Lecture Leadership - Theory and practice: Chapter 14 – Culture and leadership

Chapter 13 - Culture and Leadership Leadership Chapter 14 – Culture and Leadership Northouse, 5th edition Chapter 13 - Culture and Leadership Overview Culture and Leadership Description Culture Defined Related Concepts Dimensions of Culture Clusters of World Cultures Characteristics of Clusters Leadership Behavior & Culture Clusters Universally Desirable & Undesirable Leadership Attributes Culture and Leadership Chapter 13 - Culture and Leadership Culture & Leadership Description Perspective Culture & Leadership – focuses on a collection of related ideas rather than a single unified theory Globalization – – Increased after World War II – Increased interdependence between nations Economic, social, technical, political – Has created many challenges Need to design multinational organizations Identify and select leaders for these organizations Manage organizations with culturally diverse employees Chapter 13 - Culture and Leadership Culture & Leadership Description Perspective Globalization has created a need – – to understand how cultural differences affect leadership performance – for leaders to become competent in cross-cultural awareness and practice Five cross-cultural competencies for Leaders (Adler & Bartholomew, 1992) 1. Understand business, political, & cultural environments worldwide 2. Learn the perspectives, tastes, trends & technologies of many cultures Chapter 13 - Culture and Leadership Culture & Leadership Description Perspective Five cross-cultural competencies for Leaders (Adler & Bartholomew, 1992), cont’d. 3. Be able to work simultaneously with people from many cultures 4. Be able to adapt to living & communicating in other cultures 5. Need to learn to relate to people from other cultures from a position of equality rather than superiority Global leaders need to – – be skilled in creating transcultural visions – develop communication competencies to implement these visions ... - tailieumienphi.vn