation and the
people the individual deals with most.
50. Management: The
function that coordinates the efforts of people to accomplish goals and
objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively.
51. According
to Fayol, Managers need
specific roles in order to manage work and workers.
52. Fayol
named 6 functions/roles
of management. 1. Forecasting 2. Planning 3. Organizing 4. Commanding 5. Coordinating 6. Controlling (These
roles evolved into 14
principles of management.)
53. Productivity
increases when workers
believe that they are being observed closely.
54. A
leader should be Diplomatic
and tactful.
55. Dealing
with complexity is the core of modern
management theory.
56. Behavioural
School is mainly concerned with motivation of workers.
57. Manager
chooses inappropriate goals to pursue, but make good use of resources to achieve
these goals high efficiency
and high effectiveness.
58. According
to Burke and Cooper
(2004) management is now based around knowledge workers.
59. Human
relation theory of management was presented by Elton Mayo.
60. Trial and error decisions is a
play-safe method before committing to anything.
61. One
Best way to organize all jobs in a business is a rule of Scientific Management
62. Organization: A
structure unit of people who work together and coordinate their actions to
achieve a collective goal.
63. Which
option from the following is the set of research-based characteristics of a school’s
climate associated with improved and better student learning? Correlates
64. Leaders
carry out this process by applying their leadership knowledge and skills. This is
called Process
Leadership.
65. In
a focused school there is clearly articulated mission through which the staff share an
understanding of and commitment to the instructional goals, priorities,
assessment procedures and accountability.
66. To
be a leader, a person must have a deep-rooted commitment to the goal that he will strive to
achieve it even if nobody follows him!
67. In
the effective school, the principal
acts as an instructional leader and effectively and persistently communicates
the mission to the staff, parents and the students
68. According
to Kotter for the success of organizations both are necessary: Leadership and management
69. The
classical management
school was scientific, administrative and Bureaucratic.
70. Conceptual Skills: The
ability to analyse and diagnose a situation and distinguish between cause and effect.
1. According
to Benjamin Franklin,
if you fail to plan you are planning to fail.
2. Contingency theory
views leadership as being more flexible.
3. Mediocre
organizations never sustain the breakthrough momentum.
4. Task oriented leadership
puts structures in place, plans, organizes and monitors.
5.
Task
oriented leadership focuses
exclusively on getting the job done.
6. Researchers
therefore turned to examine how leadership is affected as the situation varies
7. Kurt
Lewin and his co researchers conducted the first major study of leadership
styles in 1939.
8.
A leadership style is a leader’s style
of providing direction,
implementing plans and motivating
people.
9. Hay
Mcber (1999) advises that leadership styles are the ways in which the leader: listens, sets goals and standards,
develops action plans, directs others and gives feedback.
10. Laissez-faire or lais-ser
faire is a French word and stands for non-interference in the affairs of the
others.
11.
In Laissez-fair
style, the leader allows
free reign to the employees and let them make decisions.
12.
Laissez-fair style is not ideal in
situations where group members lack the knowledge or the experience, they need to complete
tasks and make decisions.
13.
In
Autocratic style the
leader does not take the advice of his employees.
14.
The autocratic leader uses this style
when s/he directly states the decision without asking the team members.
15.
Autocratic
leaders Make unilateral
decisions.
16.
Autocratic
leaders Can create
demotivation and alienation of staff.
17.
Autocratic (Authoritarian Leadership) is a
leader who is bossy and uses fear and threats to get the jobs done.
18.
An autocratic leader uses this because
there is not enough time
and the members ran out of ideas.
19.
Transformational leader envisions
a compelling future
(Vision).
20.
Transformational Leader enables
inspired action through teams
(Collaboration)
21.
A democratic leader is Consultative.
22.
Democratic Leader involves the groups in
decision making.
23.
Laissez-faire leaders give the group complete
freedom.
24.
In Bureaucratic Leadership, Leaders follow rules
rigorously and ensure that their people follow procedures preciously.
25.
A democratic leader helps improve motivation and involvement.
26.
In Democratic (Participative Leadership) a leader is
not expected to know everything and this is why you employ knowledgeable and
skilled people.
27.
Democratic (Participative) leadership improves the
sharing of experiences and ideas
within the business.
28.
Democratic (Participative) leadership Style is
used when there is enough
time.
29.
The new leadership approach includes
charismatic and Transformational leadership.
30.
Transformational leadership may be a
personality trait rather than behavior
that can be developed.
31.
Paternalistic
leadership is rooted in a
leadership method that comprises strict discipline and authority.
32.
Paternalistic leader has high concern for
production, use of rewards for compliance and loyalty.
33.
Transactional
leadership Focuses on the
basic management process of controlling, organizing and short-term planning.
34.
Transactional leader works through
creating well-defined structures and makes it clear as to what is required of
their subordinates.
35.
Transactional leadership is based on
the premise that people are motivated by reward and punishment.
36.
Social systems work best with a clear
chain of command in transactional leadership Style.
37.
Transactional leaders ensure followers
loyalty through rewards.
38.
Burns
(1978) was the first who
identifies the transformational leadership.
39.
James
MacGregor Burns (1978) identified
the transformational leadership style.
40.
The concept of transformational
leadership was introduced by Burns
in 1978.
41.
Transformational leadership is needed
in educational institution on which a moral foundation of legitimate values must rest (BASS, 1999)
42.
Transformational
Leadership style is
focused on effecting revolutionary change in organizations through a commitment
to the organization’s vision.
43.
Transformational leadership helps in
setting clear and adequately high-performance standards for schools and
teachers and exercises to avoid too much of memorization.
44.
The most prominent of these and the
one used most often is Bass’
theory of transformational and transactional leadership. (Yukl, 1999)
45.
Transformational leadership empowers Professional development.
46.
Transformational leadership style sets SMART goals for
everyone.
47.
A Transformational leader can build
trust with people by being open
and honest in the interactions.
48.
Transformational leadership style constantly sells the
vision and build a strong network of high potential.
49.
In
transformational decision making the decision reflects on the common good but not the
individual good.
50.
Transformational leaders realize that
nothing significant happens unless they Encourage their people.
51.
A transformational leader transcends his own interests
for the good of the company.
52.
Multiple
objectives can be
achieved through transformational leadership.
53.
A skilled team is created when people
are helped to their own
solutions and their self-confidence
54.
A skilled team is created when people
are helped by letting them
find their own solutions.
55.
To prompt Idealized influence,
Transformational leader has to act
as strong role model.
56.
To motivate employees,
Transformational leadership appeals to the employees self-interest.
57.
Bass (1985) identified
transformational leadership as motivating followers by appealing to their self- interest.
58.
Human
resource development is
an essential part of business acumen of a transformational leader.
59.
Inspirational motivation can be
achieved by transformational leaders by Communicating high expectation.
60.
Burns argues that leaders should strive for
a transformational leadership only.
61.
Bass argues that leaders can and should be
both transactional and transformational and that a combination of these two is
the most successful kind.
62.
In order to become more productive a
leader uses a delegative style with a worker who knows more about the job than
the leader.
63.
Charismatic leader is self-confident and can
attract followers by his great influence.
64.
Charismatic Leader gather follower through
strength of personality and charm, rather than any form of external power or
authority.
65.
The first step in the process of
Transformational Leadership is Development
of the Vision.
66.
The leader knows the problem, but does
not have all the information, uses a participative style with a team of workers who know their jobs.
67.
According to behavioral theory every person is equally likely
to be a good leader with proper training.
68.
The paradox relates with holding the combination of complementary
in level 5 leader.
69.
He further
states that leadership styles are based on the specific management situation and the people the individuals
deal with most.
70.
A commitment
to the vision of the organization
is the critical feature of transformational leadership for bringing
revolutionary change in the organization.
71.
Level
5 leadership is a
necessary element for taking an organization from good to great – but it’s not
the only one.
72.
Level 5 leadership is not the only element for
taking an organization from good to great.
73.
Level 5 leaders are keen on developing
a successor with similar characteristics as theirs to ensure that company progresses
even after they are gone.
74.
The concept of Level 5 leadership was
proposed by Jim Collins
in 2005.
75.
A Level 5 leader is modest and
willful, shy and fearless.
76.
Level
5 leaders have ambition
not for themselves but for their organizations.
77.
Good to great leaders confront the
most brutal facts of
their current reality, with absolute faith that they will prevail in the end.
78.
Trait theory and behaviourism are two similar approaches to
questions about effective leadership. They both see leadership as an objective
set of qualities or actions that must be mastered.
79.
The leader’s ability to lead is
contingent upon various situational factors, including the leader’s preferred style, the
capabilities and behaviours of followers and also various others situational
factors
80.
Becoming a leader, according to the
behaviourist school of thought, is just a matter of proper training, while trait
81.
theory holds that a leader must have
certain inherent, innate
qualities.
82.
Cognitive
Biases: The individual’s
thinking patterns based on his/ her observations and conclusions that may sometimes
lead to false assumptions, wrong judgments, and faulty reasoning
83.
Goal is a specific result to be achieved;
the end result of a plan.
84.
Specific results toward which effort
is directed is called Objectives.
85.
Planning is the process of setting goals and
courses of action, developing rules and procedures, and forecasting future
outcomes.
86.
Actions is the means, or specific activities,
that are planned to achieve the objectives.
87.
There are three levels of plans. – Strategic – Tactical – Operational
88.
Strategic plans are only made by top managers.
89.
The plans that directly support the
implementation of strategic plans are called tactical plans.
90.
The plans that includes day to day
activities of the organization are called Operational plans.
91.
Alternative courses of action to be
followed in the event of unexpected environmental shifts, comes under Contingency Plans.
92.
Succession
Planning: They want to
see their organizations become even more successful in the next generation
93.
Task
oriented leadership can
be quite autocratic.
94.
People
oriented Leadership (Opposite
of task oriented) focuses on organizing, supporting and developing the people
and participative-leads to team work and creative collaboration. It can lead to
failure if taken to extreme.
95.
The main similarity is that both (Trait
and Behaviour Theory) approaches emphasize that there are identifiable actions that any leader must
be capable of doing in any given situation.
96.
Behaviourism is a “trait” in the sense that it,
too, holds that leaders must show certain common personality makers or habits
of mind.
97.
The behavioural management theory is also known as the
human relations movement
98.
The leadership level immediately below
the level 5 leadership is called effective leader and works towards reinforcing follower’s
commitment to a compelling vision.
99.
A family that is weak willed and known
for letting people take advantage of them will develop the habits of assertiveness
100.
The
effective school allocates and protects a significant amount of time for instruction of the
essential curricular areas.
101.
The Y-axis of leadership style matrix
defines the programmability
of the task.
102.
The focus is gradually shifting from
individual learning to organizational
learning.
103.
A vision is of no use on its own: it
needs to become reality.
104.
Processing
Phase: determine
alternatives & evaluate for best option.
105.
People who make good learners have the
right or sufficient combination of traits.
106.
Experimental Decisions involves certainty
and assurance of the initial results before a final decision is made.
107.
The fox knows a little about many things.
108.
Group decisions are also known as consensus.
109.
Make
the Decision is a
critical step-in decision-making process.
110.
Objectives have: specific purposes
111.
Vision is one of the necessary requirements
for effective leadership.
112.
According to the Great Man Theory - Leaders
are born and not made.
113.
An organization combines functional and
divisional chains of command in a grid so that there are two command
structures—vertical and horizontal – used for projects. Tilts is Matrix organizational structure.
114.
Henry
Gantt (1910-1915)- Project
Scheduling - The Gantt Chart - An apprentice and associate of Frederick Taylor,
he designed a project scheduling model for increasing the efficiency of project
execution and completion.
115.
Situational theory tends to focus more
on the behaviours that
the leader should adapt, given situational factors (often about follower
behaviour).
116.
Being a provocateur is a leadership
attribute which is mostly in disagreement.
117.
The factor which is affected by some
other factors is known as dependent
variable
118.
The factor which is not affected by
some other factors is known as Independent
variable
119.
Delivery of vision demands management
by Walking around.
120.
System
Management Theory is the Transforming
inputs into outputs and receiving feedback.
121.
Kotter (1990), claims that leadership is
different from management.