I 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
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TRANSACTIONAL & TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP Burns Theory of Transformational & Transactional Leadership The idea of transformational leadership between leaders and followers was first developed by James McGregor Burns in 1978. He distinguishes between leaders who are‚ or attempt to be ethical and moral‚ and "power wielders‚" who are not. In an essay 20 years later‚ Burns returns to this idea‚ arguing that: - Transactional leaders‚ through their transactions‚ make use of "modal values
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are now focusing on Transformational leadership style. Transactional leaders are those who motivate their followers by clarifying task requirements and work role. Transactional leadership style may be considered a common management style that involves a chain of command and defined structure where subordinates are expected to do what their supervisor tells them to do. Forms of motivation include rewards and punishments‚ such as bonuses or termination. Thus‚ transactional leaders clarify to their followers
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the concept of transformational leadership‚ and to examine why many consider it as being overshadowed by inspirational leadership. In order to do that‚ the assignment starts with a general idea of Leadership‚ and differentiating it from Management‚ as many confuse them as the same thing. An explanation of how authors like Burns and Bass wrote about Transformational Leadership‚ and pointing out its differences from transactional leadership. Continuing by defining transformational leadership and
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leadership was dependent upon the situation and assumed that all leaders are affected by an inherent set of leadership behaviours‚ which he believed was difficult to change. He identified two basic leadership styles which were task or relationship orientated. According to Tulsian and Pandey (2008) leaders who are task orientated will perform at the best level when they are in favourable or highly unfavourable situations‚ whereas leaders who are relationship orientated will perform best when they are
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Transactional vs. Transformational Styles of Leadership Leadership is described as “a process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task". There have been many leadership theories of what produces good leadership involving traits‚ situational interaction‚ function‚ behavior‚ power‚ vision and values‚ charisma‚ and intelligence‚ among others. The role every manager must fill in the workplace is being a good leader. Managers often
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415-430 Identification of Transformational Leadership Qualities: An Examination of Potential Biases Filip Lievens‚ Pascal Van Geit‚ and Pol Coetsier University of Ghent‚ Belgium A basic ingredient in transformational leadership development consists in identifying leadership qualities via distribution of the multifactor leadership questionnaire (MLQ) to followers of the target leaders. It is vital that the MLQ yields an accurate and unbiased assessment of leaders on the various leadership
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FEATURES OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP Introduction Transformational leadership is defined as a leadership approach that creates valuable and positive change in the followers with the end goal of developing followers into leaders. A transformational leader focuses on "transforming" others to help each other‚ to look out for each other‚ to be encouraging and harmonious‚ and to look out for the organization as a whole. With this leadership‚ the leader enhances the motivation‚ morale and performance
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challenges and problems solved‚ organizations should have leaders who possess certain personalities‚ attitude and skills in order to tackle the business complexity. In this paper‚ couple of Leadership theories will be reviewed and discussed in order to provide and suggest proper methods and ways to help leaders drive organizations to be more effective. At the first chapter‚ the definition of leadership‚ Transactional Style and Transformational Style is discussed along with major differences between
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Transformational leadership respites on the bases of transactional leadership (Simic‚ 1998). It focused on the technologies changes and also the human relation aspects (Imran & Wasim‚ 2010). According to James McGregor Burns‚ the new style transformational leadership is the leadership that needed today yet not the old style of transactional leadership (Simic‚ 1998). Transformational leadership is a complex process; the realization requires more visionary and more inspiring figures (Simic‚ 1998).
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