Followers

reasons might followers be motivated to respond to a leadership initiative? Followers would me more motivated to response to a leadership initiative, if the leaders worked with the followers to achieve common goals. The main reason why coercive influence is a non-factor for leaders, is it uses threats and punishments to entice followers to work towards a goal, but does not include the leaders working with the followers to achieve the goals as a team. Another reason why followers might respond…

Emergency Room, or in the halls of a high school; leadership is present everywhere. In order to be a strong leader one has to be welcoming and remain humble. My perspective of what leadership is based on the lessons I learned from being a follower. If I was never a follower I would have never fully understand the people I lead, Aristotle once famously said “He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.” The prerequisite in order to become a leader is to first learn how to follow.…

It involves 5 degrees of decision making styles available to followers which includes decide (leaders making decision based on their general experience or idea of the matter) ¬, consult group (leader consulting group before making decision to get suggestions, but makes final decision by him or herself), facilitate (leaders and followers meet to discuss the issue, leader helps the group analyze and define the problem and the group reaches a group consensus)…

man left behind. Alhough she was not fighting a traditional war, Harriet Tubman kept this motto in mind on the war against slavery. Tubman's most importsant leadership quality was her dedication to her cause which not only brought her closer to her follower, but set her apart as a leader. Dedication was Harriet Tubman's most essential quality of leadership because people believed in her image and put their lives in her hands. The first example of this leadership quality is that Tubman dedicated…

The LMX theory focus on the dyadic relationship between the followers and the leaders. Which validates our experience of how people within organizations relate to one another and the leader. The LMX theory challenges other theories priory discussed in class on what their focal point is. The prior theories focal points were the trait approach, skills approach and style approach, which all focus on either the leader or the followers solely. While the LMX theory focus on the relationship between…

Leadership is the skill to achieve the goal. Leadership is guided by leaders who lead the followers to achieve the goals. There are different types of leadership. Trait approach: it is an individual model base on qualities. People born with this leadership abilities and they used in different situations. It´s a combination of personal characteristics such as personal appearance, well -initiated, cognitive abilities, social person, intelligent ability. The combination of these qualities provides…

exceptional form of influence that moves followers to accomplish more than what is usually expected of them” (Ch. 9). It takes a unique person to bring the best efforts out of employees in the workplace since it has been ingrained in society that the boss is the more knowledgeable person. Earlier leadership theories suggest that leaders are superior to followers but transformational leaders concentrate on the needs and motives of followers and helps followers fill their greatest potential…

Transactional leadership is the first of the two, it is more of a guide or corrective measure where followers’ role and tasks are clearly defined and directed at achieving a certain goal. It employs disciplinary actions and incentives to motivate followers to perform. The main priority here is to oversee the smooth day-to-day functioning of an organization. Transactional leadership is characterised by: a possible reward in return…

vise-versa. Likewise, the followers preferences are a factor, too, for largely the same reasons listed above for the leaders. Lastly, the situational factors such as goals, structure, and most importantly, time also place constraints on…

The Hadith were messages that Muhammad had supposedly said and were used as rules to help shape the way that his followers were supposed to live. Not as powerful as the Koran the Hadith still is important to those practicing Islam. The Hadith is stricter about the way followers are supposed to live when compared to the Bhagavad Gita. Also used to help provide a set rules to help followers live the Bhagavad Gita takes on a different approach. By looking at the differences between…