Chances are, you've worked for a wide variety of leaders during your career. Some might have been excellent, while others may not have been effective at all. You might even have experienced a boss who was great in some situations and bad in others, because he or she used the same leadership style each time. It's important to understand your own natural leadership style, so that you can adapt your approach to fit your situation. It's also helpful to know which leadership behaviors to avoid.
Type of Material:
Reference Material
Recommended Uses:
Lecture with in-class discussions
Essay (homework) explaining the importance of understanding leadership styles in the workplace
As homework
As a team assignment or an individual assignment.
This might be particularly useful in teams when discussed openly.
Technical Requirements:
Mozilla Firefox 108.0.1, Chrome
Identify Major Learning Goals:
Understand Lewin's leadership stylethe framework
Explain advantages and disadvantages of each style so people can recognize their own leadership tendencies.
Target Student Population:
Upper-level management classes
Upper-level business classes
Graduate business classes
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
None
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
Although Lewin’s research is dated, the information provided in this article is still highly relevant.
Additional links to articles are provided.
The three leadership styles are discussed by using descriptions of each and how these can apply to leadership styles.
Concerns:
None.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
The explanations provided for each of the three leadership styles are clear and easy to understand.
This website also explains how different cultures respond to different styles of leadership.
Additional theories are presented such as path-goal theory and Fiedler’s contingency model as part of the discussion
As leadership styles are explained, this reference material can be useful for research.
Concerns:
None
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
Brief but thorough
Appropriate links to additional information
Good readable layout to navigate through the content
Additional embedded links to supporting research are beneficial
The clarity with which this is written makes it easy to understand.
Concerns:
None
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