1.2 The Effective Workplace Manager - The Behaviour Approach
In the previous sub-topics we discussed the fact that many theorists focus on the role(s) that managers assume in their control and leadership of workplace activities. In contrast, the Behaviour Approach to specifying what constitutes effective leader mainly derives data from the characteristics managers display when leading. Essentially, the Behaviour Approach asks what innate behaviours does an effective leader or manager display and what behaviours does an ineffective leader display? While the studies generally cover leadership they tend to focus on leadership as an aspect of management (Conger et al.; 1988). Increasingly leadership has been studied using the Behaviour Approach in an attempt to differentiate the behaviours of leaders and non-leaders. Inevitably, this led to behavioural - psychological theories examining leadership styles.
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