Leaders and followers
Dr P C Gronn
First semester * Clayton
This subject provides a framework for the analysis of leader-follower relations. Beginning with Weber's threefold typology of traditional, charismatic and rational-legal authority, an examination will be made of leading and following in varieties of administrative regimes, orders and structures. As part of a comparative study of educational and non-educational leadership the subject will focus on the bases of allegiance, obedience and bonding between leaders and their followers. Detailed analyses will then be made of group dynamics and consultative processes, work styles, humour, mateship and friendship, habits and skills of selected administrators and leaders with particular reference to the individual, interpersonal and institutional consequences of different patterns of work performance. Finally, the implications will be drawn for systems of leadership recruitment, succession, selection and induction, particularly in schools and other educational organisations.
Assessment
Written (6000 words)