Role of Educational Leader as an Instructional Leader

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Table of Contents
Part A...............................................................................................................................................2
References and Bibliography...........................................................................................................6
Part B...............................................................................................................................................7
References and Bibliography.........................................................................................................11
Part C.............................................................................................................................................13
References and Bibliography.........................................................................................................17
Part D.............................................................................................................................................19
References and Bibliography.........................................................................................................23
Part E.............................................................................................................................................25
References and Bibliography.........................................................................................................29

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Part A
Identify one leader in your school or educational organization. (a) Describe the leadership
style that he or she demonstrates in your school or organization. (b) Discuss some of
strength of his or her leadership style. (c) Assume that you have been promoted to his or
her position. Explain five ways in which you would attempt to improve on his or her
leadership style.
Introduction
The role of a leader is considered to be largely crucial in the workplace and any leader
who wants to ensure successful implementation of the different organizational goals as well as
the objectives, will be required to ensure that they are successfully able to manage the different
members well and see to it that these members are able to work well towards the overall goal of
the firm at large. Hence, the primary purpose of this answer is to highlight the manner in which
one of the educational leaders as present in the institution has been able to portray an excellent
leadership style and in lieu of this has also been able to ensure that the organization benefits
comprehensively under his guidance (Aeu.edu.my ,2018). The educational leader who has been
chosen for the purpose of the particular section is Professor Dato’ Dr. Ansary Ahmed. Professor
Dato’ Dr. Ansary Ahmed is the Director and CEO of the Asia e University and has been guiding
the overall university and has taken it to a commendable path of success and development. The
given section follows a structured format whereby the leadership style as used by the leader has
been described which is then followed by the strengths of the style and the latter half of the
report discusses the manner in which I would attempt to improve the leadership style and suggest
measures for the same.
The leadership style as adopted by Professor Dato’ Dr. Ansary Ahmed
Professor Dato’ Dr. Ansary Ahmed has been associated with the particular institution for
a long period and time and through he has portrayed his skills as an educational leader along
with the reflection of considerable external factors which have had an impact on the overall
institutional success (Aeu.edu.my ,2018). As per my analysis, the leadership style as adopted by
Professor Dato’ Dr. Ansary Ahmed is the participative leadership style.

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The participative leadership style forms one of the most crucial aspects of the
professional life. When the group is led by a participative leader, it becomes easy for them to
perform their roles and be more likely to win their targets and assist in the accomplishment of the
overall objective of the organization as well. On the other hand, if the leader simply gives certain
orders and is unable to engage effectively with the different employees then the leader will not
be able to attain success in the long run (Ward, 2016). Hence, the participative leadership style
is stated to be the most effective leadership style which can be adopted by any leader at large and
also go a long way in ensuring that the educational leader will be successful able to ensure that
the institution prospers in its different activities. Portraying this participative leadership style, the
Professor Dato’ Dr. Ansary Ahmed has been able to successfully able to lead the institution.
According to Tannenbaum and Schmidt (2017), the participative leadership style is also
known as the Democratic leadership style as it involves the decision making of the different team
members as well in the particular achievement of the goal and ensuring that the organization is
able to achieve its best performance. The leader ensures that he instead of acting as a boss, the
leader acts as a facilitator which will then help the team in taking in help from the leader and
give in their views as well. In this manner, the leadership style can be rightfully utilized in a
setting which is volunteering in nature, or the business setting involves engagement of all the
employees at large.
The strengths of Professor Dato’ Dr. Ansary Ahmed in the Participative Leadership style
Professor Dato’ Dr. Ansary Ahmed as stated earlier makes use of the Participative
Leadership style. The particular educational managerial style invites the input from the different
employees and with respect to this, the staff is provided with considerable information in regard
to the different issues of the firm, the course of action to be adopted and other such issues
(Northouse, 2018). Although it is considered to be a slow form of decision making as it involves
time as well as efforts, the different strengths of Professor Dato’ Dr. Ansary Ahmed adopting the
particular leadership style are as follows:
 Acceptance: By adopting the particular leadership style the different employees of the
firm tend to accept the particular leader as the ultimate head and this thereby assists in
reducing the resistance with respect to the different company policies as well as the
experience. Additionally, it speeds up the implementation of the new ideas as well. When

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the employees feel engaged, they will perform in a better manner for the institution at
large.
 Increased morale: The particular style brings about increased morale for the employees
and ensures that the different members of the institute and the school will be easily able
to perform well. Moreover, this higher morale can bring about exceptional changes in the
institute and ensure that the employees have an active role to play.
 Fosters Creativity: Through engaging in a participative Professor Dato’ Dr. Ansary
Ahmed is also able to foster creativity into the different realms of the firm ( Daft,
2014). This is because, once they are successfully able to engage in the decision making
process, they tend to give in their input which can be considered to be good for the
performance of the firm. The participative leadership will ensure that the different
employees to make use of creativity and make the institution more efficient in nature.
 Retention: The participative leadership also encourages employee retention as when the
employees in an institution feel valued, they tend to work in the firm for a longer and
believe that they will be successfully able to prospect in their career growth as well as
development (Ward, 2016).
Manner in which the Professors Leadership style can be improved upon
1. Hold focus groups: The professor can easily hold certain focus group meetings and other
such facilities with the help of which, the professor would come to know the integrate
working of the firm.
2. Conduct different surveys: The leader in the participative leadership is also required to
ensure that they are successfully able to engage in surveys which would help them to
understand the overall functioning (Antonakis and Day, 2017).
3. Improve the organizational processes: The organizational processes can also be improved
in case the participative leadership is managed in a better manner. Hence, in lieu of this,
the educational leader needs to ensure that
4. Act as a facilitator: Lastly, the educational leader following the participative leadership
style should also act as a facilitator and provide various goods to the employee.
Conclusion

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Therefore, from the given analysis, it can be rightfully stated that Professor Dato’ Dr.
Ansary Ahmed as a participative leader has been performing considerably well and in lieu of
ensuring that he is successfully able to integrate the different fucntions of the organization and
ensure success in the long run. The given section undertook the analysis of the leader and
examined his role as a participative leader. In this regard, the different strengths as possessed by
the leader were examined which was then followed by the suggestions which can be followed by
the leader in order to manage the institution and the business school in a better manner were also
discussed at large.

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References and Bibliography
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Daft, R. L. (2014). The leadership experience. Cengage Learning.
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Goleman, D., Boyatzis, R. E., and McKee, A. (2013). Primal leadership: Unleashing the power
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Northouse, P. G. (2018). Leadership: Theory and practice. Sage publications.
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Tannenbaum, R., and Schmidt, W. H. (2017). How to choose a leadership pattern. In Leadership
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Part B
The Role of the Educational Leader is changing from Manager / Administrator to that of
an Instructional Leader. Discuss.
Introduction
The general business environment and with special reference to the educational industry
can be stated to be very dynamic in nature. Hence, this dynamic nature of the external
environment leaves little or no scope for improvement and for this reason, the different leaders
are required to adapt to the different change procedures and align their role according to the need
of the hour. As the businesses around the world have become quite competitive in nature, so has
the educational sector (Hopkins, 2013). Due to globalization, there have been various
opportunities for the students to study in international locations and hence, the different
institutions often engage in a competition with one another and for this reason, each leader is
often under the pressure to ensure that their institution is able to perform the best and gain a large
number of student intake. Hence, in context of this, the primary objective of the section is to
highlight the role of an education leader in the general context has a manager or an administrator
and how this role is undergoing a considerable change whereby the role of a leader is becoming
more inclined towards an Instructional leader. The educational leader`s role will be analyzed
which will then be followed by the role of the educational leader as an instructional leader which
will then be followed by the analysis of the transition.
The educational leader
According to Hopkins (2013), an educational leader can be rightfully defined as the
leader who plays an inspiring role in the key learning prospect of a child and ensures that the
children grow up to be inspired by their leader. The leader not only ensures that they improve the
different aspects of the firm but generally play the role of a manager and that of an administrator.
The educational leader is also engaged in motivating the different employees to perform and
seeing to it that the different members of the organization as present are successfully able to
improvise on the role of the work educators.
The role of an educational leader as a manager or an administrator