Evaluate strengths and limitations of the behavioral perspective of leadership
Week 5: Behavioral/Style Perspective to Leadership
What is more effective, a leader who speaks about action or a leader who takes action? It is almost incumbent upon leaders to possess excellent communication skills so they may clearly articulate thoughts and information. Consider for a moment a health care administration leader who is meeting with clinical staff to institute new policies on reducing hospital-acquired infections. If the health care administration leader communicates effectively, the clinical staff will provide input on how to institute these guidelines and collaborate with the health care administration leader to promote overall patient and staff safety. This then positions the health care administration leader as the authority on the subject and leader in social change. Yet what might happen if this health care administration leader, who spoke so eloquently, behaved in a manner that contradicts everything he or she said? Would the perception of the clinical staff be the same? Consider a similar scenario of a health care administration leader who manages a government health initiative. What if he or she speaks the right words, but his or her actions are contradictory? Is that person still considered an effective leader?
This week, you continue your examination and analysis of leadership perspectives with the behavioral perspective of leadership. You also conduct a literature review and develop a problem statement as a component of your Scholar-Practitioner Project for this course.
Learning Objectives
Students will:
- Evaluate strengths and limitations of the behavioral perspective of leadership
- Analyze the relationship of behavioral leadership perspective to Trait Theory and Skills Approach of leadership
- Analyze literature related to health care administration leadership perspectives
Learning Resources
Required Readings
Nahavandi, A. (2015). The art and science of leadership (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
- Chapter 3, “The Foundations of Modern Leadership” (pp. 64–89)
- Chapter 9, “Leading Change” (pp. 278–300)
Blake, R. R., Mouton, J. S., Barnes, L. B., & Greiner, L. E. (1964). Breakthrough in organization development. Harvard Business Review, 42(6) 133-155.
This is a seminal article in the field that will serve as a foundation for additional resources.
Borkowski, N., Deckard, G., Weber, M., Padron, L.A., & Luongo, S. (2011). Leadership development initiatives underlie individual and system performance in a US public healthcare delivery system, Leadership in Health Services, 24(4), 268 – 280.
Derue, D. S., Nahrgang, J. D., Wellman, N., & Humphrey, S. E. (2011). Trait and behavioral theories of leadership: an integration and meta-analytic test of their relative validity. Personnel Psychology, 64(1), 7–52.
Piper, L. E., & Tallman, E. (2015). The ethical leadership challenge for effective resolution of patient and family complaints and grievances: Proven methods and models. The Health Care Manager, 34(1), 62–68.
The Ethical Leadership Challenge for Effective Resolution of Patient and Family Complaints and Grievances: Proven Methods and Models by Piper, L.; Tallman, E., in The Health Care Manager, Vol. 34/Issue 1. Copyright 2015 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc. – Journals. Reprinted by permission of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc. – Journals via the Copyright Clearance Center.
Walden University: Writing Center. (2015). Common course assignments: Organizational tools. Retrieved from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/assignments/literaturereview/organization
Walden University: Writing Center. (2015). Common course assignments: Literature reviews. Retrieved from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/assignments/literaturereview
Walden University: Writing Center. (2012, October 30). Weathering the storm … of problem statements. Retrieved from http://waldenwritingcenter.blogspot.com/2012/10/weathering-storm-of-problem-statements.html



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