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Student Learning Objective 4

Specify the role of engineering in total quality management.

Learning Objective F

Categorize leadership and decision making styles


Content

The topic for Module F is leadership styles and decision making.


Slide 23: Leadership

“Leadership is the ability to inspire people to make a total, willing and voluntary commitment to accomplishing or exceeding organizational goals.”


Slide 24: What Leaders Must Do

  • Overcome resistance to change

  • Broker the needs of constituency groups inside and outside of the organization

  • Establish and ethical framework


Slide 25: Decision Making Styles

  • Figure 9-3: Leadership Styles:

  • Autocratic

  • Democratic
  • Participative
  • Goal-oriented
  • Situational

Figure 9-3: Leadership Styles


Slide 26: Myths about Leadership

  • Leadership is a rare skill

  • Leaders are born, not made

  • Leaders are charismatic

  • Leadership exists only at the top

  • Leaders control, direct, prod and manipulate

  • Leaders don’t need to be learners