A. Leadership roles

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Work in 3 groups; each group reads text A, B or C.

Text 1

Unit 1 Leadership

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2. In your group discuss the following:

- the topic of the text

- points covered

- facts vs attitude

- text genre (research paper, journal article, textbook)

- target audience

- the author's position, attitude

Leaders have three essential roles. They have to:

1.Define the task - they have to make it quite clear what the group is expected to do.

2.Achieve the task - that is why the group exists. Leaders ensure that the group's purpose is fulfilled. If it is not, the result is frustration, disharmony, criticism and, eventually perhaps, disintegration of the group.

3. Maintain effective relationships - between themselves and the members of the group, and between the people within the group. These relationships are effective if they contribute to achieving the task. They can be divided into those concerned with the team and its morale and sense of common purpose, and those concerned with individuals and how they are motivated.

J.Adair (1) suggested some time ago that these demands are best expressed as areas of need which leaders are there to satisfy. These are: (1) task needs - to get job done, (2) individual needs to harmonize the needs of the individual with these of the task and the group and (3) group needs - to build and maintain team spirit.