Transformational Leadership vs Transactional Leadership Style

Foundations of
business management

Table of Contents
Question 1 : What is meant by Transformational Leadership and how does it differ from
Transactional Leadership Style...................................................................................................3
Question 2 : What is the difference between Operations Management and Operations
Strategy?......................................................................................................................................3
Question 3 : Explain how a product manufacturing business ensures quality of their
production process using Total Quality Management................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................7

Question 1 : What is meant by Transformational Leadership and how does it differ from
Transactional Leadership Style
Transformational leadership:
Transformational leadership is refers to the leadership approach that causes change in
individual. Mainly, it develop valuable and positive changes in followers in order to develop
them into leaders. The main focus of this approach is to build an effective team, motivate them
and also collaboration with employees at different level of company in order to accomplish the
positive change (Schweigert, 2016). Mainly, transformational leaders are also set goals, rewards
and incentives to influence their followers to put their best efforts for accomplishing their targets.
As it also help in providing opportunities to employees for their personal and professional
growth. In context to this, there are some factors of transformational leaders such as intellectual
stimulation, idealized influence, inspiration motivation and individualized consideration. In this,
leaders are also ensure that all the day to day activities are done reliably and at the same time
also create high performance workforce to attain set task activities.
Transactional leadership style:
Transactional leadership style is also effective as it concerned with managing normal
flow of operations. It is usually directive in which leader set expectations and key performance to
attain the targets. In this context, transactional leaders are also motivates their workers by
exchanging all the rewards for their performance. This type of leadership is based over the
processes and control as it required an effective and strict management structure for completing
the allotted task activities. It also require a high degree of coordination and communication in
order to completing the task activities.
As both style are totally different from each others because because transformational
leadership focus on the vision and also use charisma and enthusiasm for motivating their workers
but transactional leadership style is focus on the goals. As it use rewards and punishments for
motiving their workers. Furthermore, transformational leadership style is protective in nature
whereas transactional is reactive in nature. This is the reason that Transformational leadership is
differ from Transactional Leadership Style.
Question 2 : What is the difference between Operations Management and Operations Strategy?
Strategy and operations are inextricably linked: strategy refers to the plan for reaching an
operations and objective (Belwalkar and Vohra, 2016). Operations management involves the