Strategy for Future Leaders Essay
| BP2296 – Strategy for future leaders | | Student Number: 091878058 |
Leader or Team driver | (2,300 words) |
Introduction
In this essay I am going to evaluate and analyse my management philosophy and my leadership style based on a number of theories, concentrating on the management typology. The main types of management that define my way of leading are people management and governance management.
My management philosophy
People management consist on prioritising and considering workers, people as the most important resource, as nothing could be achieved without them (Bratton & Gold, 2007). This manner of putting things is persisting with my point of view as I give a lot of importance to the inclusion and wellbeing of the individuals I manage. On the other hand, governance also plays an important role in my management style because I am diligent in my dealings with others and take care of being fair and democratic in all the processes put into place to reach certain objectives and goals. This management styles complement each other as they are both socially compromised. People management integrating and empowering individuals in the management and governance by social inclusion, this is taking into account society´s values and points of view to act in one way or another according to them.
Furthermore another theory that could explain and determine my management style is the intrinsic motivation theory (Amabile & Khaire, 2008). This means I like to be able to motivate people and support them to do their tasks because they enjoy performing them and not because there is certain reward at the end when the work is completed. Valuing the satisfaction of having the job done effectively rather than the mark or economic incentive individuals might get for it.
Personality is also a matter that has been associated and linked to the different types of leadership (Derue, Nahrgang, Wellman & Humphfrey, 2011). This relation mostly being based on the big five
Leader or Team driver | (2,300 words) |
Introduction
In this essay I am going to evaluate and analyse my management philosophy and my leadership style based on a number of theories, concentrating on the management typology. The main types of management that define my way of leading are people management and governance management.
My management philosophy
People management consist on prioritising and considering workers, people as the most important resource, as nothing could be achieved without them (Bratton & Gold, 2007). This manner of putting things is persisting with my point of view as I give a lot of importance to the inclusion and wellbeing of the individuals I manage. On the other hand, governance also plays an important role in my management style because I am diligent in my dealings with others and take care of being fair and democratic in all the processes put into place to reach certain objectives and goals. This management styles complement each other as they are both socially compromised. People management integrating and empowering individuals in the management and governance by social inclusion, this is taking into account society´s values and points of view to act in one way or another according to them.
Furthermore another theory that could explain and determine my management style is the intrinsic motivation theory (Amabile & Khaire, 2008). This means I like to be able to motivate people and support them to do their tasks because they enjoy performing them and not because there is certain reward at the end when the work is completed. Valuing the satisfaction of having the job done effectively rather than the mark or economic incentive individuals might get for it.
Personality is also a matter that has been associated and linked to the different types of leadership (Derue, Nahrgang, Wellman & Humphfrey, 2011). This relation mostly being based on the big five
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