The Importance of Leadership Styles Jennifer Sanchez Grand Canyon University – EDA 575 May 15‚ 2013 The following paper analyzes the leadership styles of a principal in an urban school district. The three leadership styles discussed are directive‚ affiliative‚ and collaborative. Each of these styles has been utilize to create an environment which is effective and conducive for a quality education. The Importance of Leadership Styles The school I have chosen as the subject to my research
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Examine what charismatic leadership is‚ and what transactional leadership is. Discuss what different types of motivation techniques would be adopted by these two types of leader in a large organization. Charismatic leadership means a certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which he or she is set apart from ordinary people and treated as endowed with supernatural‚ superhuman‚ or at least specifically exceptional powers or qualities. A devotion to the specific and exceptional
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Trait and Behavioral Leadership theories Heather Brown‚ Kerry Degnan‚ Chando Newman‚ Dawn Stewart‚ EDL/500 May 14‚ 2012 Rynette Upson There are several theories on leadership that have contributed to
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1. "Great Man" Theories: Great man theories assume that the capacity for leadership is inherent – that great leaders are born‚ not made. These theories often portray great leaders as heroic‚ mythic and destined to rise to leadership when needed. The term "Great Man" was used because‚ at the time‚ leadership was thought of primarily as a male quality‚ especially in terms of military leadership. Critique : Sociologist Herbert Spencer suggested that the leaders were products of the society in which
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What does it take be a leader? Do you need to have knowledge‚ power and/or admiration of those around you? Can anyone become a leader? According to Riggio (2013)‚ leadership is the ability to guide people to success. The path-goal theory expands on this definition by including that the leaders responsibility is to help the achieve the groups goals (Riggio‚2013). The trait theory of leadership involves looking into the traits that create an active‚competent leader. A trait is considered a quality
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you type leadership into the search engine. Whether it is leading a classroom‚ coaching a football game‚ or governing a state‚ most individuals have been in leadership role at some point in their life. While some leaders are thrust into their roles‚ others are more willing to take on a new leadership role. One thing remains true; there is no one and only way to lead. However‚ for the past few decades leadership theories have evolved and been the source of many studies. The trait theory‚ similar
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12/12/2014 Path-Goal Theory of Leadership Path-Goal Leadership Theory The Path-Goal model is a theory based on specifying a leader ’s style[1] or behavior that best fits the employee and work environment in order to achieve goals (House‚ Mitchell‚ 1974). The goal is to increase an employee ’s motivation‚ empowerment‚ and satisfaction so that they become productive members of the organization. Path-Goal is based on Vroom ’s (1964) expectancy theory[2] in which an individual will act in a certain
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This theory also “provides the basis from which most theories of production and effectiveness are derived” (Dugan‚ 2017‚ p. 117). One of the most notable portions of the style theory is the Leadership Grid‚ which was created to explain how task and relational behaviors are related to leadership practice. This theory focuses in on “what drives a person to demonstrate particular levels of concern for tasks and relationships” (Dugan‚ 2017‚ p. 122). The Leadership Grid and the motivational
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PATH GOAL THEORY OF LEADERSHIP The path-goal theory‚ also known as the path-goal theory of leader effectiveness or the path-goal model‚ is a leadership theory in the field of organizational studies developed by Robert House‚ an Ohio State University graduate‚ in 1971 and revised in 1996. The theory states that a leader ’s behavior is contingent to the satisfaction‚ motivation and performance of his subordinates. The Path-Goal Theory of Leadership was developed to describe the way that leaders
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Situational Teaching Model Dr. El Ghrari Halima‚ Mohammed V University‚ Rabat‚ Morocco ABSTRACT The presentation about “Situational teaching styles” can be listed under the attempts aiming at developing the Moroccan educational system through the implementation of more flexible and more adaptable teaching styles. The importance of this presentation lies in the fact that it summarizes the first book in Morocco that approaches the issue of teaching styles from a leadership perspective and
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