Leadership TheoryDuane B Thomas

Points of Interest

• Stakeholder Equity

• Sustainable Organizational Culture

• Environments and Contexts

• Collectivism

• Community

• Non-linear World

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• Miller (2013)

• National Derby Rallies, Inc.

Stakeholder Equity | Cross-Functional Team

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Sustainable Organizational Culture

• Ultimately, how these relationships, between leaders and followers, are cultivated have an impact on the organization (Yukl, 2010)

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Sustainable Organizational Culture

• Ultimately, how these relationships, between leaders and followers, are cultivated have an impact on the organization (Yukl, 2010)

• How leaders and team members approach not only designing a team, but also managing a team is important

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Sustainable Organizational Culture

• Ultimately, how these relationships, between leaders and followers, are cultivated have an impact on the organization (Yukl, 2010)

• How leaders and team members approach not only designing a team, but also managing a team is important

• As with all things, power is dependent upon conditions and changes with actions and inactions (Yukl, 2010).

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Sustainable Organizational Culture

• Ultimately, how these relationships, between leaders and followers, are cultivated have an impact on the organization (Yukl, 2010)

• How leaders and team members approach not only designing a team, but also managing a team is important

• As with all things, power is dependent upon conditions and changes with actions and inactions (Yukl, 2010).

• Committing to a common purpose and performance goals sets the tone and aspiration

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Environments and ContextsShared Language

Organizational Culture

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Organizational Culture

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Non-linear World

Logic of Design Problems and Design Challenges

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Team Effect

Business Models

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Competition

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Distributed Knowledge

Viewing the team as an organism enabling the organization to adapt to diverse environment

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Questions | Answers

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University of Phoenix

LDR/736 Architecture of Leadership

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db.thomas@ymail.com

References

• All-American Soap Box Derby (2012a). Mission statement. Retrieved on December 3, 2012 from http://www.aasbd.org/about-us/mission-statement.aspx

• All-American Soap Box Derby (2012b). What is SBD? Retrieved on November 26, 2012 from http://www.aasbd.org/about-us.aspx

• Boynton, A., & Fisher, B. (2005). Virtuoso teams: Lessons from teams that changed their worlds. Harlow, England: Financial Times Prentice Hall.

• DiPadova, L. N., & Faerman, S. R. (1993). Using the competing values framework to facilitate managerial understanding across levels of organizational hierarchy. Human Resource Management, 32(1), 143-174.

• Harrington-Mackin D. (1996). Keeping the team going: A tool kit to renew & refuel your workplace teams. New York, NY: American Management Association.

• Jones, G.R. (2010). Organizational theory, design, and change. (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

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References

• Kaplan, S. (2012). The business model innovation factory: How to stay relevant when the world is changing. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

• Katzenbach, J. R., & Smith D. K. (1993). The Wisdom of teams. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

• Lencioni, P. (2002). The five dysfunctions of a team: A leadership fable. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

• Miller, S. D. (2013, June 4). Interview by D. B. Thomas. Organization Leadership and Team Design, University of Phoenix. Phoenix, AZ.

• Moore, A. (2011). No straight lines: Making sense of our non-linear world. Cambridge, England: Bloodstone Books.

• Morgan, G. (2007). Images of organization. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

• Mossholder, K. W., Niebuhr, R. E., & Norris, D. R. (1990). Effects of dyadic duration on the relationship between leader behavior perceptions and follower outcomes. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 11(5), 379-388.

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References

• National Derby Rallies, Inc. (2013). History of NDR. Retrieved on June 14, 2013 from http://www.ndr.org/history-of-ndr

• Parker, G. (2008). Team players and teamwork: New strategies for developing successful collaboration. (2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

• Perez, C. (2002). Technological revolutions and financial capital: The dynamics of bubbles and golden ages. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc.

• Pryor, M., Singleton, L., Taneja, S., & Toombs, L. A. (2009). Teaming as a strategic and tactical tool: An analysis with recommendations. International Journal

of Management, 26(2), 320-333.• Schnake, M. E., Dumler, M. P., Cochran Jr., D. S., & Barnett, T. R. (1990). Effects of

differences in superior and subordinate perceptions of superiors' communication practices. Journal of Business Communication, 27(1), 37-50.

• Scott, W.R., Davis, G.F. (2007). Organizations and organizing. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

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References

• Sheldon, A. (1980). Organizational paradigms: A theory of organizational change. Organizational Dynamics, 8(3), 61-80. doi:10.1016/0090-2616(80)90045-5

• Wren, J. T. (1995). The leader’s companion: Insights on leadership through the ages. New York, NY: The Free Press.

• Yukl, G. (2010). Leadership in organizations (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.

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