Essay on Leadership Theories
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Added on 2020-04-01
Essay on Leadership Theories
Added on 2020-04-01
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Running head: MANAGING PEOPLEManaging PeopleName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
1MANAGING PEOPLEIntroductionThis essay mainly focuses on the various strategies for the development of the leadershiptheories. It focuses on the strength and weakness in an individual to develop and enhancethe leadership capability of the leader in an organization. A detailed analysis of the leader hasbeen discussed in the essay. It has been seen how a leader utilizes the political competencies,organizational competencies and team building competencies in order to build up a strong teamwhich will help in the growth of the organization and thereby help in the growth of the society.The main purpose of this essay is to study the role of a leader and relate those qualities with me.The evolution of a leader throughout ages and the role of the same in upcoming years is the mainaim of the journal (Arnold, Beauchamp and Bowie 2013).A leader is someone who guides the team. He is someone who leads the people and wefollow them, they have the capacity to motivate the people and help the people to move towardsthe betterment of the society. To be an efficient leader, one has to imbibe certain skills andqualities within us, so that we can help in the contribution of the organization and to serve thesociety at large. A leader is able to motivate the people and make them move in a positivedirection. The leader focuses on forming a strong bond with the people who will develop aquality in their way of thinking and how they will live. A great leader is someone who is able toinfluence the people all over and change their perspective for the betterment (Boatright 2012).
2MANAGING PEOPLEApplication of appropriate conceptual framework or models and theories on LeadershipVarious Models and frameworkAccording to Douglas McGregor a psychologist and a Management professor said abouttwo different approaches, which he named as “Theory X” and “Theory Y”. In both the theory hetalks about involvement of the employees in the organization and their effectiveness which leadsto growth and it does form an integral part of the organization.Theory X tells that – “Hell or high water, we are going to get it done”. He motivates theemployee that whatever the situation may have arose, we will achieve success. Theory Y tellsthat – “I need your help... how are we going to do this”? We can see in both the situation he issaying “we” and thereby helping in involving the employees. To be an effective leader it is veryimportant to identify the leadership theory that will be applicable for a given situation in anorganizationThere are many leadership theories and models on Leadership. These are as follows:1)Trait TheoryThis type of leadership theory is based on the characteristics which relates to theindividual behavior. The behaviors which are in relation to leader are intellectual, openfor changes attention and the sincerity (Bowden 2013).2)Functional TheoryThis theory is based on the understanding that the leaders need to have followers andlook after the fact that their needs are fulfilled. 3)Transactional Theory
3MANAGING PEOPLEAccording to this theory the leader should set the goals for the individual so that it ispossible to assess their performances and thereby reward or punish them according totheir performance (Tai and Chuang 2014).4)Transformational TheoryThis type of theory helps the leaders to look upon the ultimate goal and try to motivatetheir followers through motivation so that their vision could be achieved. 5)Environmental TheoryIn this theory the leaders help the members or the group to coordinate with each other toachieve the goal. This helps the individual to achieve the required goal for the benefit ofthe group (Brooks and Dunn 2012).6)Contingency TheoryIt says that a leader should change its theory according to the situation. There is no suchtheory which is fixed for any situation.7)Participative LeadershipIn this type of theory the decisions are taken with equal participation from all themembers who are affected by that particular 8)Great Man TheoryThis theory helps the people who have the qualities of being born as a leader and thoseinherent qualities help them to achieve something in life (Christensen, Mackey andWhetten 2014).In my opinion these leadership theories have worked on all level of an organization.Under this type of leadership the leaders creates a vision for the people inspiring them throughcommunication and makes them vulnerable to risk taking. This is an aggressive strategy and I
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