Engineering Communication and Leadership Discussion 2022

NAME OF INSTITUTION:
Engineering Communication
and Leadership
Focus on Thomas
Edison leadership
style
Student Name:
9/6/2019
Contents

Chapter One: Engineering Communication and
Leadership......................................................2
1.1 Introduction.............................................2
1.2 Thomas Elva Leadership Behaviour...........3
1.2.1 Persistence.......................................3
1.2.2 Team player......................................4
1.2.3 Commitment to duty...........................5
1.3 Conclusion.............................................5
Chapter Two: Contingency Leadership................6
2.1 Introduction.............................................6
2.1.1 Leader Member Relation-....................6
2.1.2 Task Structure...................................6
2.1.3 Positional Power................................7
2.2 Contingency Theory Model.......................7
2.2.1 Findings of the model.........................8
2.2.3 Critical appraisal of the contingency
theory......................................................9
2.3 Conclusion...........................................10
Chapter Three: Charismatic Leadership............10
3.1 Introduction...........................................10
3.2 Features of a charismatic leader..............11
3.2.1 Confidence:....................................11
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3.2.2 Communication...............................12
3.2.3 Focus...........................................12
3.2.4 Creativity.....................................12
3.3 Conclusion.........................................12
Chapter four: References............................13
Chapter One: Engineering Communication and
Leadership
1.1 Introduction
Leadership behavior can be defined as a set of traits
exhibited by an individual in higher authority to motivate,
empower and influence the actions of others to deliver
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meaningful work within an organization. For a leader to
succeed in his or her mission, he or she must set clear
objectives for the followers to boost their confidence and
morale towards achieving the organizational goals.
There is a positive correlation between leadership styles
used in an organization and level of efficiency witnessed
in the institution (Anderson, and Sun, 2017). In this
paper, the author evaluates the leadership style and
functions with regards to Thomas Edison inventions and
companies using different theories of leadership.
1.2 Thomas Elva Leadership Behaviour
The following are some of the leadership behaviour
exhibited by the legend;
1.2.1 Persistence
Edison failed to achieve his desired results
several times but could often be head saying, “I
have not failed, but rather found ten thousand
ways that won’t work.” He did not stop trying as
evident in Josephson (2019) where he laments
that the greatest weakness of a man lies in his
tendency to give up. “The most certain way,” he
says, “is to try just one more time.” Persistence
is one of the traits that enable leaders to achieve
the desired missions because it is a vehicle that
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