Running Head: LEADERSHIP THEORIES Leadership Theories Marlene Fain Introduction The 21st century construct of leadership is emerging as vastly different from past leadership directives‚ many organizations and the people they employ‚ are increasingly unaccepting of the authoritive‚ dictatorial‚ inflexible styles of management historically used by many organizational cultures‚ supposedly to ensure high profits and maximum staff performance
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I chose Transformational Leadership over the other theories because it does not only describe many of the attributes and behaviors I usually demonstrate in my daily life activities‚ but also it displays the kind of leader I want to become in the future. Personality characteristic such as being dominant‚ self-confidence or having ethical or moral values are traits that are innate from me. As a leader‚ I like to help my teammates to achieve their goals by having a good leader-follower relationship
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nothing without competent followers. The military depends heavily on leadership-followership dynamics. The very nature of the military chain-of-command means that virtually everyone in the chain must execute both leadership and followership capabilities to ensure mission success. Unique to the armed services‚ we agreed to support and defend the US Constitution. I believe the most valuable lesson principle to maximize leadership and followership was the Profession of Arms. Those leaders and followers
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with the staff and low level of grievances but this meant performance levels were much lower. Fiedler put forward his situational theory in 1958. He proposed that leadership was dependent upon the situation and assumed that all leaders are affected by an inherent set of leadership behaviours‚ which he believed was difficult to change. He identified two basic leadership styles which were task or relationship orientated. According to Tulsian and Pandey (2008) leaders who are task orientated will perform
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Contingency Theory of Leadership The most popular and extensively researched situational theory of leadership was first proposed by Fred Piedler during the 1960s. Fiedler’s model claims that group performance depends on the interaction of the leader style and the favorableness of the situation. Fiedlers major contributions consist of(l) iden-tifying the leadership orientation of the leader and developing a way to measure it‚ and (2) identifying three situational factors influencing leadership and developing
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Associate Level Material Appendix D Contingency Theory of Leadership |Description of work environment | | | |Describe the work environment you intend to review for this assignment. | | |The work environment I am reviewing is a Steel Mill which involves construction. | |
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Jim Collins brings to light a new theory of happiness and success after his visit to West Point. “A balanced approach to life and leadership” can help any aspiring leader find happiness‚ success‚ and motivation in their career and give them a sense of victory. Collins points out though‚ that in order to feel this sense of victory‚ one must also be prepared to experience the act of failing. This sense of failing can help set a foundation for being a humbled and more respectful leader as well. There
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them toward achievement of those goals‚ thereby allowing them to be effective (Nahavandi‚ 2015). Leaders in turn are responsible for the overall success or failure of an organization. Over the years‚ there have been many leadership theories developed. Flexible leadership theory (FLT) theorizes that businesses implement three key factors to achieve organizational success. These three factors are as follows; efficiency and process reliability‚ innovation and adaptation‚ and human relations and resource
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Contingency Theory of Leadership Description of work environment I will describe my current real life work environment. I work for Farmers Insurance and stated out as the customer service rep. I am now writing & servicing insurance policies. In the table below‚ categorize different leadership approaches that could be used in the work environment you have described. Provide different suggestions for each of the four approaches to leadership. Directive approach Supportive approach An
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The presence of different internal and external forces that affect the operations within a company provides the manager with a chance to choose the best reaction to a situation. The use of the situational leadership theory as a response mechanism is quite appropriate because it offers new changes that adhere to different goals intended within an organization (Lambert‚ Marler‚ &Gueutal‚ 2008). The experiences gained during a specific period will determine how well the management can respond to biting
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