I coach a swim team
that is a non-profit organization. The head coach of the swim team has no
political ties (nor does he want to) within the community. I can see directly
that his actions limit the size, resources, and functionality of the team. It
could be said that he is in a leadership position and that he directly effects
the decisions that over 50 families make on a day-to-day basis. I see people
making decisions to spend more money and even relocate (physically move)
because they do not like him. However, I also see people going way out of their
way to receive coaching from him because they feel he is the best. Regardless
of individual perspectives, there is a community that he leads and the
collective efficacy is rather high within it. People listen to him and his
suggestions are regarded as law quite frequently. I feel that if he connected
more with individuals of politics, education, business within the community the
team could see that he is a good coach and does have good intentions. With that
being said, I also feel that no matter what the ties are that a leader has, the
leader has to want what his followers want for the information that Sampson discusses
in this chapter to be correct. What I mean is that for the social organization
to stay highly persistent over time there must be high collective efficacy among everyone including the leader or the leader must be a good actor.
As far as my research
for my presentation goes I am still trying to decide if ethics in business
effecting success or community involvement effecting crime rates will be my
topic. I have found a few articles for each but not as many as I would prefer
for either. I have found the articles regarding ethics in business to be more
entertaining which is leaning me toward that topic idea but it is not exactly
what I was expecting to do from the start. I have always liked the idea of
doing research related to preventing crime but with as many failed businesses
are circulating now the articles I am finding may prove just as useful.
I enjoyed how you provided a personal experience for your response. I could personally relate to your example because I swam for 4 years in high school. I hadn't given much thought to a team being a type of community, so I really liked that perspective. You made a great point at the end of the paragraph where you say "for the social organization to stay highly persistent over time there must be high collective efficacy among everyone including the leader or the leader must be a good actor." I can't help but think that the last part of that sentence might be a jab at politicians? Great response!
ReplyDeleteComing from a small community where athletic coaches can have some of the strongest ties in the community, the correlation that you draw between your swim team and leadership is very interesting. Most of the points that you make I saw going through high school either exactly as you related, or something quite similar. The part where you talk about the leader having the same goal as those he is leading is also very true, oftentimes we see a leader who has a different end goal in mind than his "followers" and the consequences which this may result in.
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