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Contents<br />

xiii<br />

CHAPTER 11 Leadership 378<br />

What Is Leadership? 380<br />

Leadership as Supervision 380<br />

Trait Theories: Are Leaders Different from Others? 380<br />

Behavioural Theories: Do Leaders Behave in Particular Ways? 382<br />

Contingency Theories: Does the Situation Matter? 384<br />

Substitutes for Leadership 388<br />

Inspirational Leadership 389<br />

Charismatic Leadership 389<br />

Transformational Leadership 392<br />

Contemporary Leadership Roles 395<br />

Mentoring 395<br />

Self-Leadership (or Self-Management) 397<br />

Team Leadership 397<br />

Online Leadership 398<br />

Leading without Authority 399<br />

Contemporary Issues in Leadership 399<br />

Authentic Leadership 400<br />

Ethical Leadership 401<br />

Servant Leadership 402<br />

Global Implications 403<br />

Summary 404<br />

OB at Work<br />

FOR REVIEW • FOR MANAGERS • FOR YOU 405<br />

POINT/COUNTERPOINT: Heroes Are Made, Not Born 406<br />

PERSONAL INVENTORY ASSESSMENT 407<br />

BREAKOUT GROUP EXERCISES 407<br />

EXPERIENTIAL EXERCISE: Being Charismatic 407<br />

ETHICAL DILEMMA: Undercover Leaders 407<br />

CASE INCIDENT: Moving from Colleague to Supervisor 408<br />

CASE INCIDENT: Leadership by Algorithm 409<br />

FROM CONCEPTS TO SKILLS: Practising to Be Charismatic 410<br />

CHAPTER 12 Decision Making, Creativity, and Ethics 412<br />

How Should Decisions Be Made? 414<br />

The Rational Decision-Making Process 414<br />

How Do Individuals Actually Make Decisions? 415<br />

Bounded Rationality in Considering Alternatives 416<br />

Intuition 417<br />

Judgment Shortcuts 418<br />

Group Decision Making 422<br />

Groups vs. the Individual 422<br />

Groupthink and Groupshift 423<br />

Group Decision-Making Techniques 426<br />

Creativity in Organizational Decision Making 428<br />

Creative Behaviour 429<br />

Causes of Creative Behaviour 429<br />

Creative Outcomes (Innovation) 431<br />

What About Ethics in Decision Making? 432<br />

Four Ethical Decision Criteria 432<br />

Making Ethical Decisions 434<br />

Corporate Social Responsibility 436<br />

Global Implications 437<br />

Decision Making 437

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