skill approach

Question 1

three basic skills

Answer 1

• Technical skills: knowledge and proficiency in a specific type of work or activity
• Human skills: social skills, ability to work with people
• Conceptual skills: ability to work with ideas and concepts

Question 2

capability model

5 components

Answer 2

1. Individual Attributes
   a. General Cognitive Ability: intelligence, way to deal with information
   b. Crystalized Cognitive Ability: learning over time from experience
   c. Motivation: willingness, dominance committed to social good of organization
   d. Personality: virtues, character
2. Competencies
   a. Problem-solving Skills: Removing obstacles, creative ability to solve new and unusual organizational problems in a sustainable way

b. Social Judgement Skill: perspective taking, social perceptiveness, behavioral flexibility
c. Knowledge: Expert power, define and attempt to solve complex problems

3. Leadership Outcome
   a. Effective Problem Solving: originality in problem solving, in an effective, unique and logical way

b. Leader’s performance: successful or not

Question 3

STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES OF THE SKILL APPROACH

Answer 3

pro

1. Stresses importance of developing specific skills
2. First approach to conceptualize and create a structure of the process of leadership around skills
3. Provides an expansive view of leadership

contra

1. Addresses more than just leadership, thus less precise in explaining leadership performance
2. Weak in predictive value, does not explain how skills lead to effective leadership performance
3. Because of the individual attributes it is trait-like