The Essence of Leadership
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Title: The Essence ofLeadership
AbstractThe basic survival technique of the organisations is to provide the training to theirworkers from the beginning stage. An organisation needs to maintain good and flexible workingenvironment for gaining the desired growth. Leadership is a basic survival instinct in men andwomen which provide them potential to resolve issues more effectively and in anticipating futureneeds of an organisation. This paper helps in addressing the critical Literature Review ofdifferent theory and a critical evaluation of two Leaders I have worked with. Moreover, asummary of Learning and Further Development is also being explained.
Table of ContentsAbstract...........................................................................................................................................2INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................5Chapter 1 - A Critical Review........................................................................................................61.1 Introduction......................................................................................................................61.2 Transformational Theory: ...............................................................................................61.3 Transactional Theory: ......................................................................................................71.4 Great Man Theory:...........................................................................................................81.5 Trait Theory: ....................................................................................................................81.6 Behavioural Theory: ........................................................................................................91.7 Skills Theory: ................................................................................................................101.8 Contingency Theory: .....................................................................................................101.9 Participative Theory: .....................................................................................................111.10 Power and Influence Theory: ......................................................................................121.11 Emotional intelligence theory:.....................................................................................131.12 Maslow’s theory: ........................................................................................................141.13 Summary.......................................................................................................................15Chapter 2 - A Critical Evaluation .................................................................................................152.1 Introduction....................................................................................................................152.2 LEADER 1 – Wendy A. ................................................................................................162.3 Critical evaluation on Wendy's behaviour: ...................................................................172.4 LEADER- 2 - Steve B....................................................................................................172.5 Critical evaluation of Steve's behaviour:........................................................................182.6 Summary.........................................................................................................................18Chapter 3 - A Summary of Learning.............................................................................................193.1 Introduction....................................................................................................................193.2 A Summary of the learning............................................................................................193.3 Further development ......................................................................................................203.4 Summary:.......................................................................................................................21CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................22
INTRODUCTION While the concept of leadership has been around since earlier times, the actual creation, andanalysation of comparable theories did not initiate until the early 20th century. It can be saidthat there are almost as many definitions of leadership, as those who have attempted to define it.Dr. Gary Yukl (a successful Author, and Professor of Psychology at the University of Albany)describes leadership as: “The process of influencing others, and agreeing about what needs to bedone, and how to do it.” (Yukl 2013, pg.23)One of the main arguments in leadership though, is whether great leaders are created, or born.My research will review, compare and contrast the main theories, as they relate to theeffectiveness of leaders, within an organisation, previous leaders I have worked with, and finally,how I can contribute to my own personal growth.
Chapter 1 - A Critical Review1.1 IntroductionSome would say that leadership is like beauty, hard to define, however you know whenyou see it. Some leaders are born and others are made. Northouse (2010) lists ethical leaders as:those who respect and serve others, concerned about fairness and justice, are honest, and wish tobuild a community, for the common good. There are in fact various leadership theories, which are adopted by different organisations,according to their individual requirements. I have based this review, in regards to Company X,which is a large, multinational retailing company, popular in clothing, food and home products.In respect to Company X, some of the main leadership theories are discussed below.1.2 Transformational Theory: This theory was first stated by sociologist James V. Downton, in 1973. It was laterdeveloped by leadership expert James M. Burns in 1978, and then Bernard Bass, an Americanscholar in 1985.Transformational Theory is one of the recent leadership theories, which emphasizes theability of a leader to act like a role model, inspiring and motivating their workforce. This can bepossible by formulating an appropriate vision, which can alter the organisational structure.(Schein, 2015)According to Kendra cherry, 2018, a transformational leader is capable of enhancing thepassion of employees towards organisational goals. Bass, indicates transformational leadershipmotivates and empowers staff by: inspirational goal setting, setting high expectations, cohesiveteam building and shared decision-making. Bass also identified four components to this theory,called the 4I Model: idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation andindividualized consideration.According to Leonard. K, 2019 however, transformational leadership results in viewingthe big picture only, not the small things, which can eventually lead towards severalorganisational issues. This theory believes in transforming enthusiasm and capabilities ofemployees, and due to this, some workers can be given more attention and time, than other
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