Title: Week 7
Course: Principles of Management

Leadership and influence processes

Aim of the topic: To introduce you to leadership as a major human resource that determine the future of organization.

Intended learning outcomes: At the end of this topic, you will be able to;

1. Define leadership and role of leadership in an organization.
2. Describe sources of authority for leadership in an organization.
3. Discuss leadership theories and styles.

Over to you: The intention of this week topic is to introduce leadership and influence processes. To help you achieve the intended learning outcomes. Before you come to class this week there are some fundamental concepts that you will explore in the pre-topic activity i.e. Resource 7.  In class, we are going to ensure that you have a clear grasp of the concepts before you start to derive your own definitions of these ideas.  There will also be some reading for you to do. You will read the article on Leadership theories available at: https://www.leadership-central.com/leadership-theories.html; read the following article on Types of leadership styles https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/leadership-styles, and watch the video on leadership  available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K_tbqhKwJM. To understand different sources of authority read the article on Types of authority available at;  https://courses.lumenlearning.com/alamo-sociology/chapter/reading-types-of-authority/ . This will help you complete E-tivity 7.1 and 7.2

E-tivities: The following e-tivities will assist you in achieving the intended learning outcomes of this topic.

E-tivity 7.1: The purpose of this e-tivity is to introduce you to the definition, roles, and source of leadership.

Task:

- Read the pre-topic activity available as Resource 7.
- Watch this video on leadership; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K_tbqhKwJM
- Define leadership and develop your own definition of leadership.
- Describe four roles of leadership and four sources of leadership. Then submit these two as Assignment 1 week 7.

E-tivity 7.2: The goal of this e-tivity is to introduce you to the different sources of authority for leadership in an organization.

Task:

- Read the webpage on Types of authority available at; https://courses.lumenlearning.com/alamo-sociology/chapter/reading-types-of-authority/
- In your Groups, Describe the different sources of authority and illustrate with relevant examples from any organization(s). Then submit your group assignment as Group Assignment 1 week 7.

E-tivity 7.3: The goal of this activity is to introduce the theories and styles of leadership in management.

Task:

- Read the following webpage on leadership theories available at; https://www.leadership-central.com/leadership-theories.html
- Read the following webpage on Types of leadership styles at; https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/leadership-styles
- Then describe five styles and five theories of leadership. Submit as Assignment 2 week 7.

Anticipated time requirement for E-tivities: 5 hrs