Margaret Thatcher
A report on Margaret Thatcher’s leadership style, approaches and personality attributes
Name: Noor Al Abdulla
Student Number: 08434474
Module: Leadership in Context
Table of contents: Page Number
1.0 Introduction 3
2.0 Leadership defined 3
3.0 Margaret Thatcher 3
4.0 Leadership Theories 4
4.1 An illustration of four theories 4
4.2 Trait Theory 4
4.3 Trait Theory Application to Margaret Thatcher 5
4.4 Trait Theory limitations 5
5.0 Personal Attributes 5
5.1 Personal attributes and leadership 6
5.2 Margaret Thatcher’s personal attributes 6
5.3 Traits and accomplishments 6
6.0 Motivation: Brief definition 6
6.1 Margaret Thatcher and motivation 7
7.0 Importance of a leader’s relations 7
7.1 Margaret Thatcher’s relations 7
8.0 Leadership styles 8
8.1 Margaret Thatcher’s leadership style 8
9.0 Margaret Thatcher’s strengths and weaknesses 8
10.0 Conclusion 9
11.0 Bibliography 10
Introduction
Leaders are people who are authentic, who have a clear sense of their own personal values and is seen by others to embody those values. They can be found in many different areas such as: entertainment, sports, business, politics etc. This report identifies and explicates some of the key theories of leadership that applies to my chosen leader ,a lady who made a big change in the political policies in Great Britain, Margaret Thatcher, which is also known as the “Iron Lady” is one of the most famous leaders and first woman to be a prime minister in Great Britain. The report also highlights some of the aspects involving her personality traits, her leadership style and her history on whether she was seen as a successful leader by the society or not.
Leadership defined
Defining and understanding leadership has been a frustrating attempt for many years provoking numerous academics to be
Name: Noor Al Abdulla
Student Number: 08434474
Module: Leadership in Context
Table of contents: Page Number
1.0 Introduction 3
2.0 Leadership defined 3
3.0 Margaret Thatcher 3
4.0 Leadership Theories 4
4.1 An illustration of four theories 4
4.2 Trait Theory 4
4.3 Trait Theory Application to Margaret Thatcher 5
4.4 Trait Theory limitations 5
5.0 Personal Attributes 5
5.1 Personal attributes and leadership 6
5.2 Margaret Thatcher’s personal attributes 6
5.3 Traits and accomplishments 6
6.0 Motivation: Brief definition 6
6.1 Margaret Thatcher and motivation 7
7.0 Importance of a leader’s relations 7
7.1 Margaret Thatcher’s relations 7
8.0 Leadership styles 8
8.1 Margaret Thatcher’s leadership style 8
9.0 Margaret Thatcher’s strengths and weaknesses 8
10.0 Conclusion 9
11.0 Bibliography 10
Introduction
Leaders are people who are authentic, who have a clear sense of their own personal values and is seen by others to embody those values. They can be found in many different areas such as: entertainment, sports, business, politics etc. This report identifies and explicates some of the key theories of leadership that applies to my chosen leader ,a lady who made a big change in the political policies in Great Britain, Margaret Thatcher, which is also known as the “Iron Lady” is one of the most famous leaders and first woman to be a prime minister in Great Britain. The report also highlights some of the aspects involving her personality traits, her leadership style and her history on whether she was seen as a successful leader by the society or not.
Leadership defined
Defining and understanding leadership has been a frustrating attempt for many years provoking numerous academics to be
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