Leadership and Multidimensionality

Abstract

This report explores the rationale for the following suggestions: that leaders must be able to empathize (i.e., perceive and understand employees and relevant others appropriately), that the executive leader should be able to communicate effectively, and that appropriate and effective leadership action generally has to be based on differentative and integrative thinking, perceiving, and planning. Questions about how differentiation and integration are useful, when and where multidimensionality is needed, and what must be differentiated to achieve leadership excellence are all addressed. Keywords: Organization; Empathy; Persuasion and control; Information flow; Group deliberation; Interdependence; and Task demands.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA167894

Entities

People

  • Siegfried Streufert

Organizations

  • Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Employment
  • Environment
  • Executives
  • Group Processes (Social Psychology)
  • Information Processing
  • Leadership
  • Management Personnel
  • Personality
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Quality Control
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Supervisors
  • Thinking
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Organizational Psychology.