Week 6-Leadership in Industry
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Transcript of Week 6-Leadership in Industry
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LEADERSHIP IN
INDUSTRY Engr Dr Aede Hatib Mustaamal
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WHAT IS MANAGEMENT?
Management is about coping with complexity. It brings order and consistency
to an organization by drawing formal
plans, designing rigid organizational
structures, and monitoring results against
the plans (John Kotter)
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WHAT IS A LEADERSHIP?
the action of leading a group of people or an organization, or the ability to do this.
Leadership is about coping with change. Leaders establish direction by developing a
vision of the future; then align people by
communicating this vision and inspiring
them to overcome hurdles (John Kotter)
The ability of a superior to influence the behaviour of subordinate and persuade
them to follow a particular course of action (Chester Barnard)
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THE NEED OF BOTH
Organizations need both strong leadership and strong management for optima
effectiveness. While a good leader may tell
the organization where to go, it still takes
good managers to ensure they get there in
one piece.
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SOURCE OF POWER
Source of leadership power according to French and Raven (1960):
Legitimate power comes solely from the position the superiors holds in an organization
Reward power comes by means of promotion, salary increases and interesting assignments
Expert power comes from the leader possessing superior knowledge of the matter under discussion
Referent power comes from the fact that subordinates identify with the leader and respect
him/her
Coercive power comes from forced actions and potential for punishment
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NATURE OF LEADER SHIP
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WHY WE NEED A GOOD
LEADERSHIP?
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EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
1) Person who communicates well
- Gives orders correctly
- Directs the actions of others
- Good role model symbolically,
verbally & non-verbally
2) An effective leader will probably
posses the following set of qualities
- ability to communicate well &
properly counsel subordinates
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3) Person who provides appropriate
counseling, when necessary
- Assists with personal problems
- Assists with work related
problems
- Assists employees become self-
actualized
4) Person who is firm, fair and
impartial
5) Person who applies discipline
appropriately
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LEADERSHIP PRACTICES
INVENTORY
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Kouzes/Posners Leadership Inventory (in order of priority)
Source
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KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP
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CHALLENGES IN TVET
Global demand for skills increased substantially due to Scientific and technological advances
Rapidly changing markets
The intensified of global economic competition due to accelerated globalization e.g, knowledge economy
Creating the high skills economy to maintain economic prosperity demand high skills areas of
production, and services which generates highest
profits on the world markets.
Workforce should not only having skills in functional levels of literacy, but also in numeracy.
They also now involve:
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a) ability to communicate effectively in different contexts, and sometimes languages
b) basic competence in the use of information and communication technologies
c) problem solving techniques in various kinds
d) skills to work autonomusly, respond flexibly to new situations in rapidly changing environments,
participate in work teams, and able to learn
continuously
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Hence , we need leader to the new
TVET Educational Model