Situational leadership theory

Defining what leadership is, who leaders are, and what leaders do is not easy (Grossman & Valiga, 2017). Some of the classic theories include Great Man Theory, Trait Theories, Situational Theories, Contemporary Leadership Theories, Transformational Leadership, Authentic Leadership, and Adaptive Leadership. Applicable to this case study is the transformational leadership. This theory was first introduced by Burns (1978), and he described it as being context based, a process for motivating…

and method of development Guiding question 1: Leadership is a challenge. Can you please tell me traits and characteristics you have in your leadership style? This question was developed to open up the discussion and go straight to the topic of interest. Being an open ended question, this question has the potential to bring up any new traits and characteristics that may not have been described in the literature so far. The initial statement, leadership is a challenge; makes the leaders think in…

achieve. Leadership in part is largely about the reciprocal relationship between a leader and their alertness to the positive or negative reactions of followers (Hollander, 1978, p.2). Leaders can emerge from within a group as well as by formal appointment, additionally the same leader can succeed in one context yet fail in another (Leavy & Wilson, 1994). Organisations need successful leaders in order to achieve optimal effectiveness and theories are used to stress the value of leadership, but…

Leadership is an important function of management in order to achieve organisational goals. To execute this, leaders must be able to furnish inspiration, motivation and clear direction to their team. Several leadership theories are thought may influence (positively or negatively) motivation of individuals in organisations. On the other hand, it is hypothesized that leadership and motivation can be contradicted since these theories have many exceptions. This literature review of article…

hired Paula to be the Organisational Manager without discussing with his leadership counterparts that there was a need for such recruitment. Particularly, the human resource manager, Harvey, was angry because, despite Paula reporting to him, she would do David’s assignments. The process of transforming the organisation began with Paula leading it, but she failed to include Harvey or others in the organisation’s leadership in the process. Consequently, Harvey involved Joe, the plant manager, in…

A model of leadership that incorporates many of the salient components of these models is described in The Leadership Challenge by Kouzes and Posner. The authors have identified five characteristics of exemplary leaders (Griffith, Dunham, 2014). The model the way characteristic demonstrates that people want to follow some one who is authentic, honest and will set the right example. Inspiring a shared vision shows a leader who is constantly looking toward the future for very one and can enlist…

Introduction to Leadership The behaviours of leaders will have a great impact on followers. Published in The Leadership Quarterly, Graham (1991) argued that an ideal leader, is one that is visionary, practical, inspirational and has moral. He also stated that a leader is someone that has a defined set of goals and knows how to achieve them whilst motivating others to advance toward the same goal for the benefit of the entire organisation. Leadership has been conceptualized in several ways,…

Conclusion Contingency theory of leadership considers their supporters as one of the situational factors that leaders need to manipulate in order to achieve specific outcome (Uhl-Bien et al., 2013). This theory signifies that whether ethical or unethical, leaders influence their followers. Using their own convincing skills as an asset, leaders are successful in making followers work their own way. Unethical leadership thus impacts the organization. sometimes It is difficult for followers to…

Normative Decision Theory By: Jana Short This theory was developed by Victor Vroom, Phillip Yetton and Arthur Jago, aka Vroom-Yetton-Jago contingency model. It is a situational leadership theory used to find the best style of leadership based on the situation. This includes helping leaders decide how much employee participation, from zero to one hundred percent, should be used when making decisions. The diagram shows five different decision-making styles which vary from autocratic…

Before delving further into leadership and management theories and styles it is good to understand the difference between a manager and a leader. Bennis and Nanus (1985, p221) state that ‘managers are people who do things right and leaders are people that do the right thing.’ Yukl (2002, p7) goes on to suggest that leadership is the process of influencing others to understand and agree about what needs to be done and how it can be done effectively, and the process of facilitating individual and…