http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/jan2011/ca20110114_525498.htm
This article discusses what is necessary for a person to be a good boss, and it immediately drew my mind to the psychodynamic approach of leadership. I thought of the psychodynamic approach because it looks at personalities and at certain tendencies and qualities that people have.
The psychodynamic approach is useful for this situation because it can look at how the personality of the leader (boss) relates to the follower and vice versa. Certain situations in an organizational setting may require different personality types. For example, when looking at Jung’s classification of personality types, a top level position may require an intuitor because they are typically strategic thinkers and they plan for the future. An intuitor may find it easier to see the big picture. At a lower level position, a sensor may be a better fit because they are typically practical and detail oriented, which allows them to follow the direction of upper level management. However, because sensors are detail oriented and less imaginative than intuitors, they may find it more difficult to come up with new ideas.
I have a few ideas for how organizations could apply this information in order to get the most out of their leaders/managers and other employees. Organizations would benefit if they could find a way to place managers at a level that would be best suited by that person’s personality. The organization and the leader would also both benefit when a person is placed in a position because it will allow them to comfortably handle the situations at hand. Every personality type can be effective in a given situation. They key is to look at the person’s personality type, including any particular tendencies they may have, and fit the personality type to an appropriate situation.
Do you think that this application might be useful in an organization, or do you think that the leader would find it easier to adapt themselves to a particular situation?
I think that this application could definitely be useful in organizations, howeveer I feel that the leader must be able to adapt as well. I think that Jung's classification of personality types can also be used to explain the Situational approach to leadership. There are certain leaders that are unable to be effective when their subordinates have different behavioral patterns then the leader. If a leader is chosen and he/she is a big introvert but all of his/her followers are big extroverts I think it would be difficult for the leader to be succesful.
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Jack Kalita
This is something that would need to be implemented very carefully into an organization to work successfully. I have heard of situations where employees all wore symbols that relayed the message of what type of personality they had (something like wearing a red fish for ENTP, and other colors for other personalities). This was interesting at first, but wound up causing people to judge others based on the what the symbol represented instead of who the person actually was.
ReplyDeleteAnother note on implementing this is that while some personalities may be better at certain tasks, it would still be highly beneficial to keep a diverse set of employees working together as different personalities on a team work together to create the best output.
I'm sure these ideas only apply to specific instances of your post, but they are important things to keep in mind.
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