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Rue: Management:  Skills and Application, 10e
Management: Skills and Application, 10/e
Leslie W Rue, Georgia State University - Emeritus
Lloyd L Byars, Georgia Institute of Technology

Developing Leadership Skills

Learning Objectives


Define power.

Describe the sources of power in organizations.

Define leadership.

Describe the self-fulfilling prophecy in management.

Define the trait theory of leadership.

List and define the basic leadership styles.

Understand the Managerial Grid®.

Define the contingency approach to leadership.

Explain the path-goal approach to leadership.

Define the life-cycle approach to leadership.

Define transactional and transformational leadership.

Discuss some of the lessons that can be learned from leadership research.