Mumford's Theory Of Skills Theory

This is an introduction to the Skills Inventory introduced in Chapter 3 of the textbook “Leadership: Theory and Practice” by Peter Northouse, a tool by which one can measure leadership strengths in three major skill areas, Technical, Human & Conceptual (Northouse, 2016). An additional introduction is made to the Leadership Behavior Questionnaire, which measures the type of leadership behavior style one is most likely to practice, the task style or the degree to which you define the roles of others, or the relationship style -the degree to which you attempt to make others feel at ease (2016). Upon taking these two assessments, the responses when combined will indicate my personal leadership philosophy. When analyzed in conjunction with Katz’ Three-Skill Approach, the outcome should be in alignment with the experiential and educational leadership background I possess thus far (Katz, 1955).

Effective leaders opt to implement a specific type of leadership style as a result of their personalities and job experiences, and apply it to their organizational structure. However, that particular type of leadership style a leader utilizes may not apply to every job situation (Peak et al., 2010). In order to be an effective leader, an individual must acquire the three basic leadership skills and they are as follows: (1) human relations; (2) conceptual skills; and (3) technical skills (Haberfeld, 2013). Additionally, a skillful leader must also be proficient in motivating, communicating, and problem solving (Hess & Orthmann, 2012).

Without direct instruction, students cannot learn on their own. They need to be taught how to do certain things to be able to be productive in life. They need to learn how to follow direction to be able to get to the correct answer with understanding.

Skills-based leadership theory is a leader-centered model emphasizing skills and abilities that can be learned and developed (Armistead, 2017). More specifically, leadership is based on three skills: technical, human, and conceptual (Northouse, 2015). Technical skills related to knowledge about and proficiency in a specific field; human skills related to the ability to communicate with people; conceptual skills are the ability to work with ideas and concepts (Northouse, 2015). The three elements of skill approach are individual attributes, competencies, and leadership outcomes (Armistead, 2017). The skills approach implies that many people have leadership potential, and if they can learn from their experiences and training, they can improve their capabilities. This theory can help leaders identify their weaknesses and strengths. In the group project, my human skill is developed. When planning the project, I was able to work well with other. More specifically, through interacting

Whereas trait theory believed that leadership traits are something and individual is born with, behavioral theory is based on the concept that

The Direct Instruction approach asks students questions both one-on-one, and as a group. The teacher teaches in front of the classroom while having the students sitting down in rows or in a group on the carpet. In Susiun Elementary school, a teacher follows a workbook while students are reading from a handout with the same content. A list of words is numbered and the students have to reply as a class what the words say and how to spell them first saying it at a steady pace, then increasing in speed. After this, students are individually tested at the end of the day consisting of the teacher following along to the student reading a passage while keeping track of their errors. Students are less competitive in this process and have individual

With the results of the wonderful benefits it provides, it brings a question to mind; what do these teaching methods do that benefit our education? As a future educator and being in a school where these practices and techniques have been implemented, to me I feel that this teaching style has a huge impacted on how students should be taught. I believe that this trend should be continued to be used in all schools because this process really dives into the fundamentals of teaching. It also gets the students involved with their education and in my opinion, that creates an environment where the students can take control of their learning and they can be accountable for their education. I believe some schools forget that it is the student's’ job

During the time I worked for Javelin Technical Training Center, I had a Director of Education (DOE) who had two of the three skilled approach described by Northhouse, (2013). He had human and conceptual and needed assistance in the technical approach. As I read chapter three in Northouse, (2013) book, he discussed the importance of all three skills; however, it also depends on the management level that current person is in. The Director of Education (DOE) was part of middle management which required all three skills. However, his conceptual and human skills were effective which allowed co-workers and upper management to dismissed his lack in technical skills.

In his textbook, Northouse discussed on the Skills Approach, that leadership is based on three skills which are technical skill that focuses on competence on working with things, human skill that emphasizes on working with people, and conceptual skill that concentrates more on working with ideas. The skills approach suggests that knowledge, abilities and skills are needed for leaders to be effective.

This model I believe has more focus on the success of the teacher rather than the needs of the students.

When it comes to being successful in the workforce there are many different skills a person needs. I believe there are three extremely important skills every employee should have. These skills are, time management, being respectful, and being responsible. These three skills will give you the best ability to succeed in the workplace, and open up more opportunities for your career.

Strength of the educational model is that it can be tailored to a certain group ensuring that the information provided is relevant to that group, therefore making it more likely that the targeted group would listen to the information given since they would feel that they can relate to it resulting in more people changing

It’s weaknesses are: 1) the extensiveness of the Skills Approach seem to expand further than the boundaries of leadership, 2) it can not explain in specifics how skills lead to the effective performance of a leader, 3) although it claims not be a trait approach model, a huge component of it does in fact include individual attributes, 4) it may need to be proven in generalized organizations and populations because findings were constructed using only military personnel in the armed services. (Northouse, 2010).

If we focus on the idea that people can poses different personality and characteristics can be linked to successful leadership across various situation this would be defined as the trait theory of leadership. Some researcher believe that the ability to lead was something that a person was born with and not something that could be developed or learn. Many people still believe that leaders just have an intuition that makes them good at making decision and developing

Lastly, the final competency identified by the skills approach is human skills, which are the knowledge about, and ability to work with people. Further, these skills help a leader to work effectively with follower, peers, and superiors to accomplish the organizations goals (Northouse, pg 45). A democratic political system such as Germany’s necessitates the need