Full Range Leadership Model Evaluated and Applied to Tony Abbott and Barack Obama
Lara Stapleton
The University of Sydney
Abstract
The influence of leaders is ubiquitous across societal demographics. There are leaders of countries, organisations, and sports teams. The characteristics which create and maintain these leaders has been an active field of research for decades (Northouse, 2013). Emergent from the leadership research is the influential full range leadership model (FRLM) which characterises leadership in two dimensions, effective and active (Bass & Avolio, 1990). Spanning the effective and active dimensions are five factors which include laissez-faire, passive management …show more content…
Firstly, this essay will exemplify how easily the FRML can be applied to leaders by classifying the leadership styles of two political leaders: Tony Abbott the former Australian Prime Minister and, Barack Obama the President of United States of America (USA). Secondly, this essay will explore the FRLM as an effective and widely applied construct of leadership (Bass, 1997) through evaluating the FRLM in terms of the following criteria: significance and contribution to the field of leadership, methodology, and evidence for the effectiveness of the model. Laissez-faire and passive management by exception are passive and avoidant factors. These factors can be further categorised as non-leadership. The laissez-faire leader avoids and fails to accept responsibility, and this style of leader also fails to offer any direction to followers (Bass, 1997). The laissez-faire leader who occasionally responds to issues if, and only if the issue is deemed serious and brought to their attention demonstrates passive management by exception (Bass, …show more content…
It is the two leadership styles which are suggested to be employed by effective leaders (Bass, & Bass, 2008). Because political leaders may be considered to be effective leaders, a qualitative analysis of the public personas of Abbott and Obama was performed to classify the leaders as either transformational or transactional. Evidence for the analysis is drawn from the leaders ' election victory speeches and their address to 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Hence, the following will classify each leader using the FRLM, and then briefly discuss any
Lara Stapleton
The University of Sydney
Abstract
The influence of leaders is ubiquitous across societal demographics. There are leaders of countries, organisations, and sports teams. The characteristics which create and maintain these leaders has been an active field of research for decades (Northouse, 2013). Emergent from the leadership research is the influential full range leadership model (FRLM) which characterises leadership in two dimensions, effective and active (Bass & Avolio, 1990). Spanning the effective and active dimensions are five factors which include laissez-faire, passive management …show more content…
Firstly, this essay will exemplify how easily the FRML can be applied to leaders by classifying the leadership styles of two political leaders: Tony Abbott the former Australian Prime Minister and, Barack Obama the President of United States of America (USA). Secondly, this essay will explore the FRLM as an effective and widely applied construct of leadership (Bass, 1997) through evaluating the FRLM in terms of the following criteria: significance and contribution to the field of leadership, methodology, and evidence for the effectiveness of the model. Laissez-faire and passive management by exception are passive and avoidant factors. These factors can be further categorised as non-leadership. The laissez-faire leader avoids and fails to accept responsibility, and this style of leader also fails to offer any direction to followers (Bass, 1997). The laissez-faire leader who occasionally responds to issues if, and only if the issue is deemed serious and brought to their attention demonstrates passive management by exception (Bass, …show more content…
It is the two leadership styles which are suggested to be employed by effective leaders (Bass, & Bass, 2008). Because political leaders may be considered to be effective leaders, a qualitative analysis of the public personas of Abbott and Obama was performed to classify the leaders as either transformational or transactional. Evidence for the analysis is drawn from the leaders ' election victory speeches and their address to 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Hence, the following will classify each leader using the FRLM, and then briefly discuss any