Adolf Hitler Research Paper

The Rise of Hitler
Throughout the history of mankind, many leaders have come and gone. Worldwide top leaders that marked history are Apple Inc. co-founder, chairman, and CEO Steve Jobs, France’s first emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, sixteenth U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Nobel Peace Prize Martin Luther King Jr., Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher, to mention a few. A leader that clearly made a statement and brought a lot of controversy during World War II was Chancellor and Führer of Germany, Adolf Hitler.
In his early years, Adolf Hitler was on top of school class IV in 1899. Later on he wanted to pursue a career in visual arts in Vienna, Austria. “The Vienna Academy of Fine Arts twice refused to admit the apprentice
His transformational leadership style starts with the vision of the extermination of Judaism. “Judaism, he told his audiences, had produced the profiteers and Bolsheviks responsible for the defeat of the fatherland and the strangulation of the economy. Jews were bacilli infecting the arts, the press, and the government. Pogroms would be insufficient. ‘The final aim must unquestionably be the irrevocable Entfernung ((removal)) of the Jews’" (Kanfer, Aug 1989). Hitler inspired Germans by telling and convince them that their German race was pure and unique. That because of WWI, Germans look at the eye of the world as weak, and that the entire Nation has to fight for that in order to have the perfect Nation. “Transformational leadership is directed towards the accomplishment of transform the individual workers and the organization” (Aucoin, 2007, pg. 90). “Transformational leaders work toward a common goal with followers; put followers in front and develop them; take followers to next level; inspire followers to transcend their own self-interests in achieving superior results” (Srinivasan ,2008). As a transformational leader, Hitler achieved his ambitious goals successfully trough the vision and team-building skills of the
Transactional leaders use disciplinary power and an array of incentives to motivate employees to perform at their best. The term ‘transactional’ refers to the fact that this type of leader essentially motivates subordinates by exchanging rewards for performance” (Srinivasan , 2008). This definition for transactional leader cannot match better on how Hitler treated his soldiers. While his transformational leadership convinced an entire nation, his transactional leadership maintained soldiers by his side until the end. Hitler had the largest and powerful Army in History. A total of around 12.5 million Germans served in the army during World War II. Hitler’s rewarded his soldiers providing them the best foods compare to other soldiers from other countries. He also gave to his soldiers (also known as Nazis) power and opportunity to grow in the military. Hitler also had Hitler Youth movement. “Children’s loyalty could be developed with a policy of indoctrination via education and the Hitler Youth movement. Time and planning spent in these areas would bring a suitable reward for Hitler” (History Learning Site, 2013). Both transformational and transactional leadership are needed for guiding an organization. “The transformational leadership style is complementary to the transactional style and likely to be ineffective in the total absence of a transactional relationship between leaders and subordinates”