Assignment on Leading and Managing the Organizations

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LEADING AND MANAGING IN ORGANIZATIONS
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Theoretical background..............................................................................................................2
Transformational leader..........................................................................................................2
Authentic leadership...............................................................................................................3
Ethical leadership...................................................................................................................4
Servant leadership..................................................................................................................4
Implications for leadership development...................................................................................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................7
References..................................................................................................................................8

LEADING AND MANAGING IN ORGANIZATIONS
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Leading and managing in organizations
Introduction
Corporate scandals such as Lehmann Brothers and Enron have increased the
organization's attention in positive leadership approach which emphasises more on moral and
ethical leadership behaviour (Hoch, et al., 2018). Many leadership theories have therefore,
shifted largely from economic and managerial functions towards interpersonal dynamics that
take place within organizational leadership process. Theories like authentic, transformational
and ethical leadership besides new genre leadership theories have evolved to respond to
ignored factors such as leader’s inspirational and motivation aspects, morality, the llectual
stimulations, transparency, and emotional effects (Hannah, et al., 2014). Since many
criticisms have been raised in the past few years, many new-fangled leadership styles have
been developed in the contemporary literature to fill the missing aspects beyond the
transactional and charismatic framework. In this light, this report will review theories
surrounding leadership styles: authentic, servant, ethical and transformational leadership and
identify implications for future leadership development and effective organizational
management.
Theoretical background
Transformational leader
Transformational leadership was first introduced in the year 1978 by Burns to
demonstrate the condition between how political leaders leads their subordinates. According
to Burns, leadership theory related to transformational leader focus upon a continuous
process in which leaders and his/her subordinates support each other's to achieve superior
motivational results beyond self-interest and to achieve collective gains. Burns differentiated