Hersey-Blanchard situational theory

For my community work I chose to partner with the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA). Before I started interring at the DCA I had never heard of the DCA, or had any idea what they did. At first I was embarrassed, and I felt an ignorant that I didn’t know about this department that plays such an important part in our local government. The department helps the people of New York City in so many ways. It helps consumers with complains about business, no matter how big or small those…

analysed and chosen based on the appropriateness of the case study. The origins of transformational and transactional leadership came from political as opposes as to occupational notions of leadership (James McGregor – Burns (1978)). Bass’ (1989, 1990) theory of transformational…

what is a leader? A leader it is a person who leads or commands a group, organization,or country. Leaders come forth on any kind of situation,and which day I needed. There are all different types of leadership but the one I want to talk about is situational leadership. Someone asked me “ is there one best leadership style.” No there is not one best style. Leaders must adjust their leashes style to the situation as well as to people being lead. The key concept…

setting. James Macgregor Burns was the founder of the two leadership theories, Transactional and Transformational. These two leadership theories were first introduced by burns in a research paper he had written on political leaders. (Anonymous, 2000). Burn’s research would go on to be the driving force used in organizational psychology. Burns narrowed down his research down to characteristics…

requires adoption of the situational leadership approach, where effective leaders adapt their leadership style to manage particular situations. For example, simple or complicated situations would be best handled through a task-orientated approach such as autocratic leadership (Crevani et al 2010). The core competencies of situational leaders are the ability to identify the performance, competence and commitment of others, and to be flexible (Lynch et al 2011). Situational leadership has been…

has it affects the values, performance, and the culture of the organization. Thus, it is important for the leaders to act as a good example to motivate the workers thus increasing the productivity and performance in the workplace. The situational leadership theory thus enables the dealers to guide the staff in understanding what is expected of them, the best norms and practices in the organization thus creating the desired leadership culture in the organization. As the leaders adopt his…

. While many different leadership theories have developed, the Trait Theories, such as the Great Man Theories, suggest that leaders are born and not made, whereas the Behavioural, Situational Theories and Interactional theories suggest the opposite. These will help to analyse the question and try to determine if leaders have specific traits, if certain environmental factors produce leaders or if leaders possess a combination of both inherent qualities and learned behaviours. The qualities of…

The most efficiency leadership in the team work in 21 century -Transformational leadership Team work is the major part which form a organization in 21 century , there are 5 factors that suggested by Hackman and O’coonor (2005) to ensure a successful team work : • A real team with clear boundaries, interdependence and reasonably stable membership • Clear and consequential purpose • Organization that enables teamwork • Supportive social system and structures • Coaching to enable team to work…

According to C. M. (2016), he believes that it depends on which hat you are wearing in a particular role. As a leader, for example, when he is working with group or committee as a chairperson, he leads the group in the direction toward the shared goal. He has a similar style when he manages his unit on a daily basis. He delegates to people who specific skills to accomplish goals on his unit. He works with the employees’ strengths and weaknesses to get best of them. However, when he is in the…

Introduction “Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.” — Vince Lombardi As I reflect on my leadership journey, I become more convinced with Vince that leaders are not born leaders, but are a result of a conscious effort to be one. While serving in various institutions in leadership positions, I have seen myself emerge to those positions through my hard work and skills rather than just…