Leadership in Organisations - Introduction to Module.

1. Leadership In
Organisations
Introduction to the module

3. Module Aims
◦ Module Aims
◦ Examine the discipline of managerial leadership, both
from an individual and an organisational perspective
◦ Theoretical aspects of leadership
◦ Perspective on current leadership issues and a focus
on inspirational leaders in business
◦ Appreciation of the importance of leadership in
achieving the success of organisational objectives.

4. Module Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Compare management and leadership within a business;
Critique theories of leadership and how they apply in different businesses;
Critically assess the role of leadership in developing a successful
organisational strategy and in planning for change in the business
environment
Communicate effectively with peers, using a range of appropriate media
Assess and relate to their own capacity for developing successful leadership
skills

5. Schedule for lectures and seminars
Date Subject schedule
Week Lecture Seminar
29/9 (Week 1) Introduction to the module No seminar in
introductory
week
6/10 (Week 2) Leadership in Organisations Seminar
13/10 (Week 3) Theories of Leadership Seminar
20/10 (Week 4) Leadership & Motivation Seminar
27/10 (Week 5) Leadership in Individuals Seminar
3/11 (Week 6) Communication Issues in
Leadership
Seminar (Launch
assessment 1)

6. Schedule for lectures and seminars
Date Subject schedule
Week Lecture Seminar
10/11 (Week 7) Strategic Leadership Seminar (launch
assessment 2)
17/11 (Week 8) Leading across cultures Seminar
24/11 (Week 9) Leadership for Change
(Guest speaker)
Seminar
30/11 (Week 10) Leading Teams/ Revision Seminar
1/12 (Week 11) Student presentations (Ass. 2) Drop-in
8/12 (Week 12) Student presentations (Ass. 2)
15/12 (Week 13) Student presentations (Ass. 2)

7. Our Moodle page
Lectures are on Wednesdays at 2pm in G5
Seminars are on Wednesdays in E204 at
4pm (Group A) and
5pm (Group B).
Look at additional reading for the module and carry out the preparatory
work for each week ahead of the lecture and seminar.
All slides will be published after the lecture and seminar.

8. Course Assessment
2,500-word Leadership Profile (50%)
◦ Online via Turnitin
Assessed, student-led seminar(50%)
◦ On choice of topics, in small groups
◦ Assessment on leading your own seminar and participating in those given by others

9. Leadership?

10. What Does Good Leadership
Look Like?
A day in the life of Richard Branson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRqhoy4AVIM
Is this what Leadership looks like?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNJtyWOw-Tk

11. What is Leadership?
Write down a personal definition for:
◦ A Leader (e.g. A leader is …)
◦ Leadership
◦ Leading

12. Definitions of Leadership
“Managers are people who do things right and leaders are people who do the right
things” Peter Drucker
“Leadership is persuasion NOT domination” Daniel Goleman
"Leadership is a winning combination of personal traits and the ability to think and act
as a leader, a person who directs the activities of others for the good of all. Anyone can
be a leader, even if the only person they’re leading is themselves.“ Susan Ward
"Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into
reality and sustain it.“ Warren Bennis
"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because
he wants to do it.“ Dwight D. Eisenhower
"A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the
power and energy to get it done.“ Ralph Lauren
"The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants
and associates smarter than they are. They are frank in admitting this and are willing to
pay for such talents.“ Amos Parrish

13. Survival exercise
Divide yourselves into two teams.
You and your companions have just survived the crash of a small plane.
Both the pilot and co-pilot were killed in the crash. It is mid-January and
you are in Northern Canada. The daily temperature is zero and the
night time temperature is below zero. There is snow on the ground and
the countryside contains several creeks criss-crossing the area. The
nearest town is 35 kilometres away. You are all dressed in city clothes
appropriate for a business meeting.

14. Survival exercise cont’d … /
Your task as a group is to list the 12 items in order of importance for
your survival. List the uses for each. You will be required to come to
agreement as a group and describe why you prioritised each item as
you did.
You have 15 minutes to complete your priority lists and rationales. Be
ready to present back to the rest of the group.

15. Discussion questions for team debate
• How were decisions made?
• Who influenced the decisions and how?
• How could better decisions have been made?
• Did people listen to each other? if not why not?
• What roles did group members adopt?
• How was conflict managed?
• What kinds of behaviour helped or hindered the group?
• How did people feel about the decisions?
• What have you learned about the functioning of this group?
• How would you do the activity differently if you were asked to do it again?

16. Lead or Manage?
◦ Management
◦ Complexities of organisational life
◦ Leadership
◦ Vision & change
◦ Leaders
◦ Think longer term
◦ External environment
◦ Go beyond immediate boundaries
◦ Importance of vision
◦ Challenge & adapt

17. Making the Distinction
◦ Management = power by position,
Leadership = power by influence
◦ Leaders = inspiring visionaries concerned
with substance, Managers = planners
concerned with process (Zaleznik, 1977)
SIMON SINEK: Leader verus manager - YouTube

18. Bennis (1989), 12 distinctions
MANAGERS
Administer
Ask how and when
Focus on systems
Do things right
Maintain
Rely on control
Have a short-term perspective
Accept the status-quo
Have an eye on the bottom line
Imitate
Emulate the classic, good soldier
Copy
LEADERS
Innovate
Ask what and why
Focus on people
Do the right things
Develop
Inspire trust
Have a longer-term perspective
Challenge the status-quo
Have an eye on the horizon
Originate
Are their own person
Show originality

20. For Next Week …
Complete reading chapter 2 pp 35-61 “The Leadership Experience”,
Richard L Daft
Read article – “How Managers become Leaders”
Research at least one example of good OR bad leadership from within
the media over the past year
◦ Prepare to share and discuss next week