MN5009QA: Leadership Theory Analysis, Application, Self-Assessment

This presentation provides an analysis of leadership theories, focusing on the Great Man and Transformational Leadership theories, and includes a self-evaluation of leadership style. It discusses the characteristics, pros, and cons of each theory, using examples like Steve Jobs and Barack Obama to illustrate their application. The presentation concludes with a personal reflection on the participative leadership style and emphasizes the importance of traits and skills such as open-mindedness, collaboration, and good communication. The document is available on Desklib, a platform offering various study tools and resources for students.

ANALYSIS THEORIES
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TABLE OF CONTENT
• Introduction
• Leadership theories
• Great man leadership theory
• Transformational leadership theory
• Self-evaluation in terms of leadership style
• Conclusion
• References

INTRODUCTION
• Leadership the ability to influence people and motivate them to achieve their goals.
• Leadership style is the characteristics of leader about their traits, behaviour etc.
• Leaders only focus on the vision to make something innovative.
• This presentation include specific leadership theory
• Such as Great man and transformational leadership theory and also the self evaluation
about the leadership styles.

LEADERSHIP THEORIES
• Leadership theory emphasize the traits,
attitude, behaviour of the leader that
influence others.
• The concept has been described with the
help of two theories

GREAT MAN LEADERSHIP THEORY
• This type of leadership indicates only one person
involvement in decision making.
• Great man leadership driven to quick decision in an
organisation
• Steve jobs is an great man leader who apply autocratic
leadership style because he centralized the
responsibilities and the authority.
• He does not give any chance to any co-ordinator or
employee to make a decision in a company

CHARACTERSTICS
• Less input from stakeholder
• Highly structured environment
• Clearly instructed the policies and procedure
• Leader knows how to sell their brand

PROS AND CONS
PROS
• when decision have to make quickly by
the authorize person that is leader or
person in charge.
• This type of leader made proverbial
decision after that the procedure of the
work move forward.
CONS
• . According to time every leader has to
change and flexible and accept the
changes that bring in their surrounding
• Small room for cooperation and initiation

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP THEORY
• Transformational leadership involves that leadership style under
which, the leader motivates and encourage to the employees
• This leadership style helps in shaping the character of the
employees.
• Barack Obama Has approached this style of leadership and
setting high standards for the leadership style.

Barack Obama leadership style
• Barack obama is an american politician who
has been president of the US
• In terms of leadership he has been considered
as the true sense of leader
• President obama has approached the
transformational leadership style throughout
the time

CHARACTERSTICS
• Good listener
• Adaptable
• Inspiring
• Accountable
• Integrity

PROS AND CONS
There is a risk of abuse in this
form of leadership
Taking major decision by
including all team members may
work as a barrier
The leader works on the approval
of the followers
• This leadership style leads to driving
change in the environment
• Ethics and values is prioritised
• This helps in improving the
communication between the leader and
members.

SELF EVALUATION IN TERMS OF
LEADERSHIP STYLE
• In my opinion, the form of leadership which has been
proven highly efficient is the participative form of
leadership
• In my opinion, the form of leadership which has been
proven highly efficient is the participative form of
leadership

TRAITS AND SKILLS
Traits Skills
Involves in decision making Open minded
Provides true information Encouraging
Approachable Collaborative
Counselling and training Good communication
Focuses on morals Curious

CONCLUSION
The theories of leadership enables the leader in shaping the members of his team.
This report conclude about the different type of leadership style and that define their
characteristics, pros and cons.

REFERENCES
• Caniëls, M.C., Semeijn, J.H. and Renders, I.H., 2018. Mind the mindset! The interaction
of proactive personality, transformational leadership and growth mindset for engagement
at work. Career Development International.
• Galli, B.J., 2019. A shared leadership approach to transformational leadership theory:
Analysis of research methods and philosophies. In Scholarly Ethics and Publishing:
Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 751-790). IGI Global.
• Gaman-Golutvina, O., 2018. Political elites in the USA under George W. Bush and
Barack Obama: Structure and international politics. Historical Social
Research/Historische Sozialforschung. 43(4). pp.141-163.