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