Introductory Paragraph
This essay focuses on the leadership theories that are best associated with our chosen leader Barack Obama. It also looks at how he deals with making ethical choices that benefit both himself and the State of America and looks at how he handles corporate service responsibility to the people of America.
Terms of Reference:
The purpose of this essay is to describe Obama’s style of leadership and identify the four leadership theories that best represent him. This essay also evaluates his commitment to being ethical and socially responsible.
Objectives:
• To discuss Obama’s style of leadership
• To examine the four leadership theories that best suit him
• To evaluate the ethical choices and social responsibilities that face him
Methodology:
This essay was completed using secondary research by accessing WIT’s online academic database and website articles.
Findings:
Discussing Obama’s leadership style:
As described by Yukl (2010), leadership is ‘the process of influencing others to understand and agree about what needs to be done and how to do it and the process of facilitating individuals and collective efforts to accomplishing shared objectives’. However Barack Obama’s role as the leader of the free world faces …show more content…
Kirkpatrick and Locke (1991) stated ‘that one of the first theories for leadership traits was the “great man” theory which was a study conducted to isolate and identify the traits necessary for leadership.’ These leadership traits were said to have been inherited, especially by upper class man and that these traits could be isolated to pick out or elect a new leader. The great man theory was the basis for the traits that are considered when thinking of leadership in the modern era and Obama exhibits a lot of these traits such as: drive, motivation, honesty and integrity, and