Transactional and Transformational Leadership
Yuan Ye (Carol)
IBT07148
Transactional and Transformational Leadership
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To: Nour Akalay Management
June , 2008
Transactional and Transformational Leadership
Leadership has been an important topic in the social sciences for many years. Recently, renewed interest in the concept of leadership has been aroused. “The resurgence of interest in studying the topic of leadership appears to be accompanied by an acceptance of the distinction between transactional and transformational leadership.” (Den Hartog, Van Muijen and Koopman, 1997, P.41) Transactional and transformational leadership were regarded as important leadership theory started from Political sociologists James MacGregor Burns’s classics . Burns bases his theory of transactional and transformational leadership on Kohlberg's stages of moral development and Weber's (1947) theory of leadership and authority. Then Bass and others continued researching and improving this theory. Then we will analyze two models of transactional and transformational leadership, Henry Ford and A.G. Lafley, from different aspects.
Transactional leader ─ Henry Ford “Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry.” (Retrieved June 10, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford) In his career of management, he used methods of transactional leader in many decision and management. First Transactional leader is “leaders who guide or motivate their followers in the direction of established goals by clarifying role and task requirements” (Stephen P. Robbins & Mary Coulter, 2005, P.433) According to the theory of Burns, transactional leadership is founded on a process of exchange. The relationship between leader and their followers from the exchange of some
IBT07148
Transactional and Transformational Leadership
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To: Nour Akalay Management
June , 2008
Transactional and Transformational Leadership
Leadership has been an important topic in the social sciences for many years. Recently, renewed interest in the concept of leadership has been aroused. “The resurgence of interest in studying the topic of leadership appears to be accompanied by an acceptance of the distinction between transactional and transformational leadership.” (Den Hartog, Van Muijen and Koopman, 1997, P.41) Transactional and transformational leadership were regarded as important leadership theory started from Political sociologists James MacGregor Burns’s classics . Burns bases his theory of transactional and transformational leadership on Kohlberg's stages of moral development and Weber's (1947) theory of leadership and authority. Then Bass and others continued researching and improving this theory. Then we will analyze two models of transactional and transformational leadership, Henry Ford and A.G. Lafley, from different aspects.
Transactional leader ─ Henry Ford “Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry.” (Retrieved June 10, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford) In his career of management, he used methods of transactional leader in many decision and management. First Transactional leader is “leaders who guide or motivate their followers in the direction of established goals by clarifying role and task requirements” (Stephen P. Robbins & Mary Coulter, 2005, P.433) According to the theory of Burns, transactional leadership is founded on a process of exchange. The relationship between leader and their followers from the exchange of some