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The document discusses the role of managers in motivating employees through various leadership styles, including transactional and transformational leadership. It outlines key theories such as Trait Theory and Behavioral Theory, which focus on the characteristics and behaviors that differentiate effective leaders from others. Additionally, it introduces situational leadership and the Path-Goal model, emphasizing the importance of aligning leadership styles with organizational goals and employee needs.

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Functions

The document discusses the role of managers in motivating employees through various leadership styles, including transactional and transformational leadership. It outlines key theories such as Trait Theory and Behavioral Theory, which focus on the characteristics and behaviors that differentiate effective leaders from others. Additionally, it introduces situational leadership and the Path-Goal model, emphasizing the importance of aligning leadership styles with organizational goals and employee needs.

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 Function of managers to motivate, encourage, and inspire employees.

 Motivations mean needs, desires, wants, or drives within the individuals and process of
stimulating people to actions to accomplish the goals. (Promise rewards: Tangible and
intangible)
 Moviication cannot be separated by needs and goals: ( interactions bet. Leaders and
followers)
1. Transactional Leadrship
Assupmtions:
Motivated by reward and punishment
Social systems work beter with clear chain of command
Prime purpose of subordinate is to do what mangers tell them what to do

2. Transformational LeDERSHIP
Ldeaders motivate followers to work for transcendental goals instead of short-term self-
interest , instead of security
Adjust goals for practical reasons. They will male major changes in firms missions ways
of doing business
Challenge status quo
 Theories:
1. Trait Theory
- what different leader to non is their personality , social, and intellectual traits
-Ambitious, desire to lead, honesty , self0condifent
-Believes that person having certain traits could be successful eleaders
Charistma to actract foloweers and motivates
Visions, speech, high principles

2. Behavorial Theory
- specific behaviors differentiate leafers to non
- train leader to adopt correct behavior
Behavios that are supportive, relationsal, and emplyees scentered
Behaviors that are directive, structural , or task-oriented

 Types of leaders:
1. Situational ledership
- identify situations factors that determine which leader behavior best meets orgs goasl
- LPC SCALE ( low score: task
Fielder contingency theory
Effective leadership is based on a match bet. Leadserghip style and situational demands
House path-goal model
Hersey-blanchard situational
Leadership theory
2.
 Path -goal model theory
- Leaders encourage and support their folloers in achieving goals they have been set
by amking path they should take clear and esy.
- Employee characteristics and task-environmental factos

 Expentancy Motivation theory


Valence ( value of perceived outcome)
Instrumentality ( belief that if I complete actions then I will achieve the outcome)
Expentancy ( belief that I am amble to complete actions)

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