Twelve O'Clock High
Frank Savage was a high-ranking military general with an authoritarian style leadership. Savage was all about doing thing by S.O.P. (standard operating procedure), doing things by the book. Savage wanted to make sure that all subordinates knew that things were going to be held accountable to his strict, authoritarian style of leadership.
When Savage arrives at Archbury military base after taking Keith’s position, he is allowed to pass through the security entrance with out showing credentials. He then scolds the guard telling him from now on you must check for proper credentials. In this scene, Savage is displaying the method of Directive leadership within the Path-Goal Theory. Savage has a goal of turning the 918th bombardment group around from a less than successful group of what he believes to be lackadaisical solders, into finely tuned authoritarian subordinates.
In addition to this initial showing of Savages leadership style, the following few scenes show similar authoritarian leadership to subordinates in comparable situations, seemingly shocking them, to showing all under his command, directly and indirectly that he is going to be running a very tight ship. Savage even goes as far as shutting down the only bar on base, which is the safe haven for an ailing solider. He models the leadership style of a transformational leader in the form of idealized influence. Savage presents himself as a no nonsense leader, who models his behaviors in a fashion to get subordinates to follow them, not what his squad was familiar with when Davenport was in command. As the film goes on, Savage starts to become more of a supportive style of leadership, using individualized consideration to give empowerment to his subordinates. He instills confidence in his employees transforming for a score of 9,1 to approximately a 4,9 on the managerial leadership grid by the end of the film. Savage seemed to divert his focus from being concerned with only getting the job done with maximum
When Savage arrives at Archbury military base after taking Keith’s position, he is allowed to pass through the security entrance with out showing credentials. He then scolds the guard telling him from now on you must check for proper credentials. In this scene, Savage is displaying the method of Directive leadership within the Path-Goal Theory. Savage has a goal of turning the 918th bombardment group around from a less than successful group of what he believes to be lackadaisical solders, into finely tuned authoritarian subordinates.
In addition to this initial showing of Savages leadership style, the following few scenes show similar authoritarian leadership to subordinates in comparable situations, seemingly shocking them, to showing all under his command, directly and indirectly that he is going to be running a very tight ship. Savage even goes as far as shutting down the only bar on base, which is the safe haven for an ailing solider. He models the leadership style of a transformational leader in the form of idealized influence. Savage presents himself as a no nonsense leader, who models his behaviors in a fashion to get subordinates to follow them, not what his squad was familiar with when Davenport was in command. As the film goes on, Savage starts to become more of a supportive style of leadership, using individualized consideration to give empowerment to his subordinates. He instills confidence in his employees transforming for a score of 9,1 to approximately a 4,9 on the managerial leadership grid by the end of the film. Savage seemed to divert his focus from being concerned with only getting the job done with maximum