JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objective

To understand leadership traits, styles and theories to manage change in the

organization.

Course Outcomes

Students will be able to understand a) Leadership, Role and function of a Leader

• b) Leadership theories and styles c) Organizational change concepts d) Perspectives of change e) Strategies for Managing change

UNIT - I

Introduction to Leadership – Leadership, role and functions of a Leader, Leadership motives Characteristics of an Effective Leader, Leadership as a process - the complexities of leadership - Effective leadership behaviors and attitudes – Leadership and power, coercion, Management, Trait approach, Leadership Behaviour and styles – Lewin’s Leadership styles, Ohio state Leadership study, The University of Michigan Study, Blake and Mouton’s Managerial Grid.

UNIT - II

Leadership Theories and styles : Contingency theories of Leadership- Fiedler’s Contingency Model, The path-Goal Theory, The Hersey - Balanchard Situational Leadership Theory, Transformational Leadership, Transactional Leadership Style, Charismatic Leadership. Leadership and Empowerment, Servant leadership, Team leadership, Leadership Ethics.

UNIT - III

Organizational Change – Change, Nature of organizational change – Sources of change - Environmental triggers of Change, Organizational responses to change, Impact of change on organizations - Resistance to change. Types of change, changing faces of change, Predictable Change, Diagnosing change situation. Perspectives on change - Contingency Perspective - Resource dependence Perspective - Population ecology Perspective - Institutional perspective.

UNIT - IV

Organizations for Change: Organizational Structure, Models of Structure, Influences on structure, Organizational structure, and change. Organizational Culture, dimensions of organizational culture, sources of organizational culture, Organizational culture and change, Organizational politics, The link between politics, power and conflict, Power and conflict in times of change, Management and leadership, Leadership in times of change. Cultural factors influencing leadership practice.

UNIT - V

Strategies for Managing Change: Systematic approaches to Change, The hard systems model of change, Soft systems models of change – Organizational Development, The OD process, OD-an action –research based model of change, Factors for effective change – Demographic changes, changing lifestyles, occupational changes, Operating Virtually, The multiple paths to change. Developing Leadership Skills.

Suggested Readings:

• Gary Yulk, Leadership in organizations, Pearson, 2012.
• Ranjana Mittal, Leadership Personal Effectiveness and Team building, Vikas Publications, 2015
• Peter G. Northhouse, Leadership Theory and Practice, Sage Publications, 2011.
• Barbara Senior, Jocelyne Fleming, Organizational Change, 3e, Pearson publications, 2010
• Mark Hughes, Managing Change, Universities Press, 2011.
• Nic Beech and Robert Macintosh, Managing Change, Cambridge University Press, 2012.