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Leadership Styles in An Organisation
Leadership Styles in An Organisation
Abstract
In this paper, a detailed description of the leadership style and behavior in an organization has
been discussed. A number of models and theories has been used for supporting the
discussion. Through the report, it can be seen that leaders in an organization has a very
important role to play for changing the pace of growth of the firm.
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1. Introduction
The report is based on the discussion about different leadership behavior and style in
organization. Leadership can be described as the capability of any individual to guide and
motivate a team to work together to achieve a common goal. Leadership activity involves the
creation of clear goal for a team, sharing of that vision with the team members, achieving
targets, balancing, and coordinating all the different interests of the team members and
stakeholders (Northouse, 2012). Proper leadership capability is an important trait for
management to improve the efficiency of workforce to achieve organizational goal (Moyles,
2006).
Transactional leadership is mainly focused on the maintenance of the regular flow of all the
operations in any organization. A successful transactional style depends on the proper
exchange of resources and rewards by the leaders against the performance, task
accomplishment and productivity of team workers. This leadership style emphasizes on the
achievement on their regular Targets. Leaders following this style are not involved in
strategically guiding the organization to achieve their market leadership. Transactional
leadership assists organization to address the minute details of operations (Judge and Piccolo
2004, 755-768). On the other hand, the manager following transformational leadership skills
goes beyond the traditional procedures of performing the traditional organizational operations
and focuses on creating new strategies to bring a new level in the performance of their team,
department and organization. The transformational leadership skills assist the team members
to look for constructive changes in the general operations of the organization to achieve a
competitive position in the market. This leadership style is crucial for the strategic
development of organizations. Transformational leaders help organizations to focus on their
ambitious goals (Lowe, Kroeck and Sivasubramaniam 1996, 385-425).
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The most essential traits to manage a marketing team are good communication skill, self-
confidence, enthusiasm and ambition. All of these traits are accrued by birth and sharpened
through rigorous practices. I also require to posses few other traits such as critical thinking,
technical and analytical skill. However, these skills are not inherited but they are developed
over a period through different learning and training procedures and continuous monitoring.
beneficial to analyze the future challenges and outcomes of any organizational strategies
(Moyles, 2006).
8. Conclusion
The study of different leadership style and capabilities has provided a detailed view about the
different characteristics of a successful leader in any organization. It has discussed the
advantages and limitation of different leadership styles to handle the challenges of the
corporate world. The discussion has further evaluated the importance of effective leadership
and high performing team to attain the ultimate organizational goals. It has also conveyed the
different discrimination procedure in the selection of the leadership position. The report has
assisted to understand the required traits and capabilities of a successful leader in any
organization.
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