Leadership Theory and Research

This assignment delves into the evolution of leadership theory and research in the 21st century. It examines current theoretical trends, shifting perspectives, and the application of organizational discourse analysis to understand leadership as a relational process. The assignment also considers ethical dimensions of leadership, particularly within diverse contexts like education and project management. Students are tasked with analyzing scholarly articles that provide critical perspectives on transformational leadership, charismatic-transformational leadership, and the impact of leadership competency profiles on success.

Leadership - A Critical
Perspective

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Aim ........................................................................................................................................2
SELECTING AND ASSESSING THE CEO'S ..............................................................................2
The CEO's...............................................................................................................................2
Selection frame work ............................................................................................................3
Assessing effectiveness .........................................................................................................3
ANALYSING THE CEOs...............................................................................................................4
Construction of the leaders ....................................................................................................4
Conceptualisation of leadership ............................................................................................4
Conceptualization of success .................................................................................................5
THE PRACTICE OF LEADERSHIP IN ACHIEVING ORGANISATIONAL SUCCESS .........5
Strategies ...............................................................................................................................5
Employee empowerment .......................................................................................................6
Performance monitoring ........................................................................................................6
CASE STUDY :- SCOTT CHARLTON AND AUSTRALIA POST ..........................................7
Context and challenges ..........................................................................................................7
Current actions ......................................................................................................................8
The way forward ....................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................9

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The business environment of Australia is presently featured by the continues modifications and
raising competition. The leaders of Australian they have to be capable to prepare their
organisation in order to meet their task and challenges. Therefore, there is no individual
leadership theory which can also guarantee to their positive outcomes of the industry.
Proliferation of their study in context of Leadership that refers to increasing difficult practitioner
so they can go with relevant theories which help them. The major motive of this report Is to
figure out relevancy of leadership theories which enhance their performance of leader by the
three of then chief executive officers of Australian company. So, they can figure out approaches
to made up and develop performance of leaders by the enhancing outcomes. This achieved by
examine their transformational leadership of Mr. Alan Joyce – Quantas, Christine Holgate –
Black mores Australia, Scott Charlton – Transurban. The examiner disclose their individual
personalities of the leaders which varied markedly by their conceptualization of leadership and
success. This indicated their despite which being constructed their leadership around their
individual. In current scenario, environment and organisational outcomes are achieved
collectively and success which is reflected in their positive organisational performance.
INTRODUCTION
The Australian business environment which is act as the rapid change. The failures to
accept their change. There is the failure so they can alter their change which is layering along
their negative impact which is upon their organisations (Brooks and Normore, 2010). There is
the environment, the success as well as progress which demands for the clear strategies and also
support the entire organisation. This is the role of leader which define their strategies of
organisation that inspire them to be support of orchestrating and personnel alignment resources
of the leader which set their conditions for success and growth of companies. Therefore, the
leadership is very complex by consist of individual leadership theory that also can guarantee tot
Ehrlich positive outcomes of organisational growth. In fact, there is the leadership studies which
disparate their ways that leadership also been conceptualized that also examined, measures and
other academic literature. That refers to their difficulty of erasing practitioners and also deeming
their almost relevant theories. So, through this they able to fulfil their roles (Bolden, 2011)
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Aim
The major motive and aim of their report is to examine their leadership of three Chief
Executive Officer if the Australia country in order to figure out their theories of leadership and
also do research which improve their performance and also enhance their outcomes of
organisations.
This assignment going to measure their contrast methods towards the leadership that
demonstrate along with their Three Chief executive officers of Australia which evaluate their
practice of leaders (Beidas and Kendall, 2010). There is the influence of transformational
leadership that actually influence to their outcomes of organisation before they will be
confronting to their CEO's. Ultimately, this study will demonstrate their leadership which usually
constructed their conceptualized their distinct manner. That will more complex applications.
There is the successful leader that also interpret organisation in the context which is capable to
figure out their theoretical discrete factors which is relent to their organisational circumstances
must applicable to their direction of combination so they can inspire. They improve as well as
develop their ability of the successful leaders which must be pursue but the lifelong professional
development which involves their both experience of work and other education.
SELECTING AND ASSESSING THE CEO'S
The CEO's
There are the three major selected CEO's for their examine are as follows:-
Alan Joyce – Qantas:- This is chief of The Qantas which provide the long suffering
investors good oil in February (Angelle, 2010Ayman and Korabik, 2010). He characterised after
some terrible years by staggering losses, industrial welfare, plunging share price and fierce battle
for market share which is sudden in their blue sky and other flag through their carrier was on the
track again.
Christine Holgate – Black mores Australia: - Along with the small fanfare, a wellness
association, they entered in the stratosphere which is with the few Australian companies so they
can reach and also albeit their fewer shares in their respective market place.
Scott Charlton – Transurban: - It should very simple so they basically build a road which
there commuters an make them faster to them. They also went long with traffic forecast within
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the reality, clean up. It is the Australian system of road which littered their metaphoric confetti
from the shredded plan of business so they failed their toll ways (White and et. al., 2012).
Selection frame work
The effectiveness which s also exaggerate but their analysing interplay in between the
situation. leaders and other group members. This kind of the framework offer their basis so they
can select their chief executive officers. There is the Australian environment of the business plan
which is also act as the rapid changes and also, they raise their competition. The Economic
pressure and other online disruption combine their drive in dynamic circumstances, There the
three CEO's which is selected for their critical examine and also confronted and the successful
(Van Knippenberg and Sitkin, 2013). They are also facing their various present challenges.
These kinds of the factors offer elements of the commonality for their analysis. Therefore, every
leader has their own uniqueness kind of personality when it comes to the individual methods to
leadership. These kind of the differences is responsible for their providing opportunities,
compare as well as the styles of leadership along with each CEO. This is the most challenging
common environmental similar combination and per approached of varied individuals. They
provide them foundation of solid which this study may consider and how individuals approaches
are to influence the group member which contouring the organisational conclusive outcomes.
Assessing effectiveness
The second most CEO selection way about their ability and asses their skills of effective
leadership (Shields, 2010). By calculation their effectiveness which is problematic, the
contradictory conclusions well as the perceptions which alter their new subject matter which is
disclosed. The very two categorized heir criteria of assessments also utilizes so they can evaluate
their leadership effectiveness. Their tasks and permanence satisfaction along with the team
leader. The task performance of the respective assessments they usually permafrost depends on
their entire outcomes along with the evaluation of objective data which revenue their figures.
Gratifying assessing with their head that will be more typical. These kinds of the assessments are
very subjective the lie on the number of perceived groups am other task performance of their
leader and other personality, carrying out. So, in order to their chief assess effectiveness in their
report which demands to get their sufficient information which based in their examining.
However, the three CEO's already selected that genuinely have their finished ensure as the chief
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executive officer other than their positioned is been so for long enough to have substantive
impact on the company (Shapiro and Stefkovich, 2016).
ANALYSING THE CEOs
Construction of the leaders
The CEO is analyse in this study are all talented people along with the great professional
reputation so they can also reflect their high performances. They have outstanding
accomplishment of leadership. Therefore, there is one basic difference in between among all the
three CEO's which constructed in their entire accounts. There is the one of the notable difference
in their own individual's personality. That depict the dominance of their trait theory (Resick and
et. al., 2011). This theory posy their individuals of personality fences which is coupled with their
experience requisite experience and other knowledgeable abilities. There are the pre-conditions
for their amused and effective leadership. The Alan Joyce – Qantas tend to enhances their
positive outlook and ability so they can improve and motivate their trust. Christine Holgate also
depict their compassionate regarding their accomplishment so they can oriented leader and
manage the entire team of the organisation. Scott Charlton it can be describes as very charismata
as well as driven personality too. These of all he constructs their reinforce leadership and
stereotypes. The Mrs. Holgate’s genuine personality and their characters aligns with their
expectations so they can be nurturing as well as the encourager. These all the tasks interrelate
with their task which is assigned by the Charlton also very dominant and other associates with
the alpha male which is also consider style of the leadership expectations. Therefore, these all are
constructed which is not finch their reflection of their person by individually. Instead of this they
also have to offer various group members that also understand their attitude s , behaviours and
further leader actions. Th in the context of organisational which shape the to their perceptions
they also overlook in their isolation, traits of personality which refer as the poor predictor of
leadership along with the outcomes (Nixon Harrington and Parker, 2012).
Conceptualisation of leadership
This leadership has been all conceptualized in number of ways. Therefore, it can be
described as the three CEO's in which they examine their remarkable equal. These all three are
significant to emphasis of the communication in effective way, vision, inspiring innovations and
other cultural change. These entire actions also can be associate along with their transformational
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changes. It is also mentioned that the company demands for the development in their
performance. These all kind of the circumstances follow the CEO so they undertake their
programme and other transformational changes which need to modify their outlook of long term.
According to current research it validates heir methods which indicate their leadership style
transformational along with raised effectiveness.
Conceptualization of success
It is the envision of CEO which must be done in order to develop and enhance their
performance (Müller and Turner, 2010). Through this they challenge their future in the
competitive advantages. It is the vision of success is consumer which focused of their adaptable
and other feedback culture of organisation. There is another vision of success if the innovation
which is very important for the market because it is very dynamic. They tend to sell the
differentiates which also get by themselves doom their competitions by investing their personnel
and thinking differently. The Australian post's role, values and purpose which depict the focus of
consumer which provide them efficient facilities to the society (Kempster and Parry, 2011).
THE PRACTICE OF LEADERSHIP IN ACHIEVING ORGANISATIONAL
SUCCESS
The leading changes is quite complex. These statistics also indicate almost 80% pg there
entire transformational which occur my modifying there programmes to fail. This theory of the
transformational changes which also refers to her role so fit leaders which inspire so they can
move their subordinated in regard to their self interest of goods of their company. Therefore, by
resiling their organisations which outcome to their needed CEO so take their plan of actions.
They need to offer their staff and appropriate framework resources and required freedom which
resiled by their vision. When they analyse against their leadership extended to theories in action
which aligned with various leadership approaches involving strategies participative, strategic,
transactional leadership. They have to analyse like how the CEO of company monitor their
leadership by balancing with the organisational progress as well as success.
Strategies
The strategies offer hem, direction and other inspiration which is essential then to
organise to success (Hutchinson and Jackson, 2013). As it is also mentioned below that the reach
CEO of the company have their own vision and style which they carry to regulate their
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organisations. They analyse the strength as well as the weaknesses of the company . They Sun of
the conclusion that the primary purpose is to offer an good services and products to their
consumer in order to accomplish their targets and obesities. They have their kind of the different
methods in context with the places aspects of organisation which is short term actions to access
that also go with the long term advantages. The enterprises which emphasise the important d
their own personal .
Employee empowerment
There is the employees which morbidities in their decision making share their
delegation. In this examining each of the CEO has to septate wt their methods tot heir workers of
the company. Alan Joyce sought the employees response and also concentrate in their offered
stage along with their new modifies s skills. These are such kind of things as designing thinking,
innovative thoughts ideas and many more (Fairhurst and Uhl-Bien, 2012). Christine Holgate
They delegated tot heir branch manager and also empower them to give the feedback to the
requirements of the communities and societies. While the Scott Charlton seeks to be new
requisition personal so they can promote their order to reinvigorate tot he organisation, the also
emphasis in the initiatives changes. Each and every methods of this approach must have their
own speciality as well as the critic m too. Therefore, there's in no approaches which already
translated there in effectively in any of their own organisation . There every CEO of the
company have to aligned approaches along with the visions (Dinh and et. al., 2014). Apart from
the differences, there is the approaches which selected by the accomplished equal objectives.
They also have to inspires their members of the team, fosters initiates and responsibilities which
interlinked with the work functions to the goals of organisation.
Performance monitoring
The transactional leadership focuses on their action of routine such as the reporting,
rewards, performance assessments. While the modification of transformational they can help so
they realize their outcomes of the organisations as by supporting their accountability an
measurements of performances. By calculating their performances they both are the members of
grown-up and the organisations. It also allows them t examine goals and objectives data to order
to accomplish their growth towards their vision. It provide them their chances so they can also
reinforce their behaviours. Alan Joyce has very simple and straight approaches towards their
employees which is stated that implement or your are implemented. This is the trend which is
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required Beirut standards also help their personnel accountable for their outcomes which is
achieved by their own responsibility (Denis, Langley and Sergi, 2012).
The all three CEO's also use their performance by controlling and which refers to their
inspiring organisations. They also set their task which is realistic and achievable in the areas that
also mainly ranged from the revenue target to the female representation. These all kind of the
shot term goals which is also encourage b their organisation also by offering their rapid wins and
also create their confidence. They also have to demonstrate their process and the success of the
company while doing overtime and also provide their valuable responses as well as feedbacks
which inform tot heir subsequent decision which refine the, to their strategies. These all
act8ivities of the transitional which enhance their outcomes of transitional by enabling their CEO
and also exercise b the directional as well as inspirational both (Crevani, Lindgren and
Packendorff, 2010).
CASE STUDY :- SCOTT CHARLTON AND AUSTRALIA POST
Context and challenges
The Australian authority appointed Scott Charlton as the CEO of Trans urban in
February 8th 2010. In the April they state their future ready which a strategy which intended to
taker their Trans urban from their postal enterprises which is actually and widely depend upon
tot heir mail of training to highly distribution of competitive, retailing their e services which
offer the Australia overseas. The forthcoming ready is always anticipated in their growth from
the 2012. By there is unfortunately, in the year of 2015, the company's announce their initiate
first loss of the 222 $ million since the time period of 30 years (Caldwell, 2012). This financially
loss was very couples staff which resistances and their signorina of their various numbers of the
key executives has their led to the negative as weak portrayal of Mr. Scott's leadership criteria.
This was the presently facing scenario n and there had never of issues challenges front of them.
These all demands and required to be balance their decline volumes with their effective and
efficient facilities so they can figure out their programmes of business and their community as
well as the society. Therefore, the sudden task is to engagement wit the Mr, Scott must be
develop with the employees and other consumer confidence in the Trans urban.
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Current actions
Mr. Scott's present circumstances and situation was in the mid on communication their
problem of the nature ta the trans urban. Their media engagement demands to be emphasis their
organisation's strengths while the revue their growth ans also parcel their scar. They also
exaggerate their revenue growth and also parcel their sector while the turn off their company
(Brooks and Normore, 2010). The CEO is actively regulating as well as also perusing their small
business owners in order to demonstrate their chances which is offer through their company
which need to be demands by there network of the distribution.
Concurrently, the company tends to be increase height society engagement by enhancing
as well as motivating their public comments on the changes which is pursed through their online
websites. These all the actions entire reinforce their requires for the modification and
communicate their vision. Therefore, they narrative dominant in the media is not only enough .
The hence, programme of the transformation already beseem place by the, for the five years. Mr.
sooty must be demonstrate their short term so they get win soon and also boost up their level of
confident in their organisation and their leaderships.
The way forward
There is the ethics his depict the guidelines, rules and regulation for their appropriate
attitude in the company (Bolden, 2011). They also regulate their medium of communication
which enhance values their action in to the translations. This research also depicts there leader's
ethic as well as the integrity which influences their perception of transformational leadership.
These all kind of the attributes are reflected in their kind of actions which fulfil their competing
responsibility to the others. Their company's values of the organisation which involve their
respect, assistance with each other, and to provide the gratification to the consumers. These
values offer very good foundations for their efforts so they also boost up employees an
consumers satisfaction for efforts and encouragement in order to boost up the workers nd
gratification of consumer. The possibly focus on their areas in which they include their
remunerations and facilities of the consumer as well as the employees.
The Trans urban's services are the subject matter which is very essential number of the
complaints (Ayman and Korabik, 2010). The contradictory delivers their parcels the employees
post their employees at their parcel pick lotions which cannot take in the action against the
complaints regarding their deliveries. Greater then it must be defining as their consumer to their
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respective websites. This Places lodging their complaints already by the frustrated consumers.
Executing their methods and also addressing their complaints at their parcel which pick up the
locations that would also develop by the organisational outcomes. Consumer always have their
complaints which is heard by their representatives of the company. The also build their local
relationship of the employees hat also felt more encouraged, motivated and empowered as by
being them capable to offer solutions. The organisation also compares their services t the better
consumer feedbacks. This actually enhance the Trans urban's reputation as by demonstrating
there in respect with the assisting their each other. Instead of this they also simply lie with the
blaming their contradictory for the poor and decrement of performance. It might be probably also
lead to improvement in the performance of assessments (Beidas and Kendall, 2010).
In the second most issues, there employees remuneration the Mr. Scott has their senior
staffs of executives which further is criticise opt their highly wages. Previously the company also
distribute boneset to their non-profitable organisations. That action tends as the mixed one
emotions and response (Angelle, 2010). These all the plan of action would be create their values
in respect of helping each other. In terms of the leadership, they always have the effectiveness
which also structured their actions and negative portrayals of Mr. Scott by improving their
assessment of satisfaction along with the leaders.
CONCLUSION
According to the above-mentioned study, It is concluded that the leadership is very
crucial in the process of managing the organisations. The employees in order to achieve the goals
by time in effective as well as efficient manner. The business environment of the Australia
country is rapidly characterized by their alteration and modification in order to raise competition.
Succeeding their environment which demands to be innovative as well as agile organisations.
The leaders of Australia must be enough capable to prepare their company so they can meet to
their task and challenges. Therefore, there is no individual who agreed to be in their theory of
leadership which can guarantee to their positive organisational outcomes. This help to analysis
their leadership which is constructed typically around their traits as well as behaviours of
individual. In the today's scenario, they regulate their company along with the successful and
positive outcomes which accomplished collectively. In the set of the chief executive’s officer
that set the role and conditions of success of business. They also accomplish their combination so
inspiration as well as the direction.
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