Discovering Task and Relational Behaviors
Discovering Task and Relational Behaviors
Effective leaders have to be good at attending to tasks and with building relationships. To understand more about task and relationship behaviors, you will complete the Task and Relationship Questionnaire interactive. The purpose of this interactive and this discussion is to help you build awareness of your task-oriented and relationship-oriented leadership behaviors. Once you complete the interactive, compare your scores, and you will begin to see if you are more task focused or more people focused.
Prepare:
Before attempting this discussion,
Read the Week 4 Lecture.
Read Chapter 4: Attending to Tasks and Relationships in the textbook.
Consider reviewing Chapter 1 in the textbook.
Complete the Task and Relationship Questionaire interactive:
Task and Relationship Questionnaire (Links to an external site.)
Reflect:
Reflect on what you learned about your own leadership style. Do you consider yourself to be a task-oriented leader, or a relational-oriented leader? Do you do both well? What are the benefits of each style? One of the challenges leaders face when leading is knowing when to integrate in their task and relationship behaviors. Do you consider this a challenge for you in your leadership style?
Write:
In your initial discussion forum post,
Share your task and relationship scores from the interactive.
Identify which leadership style is more dominant for you: task or relationship.
Discuss what you learned about your own leadership style. In doing so, consider these questions:
Do you feel your scores from the interactive are accurate?
Is one style better than the other?
What are the benefits of each style?
Your initial post should be a minimum of 200 words and is due on Day 3 (Thursday).
Respond to Peers: Review your classmates’ posts, and respond to at least two of your peers by Day 7. Try to respond to two different classmates you have not responded to before. Each peer response should be a minimum of 50 words. In your peer responses:
Reflect on your specific style (task or relational) and your peers. Comment on any similarities or differences between your style and your peer’s style.
Share examples how you apply or use these behaviors in your personal and professional lives.
For example, if you are a manager or leader in any organization in society (profit or not-for-profit), share an example or two how you apply these two behaviors and how they work for you.
DQ2 Leader Behaviors for Success [WLOs: 2] [CLOs: 3]
In the first discussion forum this week you examined your personal style regarding task-oriented and relationship-oriented behaviors. Now you will focus on the similarities and differences between a leader and a manager.
Prepare:
Before attempting this discussion,
Read Chapter 4 in the textbook.
Review the “Leadership vs. Management” section of Chapter 1 in the textbook.
Watch The Perils of Confusing Management and Leadership video:
The Perils of Confusing Management and Leadership (Links to an external site.)
Reflect:
Reflect on the sections, “Task Leadership,” and “Relationship Leadership” in Chapter 4 of the textbook. Simply put, leaders with a task style focus on goal accomplishment in their group, and leaders with a relationship style help followers feel comfortable in the group and in situations. Good leaders should be both task-focused and relationship-focused. With that in mind, think about leader who has influenced, improved, and inspired you positively (in any organization in society) and who has impacted positive outcomes and results. How did that leader balance achieving objectives with building relationships? Was that leader more task-oriented or relationship-oriented, or were they good in both areas?
Also, reflect on The Perils of Confusing Management and Leadership (Links to an external site.)video and what you have learned. Are leadership and management the same? Why or why not? What is the difference between being a leader or a manager?
Write:
In your initial discussion forum post,
Compare leadership and management.
Are they the same? Why or why not? Explain.
Identify a leader who has inspired you and answer each of these questions:
What did the leader accomplish that impressed or inspired you?
Is the leader more task-oriented or relationship-oriented, or both?
How did the leader use their task and relational behaviors to achieve results and positive outcomes?
Were they more of a manager or a leader, or both?
Your initial post should be a minimum of 200 words and is due on Day 3 (Thursday).
Respond to Peers: Review your classmates’ posts, and respond to at least two of your peers by Day 7. Try to respond to two different classmates you have not responded to before. Each peer response should be a minimum of 50 words. In your peer responses:
Reflect on what your peers said about their chosen leader’s specific style (task or relational). Do you agree with their assessment? Why or why not?
Read your peers reply of the difference between leaders and managers. What can you add to their conversation?
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