Comparison Matrix Paper Leadership
Comparison Matrix Paper
Grand Canyon University
September 18, 2013
This essay will compare two articles that will conclude how personality and skills are essential in being a good leader. The premise for each article all had the same hypothesis in mind, with regard to effective leadership. The studies that will be compared will be “Personality traits, management styles & conflict management in a military unit” by Salimi, Karaminia, and Esmaeili (2011) and “The leadership skills strataplex: Leadership skill requirements across organizational levels” by Mumford, Campion, and Morgeson (2007). A comparison of the research questions, sample population, and limitations will be discussed.
Salimi and colleagues (2011) investigated personality traits with regard to management styles. They wanted to find out if personality traits had any affect on a leader’s management style and conflict resolution. Northouse (2010) in regards to personality traits gave perfect examples on how personality traits in fact can affect how leaders resolve issues and tribulations. Northouse (2010), stated how leaders are more tolerant for uncertainty, openness, and curiosity. When leaders are confident they are more inclined to be helpful in sudden situations that involve conflict.
Mumford and colleagues (2007) addressed the skills needed by a leader to help perform their daily job functions within an organization. They suggest that cognitive, interpersonal, business, and strategic skills all have separate outcomes and importance in the role of being an effective leader. The skills approach suggests that all of us have leadership potential, and by learning from our experiences, we can become more effective leaders. This approach is opposite than the “what leaders do” approach and centers on potential things that would and can make a leader successful (Mumford, Zaccaro, Harding, et al., 2000; Northouse, 2010).
Discussion
Research Questions Salimi and
Grand Canyon University
September 18, 2013
This essay will compare two articles that will conclude how personality and skills are essential in being a good leader. The premise for each article all had the same hypothesis in mind, with regard to effective leadership. The studies that will be compared will be “Personality traits, management styles & conflict management in a military unit” by Salimi, Karaminia, and Esmaeili (2011) and “The leadership skills strataplex: Leadership skill requirements across organizational levels” by Mumford, Campion, and Morgeson (2007). A comparison of the research questions, sample population, and limitations will be discussed.
Salimi and colleagues (2011) investigated personality traits with regard to management styles. They wanted to find out if personality traits had any affect on a leader’s management style and conflict resolution. Northouse (2010) in regards to personality traits gave perfect examples on how personality traits in fact can affect how leaders resolve issues and tribulations. Northouse (2010), stated how leaders are more tolerant for uncertainty, openness, and curiosity. When leaders are confident they are more inclined to be helpful in sudden situations that involve conflict.
Mumford and colleagues (2007) addressed the skills needed by a leader to help perform their daily job functions within an organization. They suggest that cognitive, interpersonal, business, and strategic skills all have separate outcomes and importance in the role of being an effective leader. The skills approach suggests that all of us have leadership potential, and by learning from our experiences, we can become more effective leaders. This approach is opposite than the “what leaders do” approach and centers on potential things that would and can make a leader successful (Mumford, Zaccaro, Harding, et al., 2000; Northouse, 2010).
Discussion
Research Questions Salimi and
References: Mumford, M. D., Zaccaro, S. J., Harding, F. D., Jacobs, T. O., & Fleishman, E. A. (2000). Leadership skills for a changing world: Solving complex social problems. The Leadership Quarterly, 11(1), 11-35. Mumford, T.V., Campion, M.A., & Morgeson, F.P. (2007). The leadership skills strataplex: Leadership skillrequirements across organizational levels. Leadership Quarterly, 18, 154–166. Northouse, P. G. (2010). Leadership: Theory and practice (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Salimi, S., Karaminia, R., & Esmaeili, A. (2011). Personality traits, management styles & conflict management in a military unit. Journal of Military Medicine, 13(1), 11-16.