Creative Problem Solving: Your Role as Leader

Managers can encourage the individuals within their work units to use their creative abilities. To do this, it is necessary for managers to understand which leadership style is most appropriate for each member of the group. Most leader interactions at work fall into 2 categories - task behaviors, wh...

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Published in:Getting results- for the hands-on manager. A (Plant ed.) 1989-04, Vol.34 (4), p.37
Main Author: Glassman, Edward
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Creativity
Job enrichment
Leadership
Management styles
Managers
Organizational behavior
Performance appraisal
Problem solving
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Summary:Managers can encourage the individuals within their work units to use their creative abilities. To do this, it is necessary for managers to understand which leadership style is most appropriate for each member of the group. Most leader interactions at work fall into 2 categories - task behaviors, which are directives, and supportive behaviors, which involve encouraging. The relative frequency with which these 2 styles of interactions are combined constitutes a manager's leadership style and influences the level of creativity in the work group. The leadership styles are: 1. directive, 2. participative, 3. catalytic, and 4. nondirective. To become a more flexible leader who encourages creativity, managers can learn how to: 1. assert for a more effective directive style, 2. coach and negotiate disagreements for a more effective participative style, 3. listen and respond nonevaluatively for a more catalytic style, and 4. manage and motivate for on-the-job creativity.
ISSN:1088-4343