Leadership Theories for Effective Learning in Business Operations

This report discusses various leadership theories and models relevant to organizational learning and business operations. It examines behavioral theory, managerial grid model, role theory, transactional leadership theory, and leader-member exchange theory, highlighting their advantages and disadvantages. The report emphasizes the importance of these theories in developing effective leadership skills and improving relationships within the workplace. It concludes that leadership theories play a crucial role in enhancing leadership capabilities and references several academic sources to support its analysis. Desklib provides students access to similar solved assignments and study tools.

LEADDING BUSINESS OPERATIONS

INTRODUCTION
The present report describes about leadership model or theories for own
learning in the organisation.

LEADERSHIP THEORIES
Behavioural theory
Behavioural theory states that leader can be made and it complete
opposite of Great man theory. In addition to this, successful leadership
is based on the effective learning behaviour and definable.

MANAGERIAL GRID MODEL
This model was designed five different leadership styles. Further, these
approaches were a relationship between a manager's concern for people,
production as well as his motivation. So this motivation dimension gives
underlying motive to become successful leader in the organization.

Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages
 Analyse leader individual performance.
 Enable person for self analysis of leadership style.
Disadvantages
 Least empirical information to support its effectiveness.
 It does not consider internal or external variables into consideration.

ROLE THEORY
Role theory is defined the explanation of what occurs when individuals
are acting out social processes and the results of their doing. Further,
each person is an actor who represents his real life scenario performing
in a particular context. Role is a place in which person acts out a
situation in the such manner that a individual in real life will react in
that same condition. So this process can support me to become better
leaders at the workplace.

Advantages
It aids the to analyse behaviour of individual in particular situation.
Role playing is reproducible as well as quantifiable. Hence, it can be
documented for sharing as well as for future reference.
Disadvantages
There is universal procedure of representing role due to various aspect
perspectives in real life situation.
Activities of a role player who are representing that may not be
validated.

Transactional leadership theory
Transactional theories shows transactional behaviour between leader and
follower. This process can help me to learn better leadership skill in a
appropriate manner in the organisation. In addition, this approach aids
me to make better relationship with my team members at the
workplace. Transactional theory is also effective because its results
provides effective motivation to its followers.

Leader-Member Exchange leadership Theory
This concept explains How a leaders manage leadership through working
with their supporters, those trusted with duties as well as advisers
represents theory as approach for maintaining leadership in the
organisation.

Advantages
The theory helps to point out to improve its weaknesses for better
leadership.
It also intuitive which aid to manage its business operations for firm
effectively.
Disadvantages
This concept does not measure for leadership personalities in a
appropriate manner.
It does not how values create impact on group dynamics in the
organisation.

CONCLUSION
From the report, it is found that leadership theories play important role
for me to generate better leadership skills.

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