Assessing Leadership and Measuring Its Effects.ppt

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Assessing Leadership and

Mesuring Its Effectsa


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1. Assessing Leadership

Putting the wrong people into

key leadership positions cancost billions of dollars and

lead organizational to ruin.


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1. Commonly techniques application blanks

reference checks

unstructured

interviews

are also the least

valid.


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2. Best Practices

Determine the leadership levelof the position.

Build a competency model.

Use a multiple hurdles

approach.


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Competency model

Knowledge SkillsAbility

other relevant contributes

to success performance in a

particular job

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Multiple Hurdles Approach

Figure 4-2


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1.2 Assessment Center Simulations

In-Basket exercise

=> Work simulation that requires candidate to

do actual paperwork.

Role-Play simulations

=> Actors are trained assessors who observe

and rate the performance of each candidate.


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2. Measuring the Effects of Leadership

Common Measures of Successful and

Unsuccessful Leadership

Best Practices in Measuring Leadership Success


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Common Measures

Superiors effectiveness and performanceratings.

Subordinates ratings onsatisfaction,

organizational climate,

morale, motivation, andleadership effectiveness.

Unit performance indices.


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2.2 Best Practices in Measuring Leadership

Success

o Ratings by superiors and subordinates

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Multiple measureso How their behavior affects the

measures used to judge leadership

success

o Be aware of leadership success

measures being biased.


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3. Methodologies Used to Study Leadership

The Qualitative Approach

The most bn bjk.jklmijn>common qualitativeapproach is the case study.

Quantitative Approaches

Correlational studies

Experiments


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4. Maxims and Theories of Leadership

Maxims: personal opinions that can give

valuable advice about leadership.

Theory: framework for conceptualizing

relationships between variables and

guiding researchtoward a fullerunderstanding of phenomena.


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Theories: are central scientific research due to:

=>Public predictions of how

leadership variables areinterrelated.

=>The systematic gathering and

analysis of data.=>Peer review of results.


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Maxims

may represent valid advice,butthey are ultimately nomore than personal opinion.


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Only theories add to

the body of knowledgeconcerning the science

of leadership and help

the development ofuniversal laws of

leadership.

Maxims and

theoriesare useful

for understanding

leadership

situations.


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