Rick's Friends Essay
CREATING EFFECTIVE LEADERS THROUGH SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP APPROACH
MWAI, Esther
Bachelor’s Thesis May, 2011
Degree Program in Facility Management, Tourism, Catering and Domestic services
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Table of content
1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………...3 2. Situational Leadership (SL)……………………………………………….....4 2.1Situational leadership model………………………………………………......4 2.1.1 Development level……………………………………………………....5 2.1.2 Leadership styles…………………………………………………….…..6 2.2 Implementing situational leadership……………..…………………………...10 2.2.1 Implementation steps…………..…………………………………...…...11 2.2.2 Leaders diagnosis…………….……………………………………….....12 2.3 Defining competence and commitment………………………………………12 2.4 Discussion………………………………………………………………….....13 3. Effective leadership………………………………………………………….14 3.1 Definition of effective leadership…………………………………………....14 3.2 Effective leadership at workplace…………………………………………....15 3.3 Effective leader in time of change…………………………………………...16 3.4 Change curve………………………………………………………………...17 4 Methodology…………………………………………………………………..18 4.1 Research questionnaire….……………………………………………………19 4.2 Execution……………………………………………………………………..19 4.3 Results………………………………………………………………………..20 5. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………….23 Reference…………………………….…………………………………………..28
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Fig 1……………………………………………………………………………..9 Fig 2……………………………………………………………………………..17 Fig 3……………………………………………………………………………..20 Fig 4……………………………………………………………………………..21 Fig 5……………………………………………………………………………..21 Fig 6……………………………………………………………………………..22
Appendix 1……………………………………………………………………25
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1. Introduction
Faced with rapid changes and the need for effective leaders, It is not necessary to reinvent leadership models and theory as there classic models already existing and are useful today as they were when they were first developed. The Hersey and Blanchard model, for example, shows us different leadership styles and that as leaders we need to change the leadership styles to suit the
MWAI, Esther
Bachelor’s Thesis May, 2011
Degree Program in Facility Management, Tourism, Catering and Domestic services
1
Table of content
1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………...3 2. Situational Leadership (SL)……………………………………………….....4 2.1Situational leadership model………………………………………………......4 2.1.1 Development level……………………………………………………....5 2.1.2 Leadership styles…………………………………………………….…..6 2.2 Implementing situational leadership……………..…………………………...10 2.2.1 Implementation steps…………..…………………………………...…...11 2.2.2 Leaders diagnosis…………….……………………………………….....12 2.3 Defining competence and commitment………………………………………12 2.4 Discussion………………………………………………………………….....13 3. Effective leadership………………………………………………………….14 3.1 Definition of effective leadership…………………………………………....14 3.2 Effective leadership at workplace…………………………………………....15 3.3 Effective leader in time of change…………………………………………...16 3.4 Change curve………………………………………………………………...17 4 Methodology…………………………………………………………………..18 4.1 Research questionnaire….……………………………………………………19 4.2 Execution……………………………………………………………………..19 4.3 Results………………………………………………………………………..20 5. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………….23 Reference…………………………….…………………………………………..28
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Figures
Fig 1……………………………………………………………………………..9 Fig 2……………………………………………………………………………..17 Fig 3……………………………………………………………………………..20 Fig 4……………………………………………………………………………..21 Fig 5……………………………………………………………………………..21 Fig 6……………………………………………………………………………..22
Appendix 1……………………………………………………………………25
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1. Introduction
Faced with rapid changes and the need for effective leaders, It is not necessary to reinvent leadership models and theory as there classic models already existing and are useful today as they were when they were first developed. The Hersey and Blanchard model, for example, shows us different leadership styles and that as leaders we need to change the leadership styles to suit the