I enrolled in the course SPC 4445: Corporate Communication and Leadership Dynamics lectured by Professor B. Schriner. He was certainly a great professor, as he made learning fun and the material easy to understand. He broke the class down into these areas

· Identifying Communication and Leadership styles

· Situational Approach to Leadership - Applying Various Styles of Leadership

His main approach was to analyze one's self-concept and then demonstrate how it affected the way one communicated. One's communication tendency would then affect their leadership style. The ide

d by three primary factors that control the amount of influence a leader has over his followers.

· Propose workable and creative solutions to problems

Barnard's seminal work isolated communication as the central function of organizational leadership. Since then, a number of researchers have attempted to identify the various behaviors associated with leadership in organizations and groups. Kenneth Benne and Paul Sheats were pioneers in the classification of functional roles in groups. Benne and Sheats analyzed group communication patterns to identify three types of group roles:

· Conflict management: Task, Management social

Low Self Esteem High Self Esteem

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