7. Major differences between transactional and transformational leadership (Burns) Many studies today are being based off of the difference between transactional and transformational leaders. Transformational leaders focus on the process of revolutionizing and perfecting their followers to improve them and their goals. On the other hand, transactional leaders focus more on their own improvement through the use of giving-and-taking with their followers or others. Both leaders are hard workers but the differences between them are worth noting. Transformational leaders satisfy basic human needs such as emotional and standard needs of all human beings. Stellar transformational leaders develop trust and treat their followers as individuals. Sometimes
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Power is an influencing mechanism used in leadership. Power can exist without leadership, however leadership cannot exist without the wise use of power. The acceptance theory of power is the idea where the amount of power depends on the position’s importance and the follower’s motivation to give power to the person holding that position. In other words, the amount of power a person holds depends on whether or not the follower is willing to follow the commands of the person with the power. In a work setting, this theory is practiced through communication. Employees are not willing to work if they believe the work they are doing does not relate to the job they hold. Similarly, the employees must also believe that the communication between them and their boss relates to their jobs as well. Employees obey their boss from fear of losing their jobs or incentives their job offers and managers have authority if their employees obey …show more content…
How well leaders influence their followers through communication increases their reliability. Credibility is measured in four components: competence, trustworthiness, dynamism, and likeability. How their information is delivered also plays a role of how believable a message is. People believe someone who shares information in an understanding way. Competence is a person’s intelligence of a topic. For example, a mathematician studying C*-algebra has a strong understanding of functional analysis, well enough to teach others, whereas a new graduate student can probably deliver the same message, just not as well. Trustworthiness is a measure of the truth. A leader is trustworthy if they tell the truth, are ethical in their decisions, and if they are honest. If a leader is caught lying, it is difficult for their follower to have the same confidence in their leadership. For example, when a president of a bank is caught stealing money, there is a high chance the bank’s customers will remove their money and go to another bank. This leader not only disrupted the trust between the customers and the bank, but also upset the flow of order. Dynamism is a person’s perception of their leader. When a leader ‘looks’ confident and act confident, they seem to be a stronger leader. Confidence shows certainty and that is what followers look for in their leader. Lastly, likeability involves how we relate to a person. It is easier to connect and become
Power is an influencing mechanism used in leadership. Power can exist without leadership, however leadership cannot exist without the wise use of power. The acceptance theory of power is the idea where the amount of power depends on the position’s importance and the follower’s motivation to give power to the person holding that position. In other words, the amount of power a person holds depends on whether or not the follower is willing to follow the commands of the person with the power. In a work setting, this theory is practiced through communication. Employees are not willing to work if they believe the work they are doing does not relate to the job they hold. Similarly, the employees must also believe that the communication between them and their boss relates to their jobs as well. Employees obey their boss from fear of losing their jobs or incentives their job offers and managers have authority if their employees obey …show more content…
How well leaders influence their followers through communication increases their reliability. Credibility is measured in four components: competence, trustworthiness, dynamism, and likeability. How their information is delivered also plays a role of how believable a message is. People believe someone who shares information in an understanding way. Competence is a person’s intelligence of a topic. For example, a mathematician studying C*-algebra has a strong understanding of functional analysis, well enough to teach others, whereas a new graduate student can probably deliver the same message, just not as well. Trustworthiness is a measure of the truth. A leader is trustworthy if they tell the truth, are ethical in their decisions, and if they are honest. If a leader is caught lying, it is difficult for their follower to have the same confidence in their leadership. For example, when a president of a bank is caught stealing money, there is a high chance the bank’s customers will remove their money and go to another bank. This leader not only disrupted the trust between the customers and the bank, but also upset the flow of order. Dynamism is a person’s perception of their leader. When a leader ‘looks’ confident and act confident, they seem to be a stronger leader. Confidence shows certainty and that is what followers look for in their leader. Lastly, likeability involves how we relate to a person. It is easier to connect and become