Matakuliah
Tahun
Versi
: MPG09344-010 / Leadership and Organisation
: 2005
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Managerial Traits and Skills
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Learning Outcomes
After studying this chapter students should be able to:
• Understand how conceptions about the importance of traits have
changed over the past 70 years.
• Understand the types research methods that have been used to
study leadership traits and skills
• Understand what traits are most relevant for effective leadership.
• Understand what types of skills are relevant for effective leadership.
• Understand how traits and skills are related to leadership behaviour.
• Understand how the relevance of a trait or skill depends on the
situation, type of organization, and national culture.
• Understand the traits and skills that cause some people to derail in
their managerial careers.
• Understand the limitations of the trait approach.
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Outline Materi
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Nature of Traits and Skills
Early Research on Leader Traits and Skills
Major Programs of Research on Leader Traits.
Managerial Traits and Effectiveness
Managerial Skills and Effectiveness
Other Relevant Competencies
Situational Relevance of Skills
Evaluation of the Research
Applications: Guidelines for Managers
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Cases
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Managerial Traits and Skills
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Other relevant competencies
Social Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence
Ability to Learn
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Situational relevance of skills
• Skills needed at different levels
• Transferability of Skills Across
Organizations
• Requisite Skills and the External
Environment
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Evaluation of the trait research
• The relationship of individual traits or skills
to leadership effectiveness or
advancement
• Cluster analysis to develop a typology of
leaders based on distinct trait profiles
• The idea of Balance
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Applications: Guidelines for Managers
• Understand your strength and
weaknesses
• Develop relevant skills
• Remember that a strength can become a
weakness
• Compensate for weakness
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• Summary
– The “Natural Leaders”
– Traits relevant to effectiveness
– Skills relevant to managers
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Closing
• Review and Discussion Questions
• Cases
– The Intolerable Boss
– National Products
• Companion Website : Exercises
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