Introduction to Management: Exploring Leadership, Skills, and Styles

Running Head: Introduction to Management
Introduction to Management
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System04104
1/30/2019

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1. Introduction of Leadership
Leadership can be defined as a motivational power or influencing the power of a
person to inspire and motivate other people towards a particular goal or objective. Leadership
not only about to using willpower rather it also refers to an influencing power of a person to
make other people do what the leader wants to do. Normally, people used the term ‘leader’
and ‘manager’ interchangeably but a leader is a person who provides vision and strategy to
the organisation, while managers implement that vision (Zheng, Yang, & McLean, 2010).
The Trait model of leadership best defines the characteristics and nature of both a
successful and unsuccessful leader. To achieve the vision and objective of the organisation a
manager required some leadership skills as well to manage and guide people towards the
organisational objective. The trait theory helps to identify different traits of a manager that is
required in an organisation. The six traits of leaders in leadership are as follow:
1. Derive
2. The desire to led
3. Honesty and Integrity
4. Self-confidence
5. Intelligence
6. Job relevant knowledge
I think management skills are required to perform specific tasks in an organisation. A
manager is responsible to achieve the organisational goal and objectives with and through the
help of people working in the organisation. I feel that I am self-confident about my capacity
and knowledge to do the organisational work and as an effective leader I have the capacity to
perform executive duties in an organisation to face tough and crisis situation and also have an
ability to solve problems when occurs. Apart from these skills, a manager should have
required both technical and conceptual skills. Technical skill helps a manager in to use a
variety of techniques to achieve the organisational objectives. However, I lack in technical
skills that I found in myself that is not mentioned in essential traits required in a leader in trait
theory. Apart from these two skills, I think that I should have interpersonal skills that help me
to interact with people regarding work or any problem. On the above skills and traits, if one
can follow in his/her career in leadership, then person will really prove himself as a good
manager in any organisation in future.

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2. Situational, transformational and Servant Leadership
Situational leadership is a leadership style given by Kenneth Blanchard and Paul
Harsey. The situational style of leadership style refers to the when a leader adjusts his style
according to the employees need and he develop his style in such a way that helps him to
influence his followers.
Servant leadership style is based on the philosophy to serve people rather than guide or
motivate them towards an organisational goal, which is found in some traditional leadership
style. The current political leaders are the best example of servant leadership who worked as
a servant leader with the intention to serve people rather than dictate them.
Transformational leadership is always focused on improving and transforming the
company's conventions. This is highly encouraged form of leadership style that drives people
towards the goal and pushing them outside of their comfort zone. A transformational leader is
best type of leadership style that encourages people and provides them with a cause around
they can rally.
3. Identification of Leaders with a different approach with the
exercise of Power
The best example of a leader who used leadership power and influencing power for a
positive result is Mahatma Gandhi from India. Who were a great leader and a freedom
fighter, used their power for freedom, and adopt the way of peace. He had all the skills of a
leader and poses tremendous mind to control people only by his speech.
Another leader who used power and influence in a harmful way was Adolf Hitler of
Germany. He was one of autocratic leader and major causes behind the Second World War,
but despite being great leadership skills, he destroyed his country because of his Autocratic
leadership style (Ghazzawi, Shoughari, & Osta, 2017).
4. Different Types of Leadership Approach in a different scenario
Scenario 1
In the situational leadership model, it has been considered that there is not a single way or
a single style of leadership rather than the leadership style is totally based on the maturity and
coordination of employees with the manager or leader of the organisation. The maturity of