Humanistic Leasdership and its influnce in Organization

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MAN 630 – Leadership and the Human Experience PROFESSOR JEAN-DENIS Agenda  Introductions  Syllabus  What is humanistic leadership?  Next Steps Where am I? What do I have in my hands? Our little princess! Prof. Jean-Denis Background  U.S. Army Veteran, entrepreneur, corporate professional, academic  Research: corporate strategy, global entrepreneurship, corruption, Ubuntu  Financial markets, commodities, sustainable development Syllabus  Module 1 – 11  Articles to be posted to Kodiak  Paper submissions  Online participation Leadership and the Human Experience  Humanistic Leadership – leadership that cultivates an organizational culture marked by curiosity and critical thinking, constructive conflict and constant problem solving  Leadership theories – Trait theory (1931) The trait leadership theory believes that people are either born or are made with certain qualities that will make them excel in leadership roles. That is, certain qualities such as intelligence, sense of responsibility, creativity and other values puts anyone in the shoes of a good leader.  Contingency theory, leader member exchange, transfmormational leadership (1954, 1972) Philosophical Origins  Philosophical origins; Karl Popper, Immanuel Kant, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing  Humanism in practice: Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Mahatma Gandhi  Please read (Peus, 2012) Giving wings to your leadership style Principles of Humanistic Leadership  Responsibility for others  Communication of values  Human centered vision  Fairness/Equity  Growth opportunities for followers  Embodiment of a role model Questions/Thank you!  Next Steps MAN 630: PROF. JEAN-DENIS Agenda  Agency theory  Collaborative agency and leadership  Agency theory relationship with various leadership styles  Human characteristics of the team or individual followers Fun exercise: Stand by your Quote  “Humanity should be our race. Love should be our religion” Unknown  “We are very, very small, but we are profoundly capable of very, very big things” Stephen Hawking.  “One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world” Malala Fun exercise: Stand by your Quote  “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs. But not every man’s greed” Mahatma Gandhi  “Success in business is all about people, people, people. Whatever industry a company is in, its employee are its biggest competitive advantage” Richard Branson  “Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both! I want people to be afraid of how much they love me” Michael Scott (The Office) John Gordon Stand by your Quote  “Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds you bury in they minds, and when they grow up, they will change the world.” Jack Ma. Stand by your Quote  Did those quotes invoke any emotion?  Can you think of examples of leaders you have been engaged with which exemplified them? Leaders & Followers Agency theory and impact on leadership  Managerial opportunism occurs when individual places their own self interests above the firm.  Agency costs – the sum of incentive costs, monitoring costs, enforcement costs, and individual financial losses incurred by principals due to agents behavior Agency Theory Overview Agency, Leadership and Corporate Governance Governance  Corporate governance – set of mechanism used to manage the relationships among stakeholders and to determine and control the strategic direction and performance of organizations  Governance mechanisms help to protect the interests of the firm and it’s owners  Internal controls: board of directors, ownership concentration, executive compensation  External controls: external market for control by outside entities The Imperial CEO (Jamie Dimon): CEO Duality and Power dynamics Readings for this week  (Powell, Butterfield, 2015) “Preferences to work with a man or a woman”  (Raelin, 2014) “Imagine that there are no leaders” Types of Followers Do the characteristics of your followers matter?  Personality types  Gender and race  Distance (virtual/International) and role type Thank You/Questions Lecture 2: Humanistic Management PROF. JEAN-DENIS Agenda  Definitions, past articles  Case study: Helmsley Hotel Chain (Leona) & Southwest Airlines  Timeline of Objectives for course John Maxwell Quote The Human Experience Humanistic Management  Humanistic management definition = this approach emphasizes the interests of the employee in the manager and employee partnership.  Why did this approach come into existence? (Management history details various studies including “Scientific management”, “the Hawthorne studies”, “McGregor's theory X and Theory Y” etc..) “Giving wings to your leadership style”  “Today many employees are tasked with ambitious business goals that often conflict with humanistic values”  Autonomy, creativity, critical thinking, and trust are all fruits of humanistic approaches  Transformational leadership (ethical/humanistic orientation) has a positive correlation with economic performance  Principles include: responsibility, communication, vision, fairness, growth, role model. Southwest Case: How do organizational effectiveness and humanism relate to each other?  As Gary Kelly, Southwest’s CEO said: “Our people-first approach, which has guided our company since it was founded, means when our company does well, our people do really, really well.  in 1973 Southwest became the first major airline to introduce profitsharing to its employees, as saying: “Profits haring is an expense we want to be as big as possible so our people get a greater reward. (13% average bonus in 2017)  Results: Flight attendants picking up trash, gate agents tracking down borrowed staplers, or pilots cutting back on fuel usage precisely because they know that will impact their company’s profits Class Objectives  Learning leadership theories that intersect with the human experience  Understanding Humanism  Applying leadership to real work situations  The two written assignments Thank You MAN 630: PROF. JEAN-DENIS Agenda  Agency theory  Collaborative agency and leadership  Agency theory relationship with various leadership styles  Human characteristics of the team or individual followers Fun exercise: Stand by your Quote  “Humanity should be our race. Love should be our religion” Unknown  “We are very, very small, but we are profoundly capable of very, very big things” Stephen Hawking.  “One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world” Malala Fun exercise: Stand by your Quote  “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs. But not every man’s greed” Mahatma Gandhi  “Success in business is all about people, people, people. Whatever industry a company is in, its employee are its biggest competitive advantage” Richard Branson  “Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both! I want people to be afraid of how much they love me” Michael Scott (The Office) John Gordon Stand by your Quote  “Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds you bury in they minds, and when they grow up, they will change the world.” Jack Ma. Stand by your Quote  Did those quotes invoke any emotion?  Can you think of examples of leaders you have been engaged with which exemplified them? Leaders & Followers Agency theory and impact on leadership  Managerial opportunism occurs when individual places their own self interests above the firm.  Agency costs – the sum of incentive costs, monitoring costs, enforcement costs, and individual financial losses incurred by principals due to agents behavior Agency Theory Overview Agency, Leadership and Corporate Governance Governance  Corporate governance – set of mechanism used to manage the relationships among stakeholders and to determine and control the strategic direction and performance of organizations  Governance mechanisms help to protect the interests of the firm and it’s owners  Internal controls: board of directors, ownership concentration, executive compensation  External controls: external market for control by outside entities The Imperial CEO (Jamie Dimon): CEO Duality and Power dynamics Readings for this week  (Powell, Butterfield, 2015) “Preferences to work with a man or a woman”  (Raelin, 2014) “Imagine that there are no leaders” Types of Followers Do the characteristics of your followers matter?  Personality types  Gender and race  Distance (virtual/International) and role type Thank You/Questions Leadership style and the Human experience PROF. JEAN-DENIS Agenda  Reflect on the video: leadership in the movies  Defining Leadership styles  Leadership and the human experience: emotions  Discuss the newly assigned article How do we choose which style of leadership to implement?  Context/situation – contingency theory states that the success of a leader is contingent on the subordinate, the task, and environmental variables  Communication style of the leader  Natural traits or past training Path goal Theory  Path/goal theory - According to this theory, the responsibility of the leader is to increase the motivation to attain personal and organizational goals.  Directive leadership styles – instructs subordinates towards exactly what they have to do including steps/tasks, performance goals and feedback. (Ex. Autocratic)  Supportive leadership styles – shows concern for the well being and interests of the followers. (Ex. Democratic, transformative) Leadership Styles portrayed in the video  Transformational leadership  Democratic leadership  Autocratic leadership  Charismatic leadership Transformational leadership  Transformational leadership is a process where leaders and their followers raise one another to higher levels of morality and motivation  Approach is effective as setting and achieving high goals and facilitate cohesion within the team. Reduces the self interests of multiple members Benefits/costs of transformational leadership  This style is a collective effort as multiple members use their motivation to inspire the organization to reach their potential  Inappropriate in certain contexts where trust is difficult to develop and insufficient for performance. Democratic leadership  The leader makes decisions based on the input of each team member.  Although he or she makes the final call, each employee has an equal say on a project's direction. Benefits/costs of democratic leadership  Effective at empowering low level employees  Time consuming in order to build consensus Autocratic leadership  The leader makes decisions without taking input from anyone who reports to them.  Employees are neither considered nor consulted prior to a direction, and are expected to adhere to the decision at a time and pace stipulated by the leader. Benefits/costs of autocratic leadership  The focus is on completion of the goal/task which increases efficiency and effectiveness  The leaders spends less time consulting with the team members and thus relationships are eroded and inputs sacrificed Charismatic Leadership  This leadership style is facilitated primarily through an individual with unique traits that influences their followers.  The commitment of the team can fluctuate based on the leader’s energy level and communication Benefits/costs of charismatic leadership  Leadership style is heavily dependent on the traits of the leader and their ability to captivate/motivate and therefore the risk is too concentrated  Charisma may not translate to performance  Follower has to be receptive to this approach Emotions and Leadership (George, 2000)  The appraisal and expression of emotion  The use of emotion to direct cognitive processes and decision making  Knowledge about emotions  Management of emotions Leadership and the human experience: emotional intelligence  How the emotions explain the impact on leadership style and firm performance?  Emotions are necessary to make good decisions Questions/Thank you
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Impact of Humanistic Leadership on the Organization's Values, Ethics, and Employees
Introduction
Humanistic Leadership approach is a leadership style that cultivates an organizational
culture among the employees characterized by high level of curiosity, critical thinking, constant
problem-solving, and constructive conflict resolution mechanisms. Based on the trait theory
(1931), humanistic leadership approach considers the fact that employees have their innate
attributes, characters, and traits which they use to excel in year respective roles and
responsibilities. Consequently, humanistic leadership approach relies on the intelligence,
creativity, sense of responsibility, among other ethical values to nature and shape the
performance and behavior of employees.
The practice of humanistic leadership style is governed by certain principles that
determine the overall roles and responsibilities of the employees in their respective workplace.
For instance, humanistic leaderships observes responsibility for others and respect for the
significant role they play in the organization. It also acknowledges and respects the diversity in
exercise, values, beliefs, and capabilities posed by the different employees of an organization.
Humanistic leadership also communicates the ethical values of the organizations to its
employees.
Discussion
Humanistic leadership involves the application of a sense of values, ethics and humane
tendencies in leading an organization. Leaders using humanistic leadership approach will focus
on developing and growing the skills, competence, and ability of an individual within an
organization. Humanistic leadership enables organizations to identify the specific talent and
competencies of individual employees and then design the best strategies to exploit such
potential for the benefit of the organization (Mangaliso, Mangaliso, Knipes, et al., 2018).
Humanistic leadership embraces the creation of a conducive work environment for each
employee depending on their unique desires, capabilities, characteristics, and attributes. It does
not involve generalizing the needs and desires of the employees into one single organization
goal. Rather, each employee is treated as an individual in the management process.
Through humanistic leadership, an organization assigns roles and responsibilities to each
employee depending on their expertise, experience, skills, and knowledge. This delegation of
responsibilities enables leaders to assign accountability to the outcomes from each section or
department in the organization (Mangaliso, Mangaliso, Knipes, et al., 2018). By holding an
individual employee accountable for each role or responsibility, organizations achieve high
productivity and perform...


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