Table of Contents
1. Three Key Leadership Theories in Shackleton’s Management: 2
1.1 Contingency Theory: 2
1.1.1 Contingency Theory and Today’s Business World: 3
1.2 Transformational Theory: 3
1.2.1 Transformational Theory and Today’s Business World: 4
1.3 Behavioural Theory: 4
1.3.1 Behavioural Theory and Today’s Business World: 5
2. Evaluation of Statement ‘Leadership Involves Both the Rational and Emotional Sides of Human Experience’ (Hughes, Ginnett & Curphy, 2006): 5
2.1 Conclusion: 7
3. Identification & Evaluation of Shackleton’s Systematic Approach towards Performance Objective and Its Relationship with Organisations: 7
4. References: 10
Report Based on the Case Study “Leadership in Crisis: Earnest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage …show more content…
At the start of expedition Shackleton tried to find out the interests of each member so that he could judge the strengths of each person and later he assigned them duties according to their intrusts and abilities that was a perfect example of transformational leadership. For Shackleton the first priority during the whole journey was the lives of his people, from the case study it can be seen that during the whole time Shackleton think himself responsible for the lives of his crew. These things show the transformational leadership theory of Shackleton. This theory is very important in the leadership theories but according to Yukl (1999) transformational leadership theory have many conceptual weaknesses that include less explanation of the descriptive process, unclear constructs and partiality of heroic leadership concept. Lussier & Achua (2010, cited in Mack, n.d.) argued that there are many challenges that transformational leaders face so to use this leadership approach effectively it is necessary to tackle those
1. Three Key Leadership Theories in Shackleton’s Management: 2
1.1 Contingency Theory: 2
1.1.1 Contingency Theory and Today’s Business World: 3
1.2 Transformational Theory: 3
1.2.1 Transformational Theory and Today’s Business World: 4
1.3 Behavioural Theory: 4
1.3.1 Behavioural Theory and Today’s Business World: 5
2. Evaluation of Statement ‘Leadership Involves Both the Rational and Emotional Sides of Human Experience’ (Hughes, Ginnett & Curphy, 2006): 5
2.1 Conclusion: 7
3. Identification & Evaluation of Shackleton’s Systematic Approach towards Performance Objective and Its Relationship with Organisations: 7
4. References: 10
Report Based on the Case Study “Leadership in Crisis: Earnest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage …show more content…
At the start of expedition Shackleton tried to find out the interests of each member so that he could judge the strengths of each person and later he assigned them duties according to their intrusts and abilities that was a perfect example of transformational leadership. For Shackleton the first priority during the whole journey was the lives of his people, from the case study it can be seen that during the whole time Shackleton think himself responsible for the lives of his crew. These things show the transformational leadership theory of Shackleton. This theory is very important in the leadership theories but according to Yukl (1999) transformational leadership theory have many conceptual weaknesses that include less explanation of the descriptive process, unclear constructs and partiality of heroic leadership concept. Lussier & Achua (2010, cited in Mack, n.d.) argued that there are many challenges that transformational leaders face so to use this leadership approach effectively it is necessary to tackle those