Looking at Leadership: Some Neglected Issues

Abstract

This paper reviews some of what is known about leadership, focusing on the data collected about the nature of managerial work. These findings point to the unrelenting pace and capricious, fragmented, and oral nature of the job. Three dimensions are presented as useful in understanding managerial performance: complexity/simplicity, use of structures, and use of power. A way to study leaders is to simulate the variety of stimuli confronting them and observe how their activities relate to effectiveness in the use of these dimensions. A typology is suggested for doing this.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA049320

Entities

People

  • Michael M. Lombardo

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Psychology
  • Business Administration
  • Educational Psychology
  • Human Behavior
  • Human Resources
  • Information Processing
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Motivation
  • Motor Skills
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personality
  • Psychology
  • Security
  • Social Psychology
  • Students
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Systems Analysis and Design