Concept of Leadership Leadership - what is it? Many definitions have been offered‚ cultural stereotypes abound‚ numerous programs focus on leadership development‚ but the question remains. In fact‚ leadership is many different things to different people in different circumstances. When we think of leadership‚ we often think first of famous individuals. We may think of great political leaders: Washington‚ Churchill‚ Roosevelt. We may think of the leaders of social movements: Gandhi‚ Martin Luther
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Adolf Hitler: A Transformational Leader Adolf Hitler: A Transformational Leader If there is such a thing as effective leadership‚ it involves enthusiasm‚ inspiration and devotion. Throughout his reign of dominance‚ the historical and contentious Adolf Hitler had possessed all of the listed traits; qualities in which a transformational leader seizes. Witherbee (2009) revealed that Adolf Hitler was an Australian-born German politician that was highly known as the leader of the Nazi Party. As
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Mc Murphy- Charismatic Rebel Leader Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest is an analysis of the anti-cultural movement of the 1960s. Kesey’s reflection on the spirit of the 1960s is embodied in his main character‚ Mc Murphy. He illustrates the author’s commentary on the 1960s in three ways: he exemplifies the Hippie movement‚ he leads other by example‚ and he persuades others to follow him through his charismatic behavior. Some brief plot summary is necessary before discussing Mc
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PAPER: Journal Article | Arnold‚ K.A. and Loughlin‚ C. (2010) Individually considerate transformational leadership behavior and self sacrifice. Leadership & Organization Development Journal‚ 31(8) pp.670-686 | UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PAPER AIM/PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER | The aim/purpose of this paper is:a) To investigate how and to which extent leaders engage in individually considerate transformational leadership behavior with focus on the developmental‚ supportive and self sacrificial aspects of
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question of which leadership style would a top manager usually have. The main argument of this paper is that while fulfilling the criteria and abilities of being a top management‚ the leadership style of the top managers is similar to that of transformational leaders‚ that is‚ the higher the management hierarchy one is belonging to‚ the more likely that he is a transformational leader. The theory of transformational leadership shows that leaders who exhibit positive leadership behaviors like idealized
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Business Association Cohort 17 COURSE: TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT COURSE CODE: SBC06100 Student ID#: 607004764 Lecturer(s): Vanda Levy-McMillan Wayne Robinson Assignment 1: Transformational changes within Jamaica Constabulary Force October 1‚ 2014 There are a multitude of leadership attributes and skills set that are exemplary of a good leader. Listed below are the top five (5) attributes and three (3) main skill set: Top (5) Leader Attributes i) Intelligence – Ability
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sociological and political science literature to describe leaders who by force of their personal abilities are capable of having profound and extraordinary effects on followers. These effects include commanding loyalty and devotion to the leader and of inspiring followers to accept and execute the will of the leader without hesitation or question or regard to ’one’s self interest. The term charisma‚ whose initial meaning was "gift"‚ is usually reserved for leaders who by their influence are able to cause
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FEATURES OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP Introduction Transformational leadership is defined as a leadership approach that creates valuable and positive change in the followers with the end goal of developing followers into leaders. A transformational leader focuses on "transforming" others to help each other‚ to look out for each other‚ to be encouraging and harmonious‚ and to look out for the organization as a whole. With this leadership‚ the leader enhances the motivation‚ morale and performance
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(Krames‚ 2002). The paradigm of transformational leadership is useful in analysing how he was able to accomplish this (Dubrin‚ Dalglish & Miller‚ 2006). It is also useful in identifying the personal characteristics‚ the leader and follower values and the situational factors that contributed to his success. This paper will analyse Welch’s leadership of GE using the framework of transformational leadership. Conclusions will be drawn regarding Welch’s leader behaviour and effectiveness‚ taking
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(2006:2)‚ a charismatic leader is a crucial element to new religious movements. They attract followers who are obedient and faithful to their beliefs and instructions (Dawson 2006:10). A leader that exudes charisma and has been highly successful in creating special bonds is Jim Jones. Jones was the leader and founder of the Peoples Temple and responsible for the mass number of deaths in Jonestown. To begin with‚ Dawson (2006:9) argues that there are three essential features of a charismatic leader‚ “first
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