Chapter Notes

Chapters 10 and 14 Summary 1 Chapter 10 Being a Leader Leadership is defined as influencing others to work willingly toward achieving objectives. Leaders fill many roles interacting with and motivating subordinates, leading groups whose members are interacting and in which conflicts might arise, and being part of a group reporting to the leaders own boss. Leaders use a three-step decision process to decide what a situation calls for. Leaders must first look at the situation they are faced …

…Conflicts can, if properly channeled, be an engine of innovation and change. There are three types of conflict that can be identified in organizations Individual, Interpersonal, and Intergroup. Intergroup conflicts often stem from interdependencies and shared recourses; intergroup differences in goals, values, or perceptions; authority imbalances; or ambiguity. Problems like these can be solved by establishing super ordinate goals, eliminating interdependencies, using one or more conflict-resolution modes, or through OD conflict-resolution techniques like confrontation meetings.