Transactional leadership

Introduction Leadership is about having the ability to drive or influence people to achieve a vision or goal of the organisation. Three types of leadership will be discussed referencing the late South African leader Nelson Mandela who was a leader of the ANC and a former 1st black president of South Africa. Main focus of the discussion will be based on transformational, transactional and charismatic leadership style respectively. Transformational leadership The transformational leader is the…

Rescue As a result of numerous retailers struggling to maintain profits in today’s economy, it is imperative for leaders to evaluate their current and future leadership techniques in an attempt to remain competitive. Currently, Rally House’s leadership techniques relating to their corporate-to-store relations, operates with a mixture of transactional and transformational characteristics. However, recent struggles to boost sales outside of customary inflow time periods has created a significant…

Leadership Style Leadership is an important element for an organization to be operational and successful, and having better leaders will engage employees to bring positive outcomes. Why is leadership style important? Leadership style is an approach taken by a leader with his capacity to lead and the act of leading (Buell, 2012). It is important for this individual to understand his own leadership style to be effective in performing his role and functions, and how this may affect his employees…

Transactional leaders are very goal driven, they are focused on the end result as opposed to how those results are achieved. If everything in the day-to-day runs smoothly and gets done then transactional leaders are happy. They can be seen as extremely bossy individuals, always giving orders but never taking the time to see how their employees are doing. Transformational leaders are different in their approach of achieving their goals. Instead of viewing goals as the most important part they…

today, must exhibit leadership behaviors or styles that are suitable for the continuously shifting and multifaceted healthcare delivery system (Casida & Pinto-Zipp, 2008, p. 7). The purpose of this paper is to critically appraise the article “Staff nurse perceptions of nurse manager leadership styles and outcomes” (Casida & Parker, 2011). This paper will define how leadership styles of nurse managers (NMs) is correlated to outcomes in hospital nursing units. Three leadership styles are…

As we read over the interviews we wanted to apply solutions based off what we have learned throughout the year to help with job satisfaction. The main issue with job satisfaction was the fact that diversity caused conflict. What we found is that there needs to be a balance of work and life in order to avoid overwhelming people, being put in an environment where they are constantly surrounded by different people and different personalities. Although diversity is healthy, too much time in an…

Leadership in the Workplace 1. Introduction/Background In this assignment, I will be describing the transformational and transactional leadership behaviours, which supports the success to the safety program in my current workplace. I now work for a company by the name of “All Weather Windows Commercial Ltd”. I’ve been hired on as the Health and Safety Advisor and been employed under this role for over 3 years now. This company is a team of glazing professionals that provides both manufacturing…

module material are leadership and individual differences. The reason for choosing leadership was because I saw Sheila’s lack of leadership as a problem to her team. And I choose individual differences as many members of staff at Friendly’s want different things from their job and so this restricts team work and motivation. Leadership- Sheila Leader-member exchange theory The leader-member exchange theory refers to how social relationships are formed with…

Strong Leadership Means What? As economies, industries, and environments change across the global marketplace, so must organizations in order to remain viable and gain or maintain a strong corporate operational advantage. Leaders are challenged with the task of preparing organizations and staff members to handle change in a positive and constructive manner. As stated by Băeşu and Bejinaru (2013) “if leaders want the success of the organization then they have to prepare their employees for…

staff (Moiden, 2002). Negative reinforcement often used to establish rules. Autocratic leadership style is all about control, organisation and discipline. Autocratic leaders typically make choices based on their own ideas and judgments and seldom accept advices from followers. Guiltinate, 2013 states that even though staff dislike autocratic leaders, they often work well under them. The managers who use this leadership style can create good structure and determine what needs to be done…