Transactional leadership

Leadership has a history that in all likelihood goes back farther than human civilization. Leadership can be thought of as the act of leading a group of people, an organization, or even an entire country. From an industrial and organizational (I/O) psychological viewpoint, the definition of leadership may shift slightly since a psychologist would try to understand what factors have the greatest significance in creating positive leadership. One of the issues that arise when trying to define…

Expert leaders can start with any of the four stages of leaderships depending on where they are in the school improvement process. However, all stages are vital for the school improvement process and increasing teacher performance. When establishing the process of change leadership by bartering allows for the give and take to get the course of action started. According to Sergoivannie (1990) bartering is where when the administration and teacher exchange positive reinforcements for good work,…

personal developments plan, which highlights leadership and management objectives I feel I need to further develop. I am now going to reflect upon these objectives in the following text. Lautebach and Becher (1996, cited in Howatson-jones, 2013) suggest that self-reflection is a critical activity for nurses in their caring for others and, because it connects those who practice it with their inner selves and truth, is transformational. In regards to leadership and management, Burns (2003, cited…

Kayla and I both discussed the importance of goals in being a leader. We both mentioned that leadership can be learned or that individuals may have specific traits that causes them to be recognized by followers as a leader. Additionally, Kayla noted that leadership does not require a specific role to be a leader, but I like how she stated that a leader empowers their followers. I think that this is very true as a good leader must earn the respect of their followers and motivate the team to…

of good leadership as well as the different types of leaders, would also look at whether good leaders could be built through internal labour markets, and finally the different characteristics and the unexpected qualities of a leader. Over the years there have been several definitions of leaders, Peter Drucker has defined leadership as follows, and “The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers.” Even though, Peter Drucker is a brilliant mind, his definition of leadership is not…

Transformational Leadership Introduction Transformational leadership and related theories are in the focus of the current review. Developed by theorists in the 1980-s, the main assumption of transformational leadership is that leaders ' behavior have an impact on the organization 's performance. The author of the current essay would like to review how the theory developed, and how it can be used to improve the performance of health care organizations. Theoretical Review Before analyzing the…

Leadership Style Speech Today, I will be introducing the different types of leadership used in the public services to you, before comparing and contrasting them. Different leadership styles require different characteristic traits which can be needed in certain fields of public services. The first leadership style I will be talking about is the authoritarian. An authoritarian makes decisions independently, which can cause low morale in the group because their opinions are not being heard.…

smaller size of SMEs, direct contact with senior leadership and even an organization’s founders is commonplace. Unlike larger corporations, SMEs typically offer more responsibility and the opportunity to make a larger impact in the organization. However, mistakes by employees in SMEs have a more significant impact; therefore, there is less tolerance for error. These differences must be kept in mind when determining the organizational culture and leadership styles SMEs should adopt to promote…

Leadership style There are two leadership theories for getting work done: Transactional leadership and transformational leadership. 6.1 Transformational Leadership This leadership comes from the assessment from the leaders past performance. Transformational leaders are known for moving and changing things in the organisation by communicating to team members a vision of the future and it’s positively correlated with higher organisation performance. Transformation leadership mostly deal with…

Introduction and Overview Leadership within organizations is an important issue which needs to be developed at all levels. The development can be worked out at either senior levels or by instilling leadership traits to the general employee population. In today’s organization, we find various forms of leadership; some prevalent types are laissez-faire, charismatic, transactional and transformational leadership. Organizations need to come to terms with any leadership gaps that exist and…