Leadership Team

Leadership And Team Management

 What Is an Organization?
–Characteristics of an organization.
–Concept of organization is
changing.
–Today’s Organizations.
 Challenges to Managers:
–Current trends and issues facing
managers.
–Importance of innovation and
 What Is An
Organization?
 An Organization Defined:
– A deliberate arrangement of people to
accomplish some specific purpose
(that individuals independently could
not accomplish alone).
 Common Characteristics of
Organizations:
– Have a distinct purpose (goal).
– Composed of people.
 What is an
organizations?
• Social entities
• Goal oriented
• Deliberately structured
• Linkedto the external
environment
Characteristics of
Organizations

Distinct Deliberate
Purpose Structure

People
 General
•A Common Purpose
•A Common Strategy
Business
Functions
Resources •Technological
Management
•People The
•Marketing
•Capital Organization
•Raw Materials •Financial Management

•Equipment & Supplies •Operations

Management
•Land
•Human Resource
•Intellectual Property Management
•Information
•Change Management
etc.
 Strategy

People Structure

Rewards Processes
 Organizational
Stakeholders
Employees Customers

Social and Political

Unions
Action Groups

Shareholders Competitors
Organization

Trade and Industry

Communities
Associations

Suppliers Governments

Media
 The Changing Organization
Traditional
 Stable
 Inflexible
 Job-focused
 Work is defined by job
positions
 Individual-oriented
 Permanent jobs
 Command-oriented
 Managers always make
decisions
 Rule-oriented
 Relatively homogeneous
workforce
 Workdays defined
 Hierarchical relationships
 Work at organizational
facility during specific
New Organization
 Dynamic
 Flexible
 Skills-focused
 Work is defined in terms of
tasks to be done
 Team-oriented
 Temporary jobs
 Involvement-oriented
 Employees participate in
decision making
 Customer-oriented
 Diverse workforce
 Workdays have no time
boundaries
 Lateral and networked
relationships
 Changing
Organizations
 Difference in modern organizations:
– Information technology
– Strategic management team
– Globalization
– Partnerships – public/private, labor, etc.
– Work-life issues
– Diversification
– Employee development
– Compensation
– Selection process (from KSAs to Behaviors)
– Decentralization
– Managing change – privatization, downsizing,
Organizational performance
– Productivity
– Performance effectiveness
– Performance efficiency
Organizational performance
– “Value creation” is a very important
notion for organizations.
– Value is created when an organization’s
operations adds value to the original
cost of resource inputs.
– When value creation occurs:
 Businesses earn a profit.
 Non-profit organizations add wealth to
society.
Critical skills for success in
the new workplace:
– Excellence
– Networking
– Entrepreneurship
– Technology dependent
– Marketing
– Passion for change
Workplace changes:
– Belief in human capital.
– Demise of “command-and-control”.
– Emphasis on teamwork.
– Pre-eminence of technology.
– Embrace of networking.
– New workforce expectations.
– Concern for work-life balance.
– Focus on speed.
 New Workplace
 A highly competitive global economy has
created unparalleled opportunities and
unprecedented uncertainties.
 Smart people and smart organizations create
their own futures.
 Companies with a future are committed to
people.
 Companies with a future have high
performance. expectations and provide
supportive work environments.
 High performing companies gain
High performing managers:
– Build working relationships with
others.
– Help others develop their skills and
performance competencies.
– Foster teamwork.
– Create a work environment that is
performance-driven and provides
The organization as an
upside-down pyramid
– Each individual is a value-added
worker.
– A manager’s job is to support
workers’ efforts.
– The best managers are known for
helping and supporting.
Competencies for managerial
success
– Communication
– Teamwork
– Self-management
– Leadership
– Critical thinking
– Professionalism
– Crises management
– Global management skills
Importance of
Innovation
and Change
Even if you’re on
the right track,
you’ll get run
over if you
just sit there.
Will Rogers