Effective leadership is contingent on matching a leader’s style to a setting that fits (Northouse‚ 2007). According to Fiedler’s Contingency Theory‚ leadership styles are operationalized primarily on two ends of a spectrum‚ they are characterized as task motivated‚ or relationship motivated (Northouse‚ 2007). I believe in the adage that practice makes perfect. In this paper‚ I will look into an alternative way for leaders to lead when they find themselves situated in an unfavorable situation. In
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A Situational Leadership Challenge Background of the Study • A large pharmaceutical manufacturer was highly motivated to meet quality challenges. They implemented an ISO 9000-compatible quality system to ensure not only FDA compliance requirements‚ but also customer satisfaction. As the manufacturing plants of the organization were audited by the internal audit division‚ it became apparent that some plants were meeting the challenge while others continued to struggle in both the quality and the
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Explanation of leadership approach that I would most like to adopt. A leadership approach that was studied during the course of this quarter that I would most likely adopt would be the situational approach. I selected this approach based on my style of leadership and my current position. In analyzing my leadership philosophy with the situational leadership approach‚ as a leader‚ I have to be flexible and adaptable in my style when addressing the needs of my followers. I can interact with a variety
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2 Research limitations/implications – Being a theory-based exploration‚ the paper does not provide empirical examples of how this theory might be applied in practice. Originality/value – The paper provides an example of a dynamic theory‚ introduces the concept of Theta and Lambda worldviews and provides a better definition of leadership strategy and tactics. Article type – Conceptual paper Key words - Dynamic theory‚ leadership‚ leadership development‚ Theta worldview‚ Lambda worldview
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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. Also
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Implicit Leadership Theories Since the beginning of leadership literature‚ many researchers and studies tried to explain effective leadership from different perspectives. Early studies focused on the identification of traits that distinguished leaders from followers. Despite many studies have been carried out in the field‚ there was no universal list of traits presented containing characteristics that would guarantee success of leaders (Lussier & Achua‚ 2004). This failure led to the shift of
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LEADERSHIP – STYLES AND POWER Cdr M G N Siddiquey‚(c)‚psc‚BN(retd) Leadership is a matter of intelligence‚ trustworthiness‚ humaneness‚ courage‚ and discipline . . . Reliance on intelligence alone results in rebelliousness. Exercise of humaneness alone results in weakness. Fixation on trust results in folly. Dependence on the strength of courage results in violence. Excessive discipline and sternness in command result in cruelty. When one has all five virtues together‚ each appropriate to its function
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Analysis of Leadership Styles Zur Shapira Graduate School of Management‚ University of Rochester Leadership styles were defined as a function of three facets: the leader ’s behavior‚ the locus of power‚ and the locus of information within a managementsubordinate system. Five leadership styles were defined by these facets: direction‚ negotiation‚ consultation‚ participation‚ and delegation. The common order that exists within each facet determined a partially ordered set of leader styles. The intercorrelation
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Postmodernism Theories of Leadership and Management I. Systems theory The systems management theory has had a significant effect on management science. A system is an interrelated set of elements functioning as a whole. An organization as a system is composed of four elements: • Inputs — material or human resources • Transformation processes — technological and managerial processes • Outputs — products or services • Feedback — reactions from the environment Advocates of the leadership/management
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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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