From Weber to
Burns to Bass
Presentation
Introduction
Max Weber Model of Transactional and
Transformational Leaders
James MacGregor Burns Model of Transactional and
Transformational Leaders
Bernard M. Bass Model of Transactional and
Transformational Leaders
Bennis & Nanus Transformational Leaders
Schein Culture Change as Transformation
Introduction
Introduction: From Weber to
Burns to Bass
Traits
Behaviour
Charisma
Situation
Transformational
Leadership
Max Weber 's Model of
Transactional and
Transformational
Leaders
Max Weber
Asks how a leader can "legitimately" give a command and have actions carried out?
Classified claims to the "legitimacy" in the exercise of authority
Identified three kinds of leader/follower relations – traditional, bureaucratic and charismatic Believe they occur in combination, and
Also argues that "there may be gradual transitions between these types"
Max Weber 's three ideal types of leaders 1. Bureaucratic
(Transactional)
Three Frames
Bureaucracy is "the exercise of control on the basis of knowledge”; the rational legal hierarchical power, the
Bureaucratic Leader
3. Charismatic Hero
2. Traditional
(Transformer)
(Feudal/Prince)
An individual personality set apart from ordinary people and endowed with supernatural, superhuman powers and heroic charismatic leadership qualities; part hero part superman/superwoman Traditional an arbitrary exercise of power bound to loyalty, favoritism, and politics; the princely leader
Rational Grounds
(the bureaucrat)
Rest on a belief in the 'legality ' of patterns of normative rules and the right of those in authority to issue commands (legal authority)
Free of transaction, negotiation and bargaining for resources and power
The "monocratic" and "modern" types much more transactional
Operates in a transaction economy
Highlights
The leader subject to strict and systematic