...Leadership Model Paper Introduction Company A has been no stranger to the economic downturn these last ten years. As most of you know, we have seen shrinking profit margins, a shortening supply of material, growing operational costs as equipment ages to maturity, and increased transportation costs as fuel prices soar. Also, the last three years have brought significant amounts of competition to our area, where we were once the dominant player. Through all of this, Company A has persisted, and continues to work hard to provide excellent service to our customers, provide competitive pricing, work closely with suppliers, and provide the best working environment possible for our employees. However, though we have persisted, we have not done so profitably. The time has come for Company A to make some significant changes structurally. Surely everyone has heard rumors of downsizing, and unfortunately, those rumors are true. We have explored every avenue up to this point, but we cannot delay any further. The following letter describes the upcoming restructuring plan, including operational and managerial expectations. It saddens me that we were unable to find a better solution than downsizing, but it is my hope that our organization will pull through this obstacle with the same persistence and grace that it has hurtled them before. Responsible Restructure Unfortunately, throughout the last decade, Company A has seen a continuous fall in profit margins and ROA. This being said, we...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Leadership is a process and not a position that involves interactions between leaders and followers at different situations. To understand leadership, this paper will review some of the leadership theories which may be applicable on a leader. The paper will talk about a senior supervisor, Mr.X from ABC Company, a well-known financial institute. ABC Company is Canada’s fifth largest bank and one of the Big Five banks. The introduction of the paper will give a brief background on the leader and the company. Followed by that it will outline some of the leadership theories that best apply to the leader. The report will discuss leader-member exchange theory, situational leadership model, path-goal theory and the action-observation-reflection model. To understand the principles better, relevant examples will be provided. The paper will also mention a situation where the author of this report may have acted differently than the leader. The report will conclude with appropriate recommendations for overall improvement in the leadership process. In this paper, the names of the organisation and the leader have been changed to ABC Company and Mr.X to maintain confidentiality. INTRODUCTION ABC Company claims that its senior executives set the strategic direction for the company and provide leadership to more than 44,000 employees as they help our 11 million clients (ABC Company 2015). In this huge company, Mr.X has been a senior supervisor in...
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...INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT: TERM PAPER (20 MARKS) 1.1 Term Paper Topic The students for this course are required to write a term paper on Management and Leadership. Suggested topics: a. Functions of Management b. Leadership versus Management c. Contingency Leadership theories d. Social exchange theory and strategic contingencies theory e. Transformational Leadership f. Transactional Leadership g. Charismatic Leadership h. Servant Leadership i. The mirror or the window: Level 5 leadership j. Strategic Leadership k. Ethical Leadership l. Leader Member Exchange (LMX)Theory m. Values based leadership n. Leadership and Ethics o. Leadership and Governance p. Leadership and Motivation q. Leadership and Gender r. Leadership in Family owned businesses s. Leadership and Management of Change t. From Change management to change leadership u. Team Leadership v. Performance management w. Impact of effective leadership and management behaviour of employees x. University of Iowa leadership styles y. University of Michigan and Ohio State University leadership models z. Ohio State University leadership model and the leadership grid aa. Power, Influence, Politics, Networking and Negotiation bb. Cross cultural Management cc. Team Leadership dd. Diversity at the workplace ee. The learning organization ff. Conflict gg. Coaching and mentoring at the workplace 1.2 Term Paper Structure The term paper structure and format should include the following: EXECUTIVE...
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...Abstract This paper outlines a concept for understanding innovation and explains how to lead innovation in an organization. This paper examines and describes how leadership models support innovation in organizations. This paper also addresses the role of discovery and delivery skills for their support of innovation in organizations. Lastly, in this paper I will explore my own strengths and weaknesses in the discovery and delivery skills and speak about how they help or hinder my ability to support innovation in organizations. Models That Support Innovation in Organizations Each of the different leadership models support innovation within organizations in some form or fashion. In order to grasp how, one must first develop an understanding of innovation and leadership. Innovation has many meanings, but on a broad scale one can say that innovation is thinking outside the box. Leadership is a bit harder to describe because it is best understood when seen. To put leadership in words according to Doyle and Smith, leaders often become visible when an innovative response is needed (2001). Now that we have an idea of what these words mean one of the leadership models that support innovations in organizations is transformation leadership. Transformational leaders serve as a role model by gaining the trust and confidence of peers and employees. By stating future goals, developing plans to achieve these goals and displaying an innovative edge, transformational leaders...
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...LDR 531 WEEK 3 INDIVIDUAL LEADERSHIP STYLE To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/ldr-531-week-3-individual-leadership-style/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM LDR 531 WEEK 3 INDIVIDUAL LEADERSHIP STYLE The paper has two parts. 1. Select and describe a leader you admire. Your selected leader may be either a real-life individual or a fictional character from television, the movies, or a book. Using leadership theories, analyze your selected leader to identify characteristics and provide specific examples of leadership qualities you think contributed to that person's success. 2. Evaluate your own leadership style and identify your own leadership characteristics in the same way ALONG with a plan to improve upon your leadership - which could include things likeundertaking specific training, joining professional association, seeking out situations at work or as a volunteer to develop your abilities. 1500 words Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines Evaluate your chosen leader and yourself, based on the leadership theories. This is a graduate program paper. Use the texts and course readings to analyze/discuss leadership style and characteristics. The texts have specific theories and models of leadership style. How does the style of your selected leader compare to such models? How do you compare to such models? Use two peer reviewed journal article in your discussion. There is a list of suggest journals in a posting...
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...Scientific Papers (www.scientificpapers.org) Journal of Knowledge Management, Economics and Information Technology Issue 6 October 2011 Designing an Effective Female Leadership Model in Governmental Organizations Authors: Nosratollah MALEKI, International Relations School of Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran, nosrat.maleki@gmail.com, Aryan ASKARI, University of Tehran, Iran, aryan1072@gmail.com, Mohamad Amin GHANBARI, University of Tehran, Iran, ma.ghanbarei@gmail.com Since leadership is a critical factor for improving organizational performance, failure or success of an organization highly depends on the efficiency of leadership at all levels. Scholars elaborated that leadership is the ability of influencing one's attitudes, aptitudes and beliefs, in the way that it will lead to meet organizational objectives. The main purpose of this study is to consider two domains of efficient leadership and women’s leadership style, in order to determine and elaborate the dimensions of the new concept of “Women’s Efficient Leadership”. We intend to describe the characteristics of women’s efficient leadership in state organizations in Iran by means of offering a logical pattern, in order to be able to propose a favorable pattern, leading to increased efficiency in governmental organizations of the country. Innovation of this study can be divided into two parts: one is theoretical contribution and developing the knowledge of efficient leadership as well as women’s leadership...
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...years. This paper will discuss one of Ford’s CEO’s, Alan Mulally, who is currently the company’s president and chief executive officer. This paper explores the role of leadership and how it impacts the organizational performance at Ford Motor Company. This paper discusses Alan Mulally’s leadership style and how goal setting helped Ford improve its performance. In addition, an assessment of Mulally’s leadership will analyzed on each element in communication openness including message transmission, trust, agendas, and goals. In summary, an evaluation of the effectiveness of Mulally’s leadership style will be discussed along with a recommendation on whether he should continue with his style, or pursue a different style. (Hellriegel, D., & Slocum, J W, Jr. 2011) The Role of Leadership and its Impact on Organizational Performance Leadership is an important function in any business and should establish a clear vision while communicating the vision to others. Leadership can have a significant impact on an organization’s performance. The role of leadership is the act of motivating people toward reaching a common goal. There are three types of leadership which commonly exists in business: authoritarian, democratic and laissez-faire. Each type of leadership impacts organizational performance differently. (Cherry, K. 2011) According to Cherry (2011), authoritarian leadership is commanding while setting clear expectations for employees, democratic leadership encourages feedback...
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...The Impact of leadership Styles on Quality Management in Health care Effective and strong leadership is one of, if not the most important and critical component for any organization’s success, particularly in health care facilities. Leadership also plays a major role in enhancing an organization’s competitiveness as confirmed by various academics (Rowe, 2001; Riaz & Haider, 2010). Many argue and suggest that there is a connection between an organization’s leadership style and its ability to implement and manage quality initiatives. That being said, researchers still encounter difficulties when assessing the effect of leadership styles on healthcare quality management, as most of the available theories were developed outside of healthcare setting. This paper aims to present an evaluation and a review of published scholarly articles discussing three styles of leadership and their association with quality management initiatives. The three leadership styles chosen for this evaluation are: Transformational leadership, servant leadership, and situational leadership. The paper will also describe my current leadership style, then compare it to the transformational model, and finally outline the changes I need to implement in order to incorporate its key characteristics into my own style. Research Summaries In the first article titled “Knowledge Management as a Mediator for the Efficacy of Transformational Leadership and Quality Management Initiatives in U.S. Health Care”...
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...Muhammad Farrukh Institute of Graduate Research, SEGI University Malaysia, Malaysia Abdul Waheed School of Business and Economics, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan Abstract The major purpose of this conceptual paper is to integrate the view points of different researchers about leaning organization and competitive advantage and then to develop a proposed model of Learning organization. After the in-depth study of literature we concluded that learning organization is an organization which learns through its members individually and collectively to create competitive advantages by developing a facilitative system through the process of self-development and information sharing by empowering the employees.. The paper also finds some critical factors which must be present in the organization to become a learning organization. These factors are Innovation, facilitative leadership, self-development, empowerment, and information sharing and collective collaboration. The paper tried to explain the similarities and differences among the previously available models of learning organization and proposed a new theoretical model for LO. Keywords: Learning organization, organization learning, innovation, facilitative leadership, empowerment, information sharing, collective collaboration 1. INTRODUCTION* In this dynamic business era organization needs to change, learn and implement those changes to get success, without learning the companies and individual...
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...Leadership, Trustworthiness, and Ethical Stewardship Abstract The problem to be investigated in Caldwell et al.’s (2010) paper is the relationship between leadership, perceptions of interpersonal trustworthiness, and elements of ethical stewardship. With an increasing competition amongst businesses today, the role of leadership and trust into leaders by their followers (i.e., stakeholders, employees) plays an increasing role in the successful operation of business organizations. Moreover, the role of ethical stewards and their impact on successfully lead organizations has become more important in recent years. Understanding the impact and importance of these three key factors regarding to the success of business organizations is fundamental. Therefore, in this paper the key terms leadership, trustworthiness, and ethical stewardship are defined based on recent literature and their relationship to each other is discussed based on the findings of Caldwell et al.’s paper. Moreover, the effect of leadership and trustworthiness in today’s world of business is outlined, and the role of ethical stewardship is examined. Finally, it is addressed how these, partly subjective factors can be improved and successfully applied in today’s world of business. Terminology: Leadership, trustworthiness, ethical stewardship Leadership Leadership is fundamental in a successfully run business and seen in the hierarchical structure (i.e., CEO, management, departments, supervisors, employees)...
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...9 modules 1- Organization structure 2- Organization culture 3- Leadership 4- Motivation 5- perception 6- Communication 7- Groups and teams 8- Managing change 9- Decision making 1-Organization structure topics to you use * basic elements of organization structure : span of control , centralization , formalization , departmentalization , authority * Organization decision model : Mechanistic model and organic model * Types of organization : boundary less organization and virtual organization 2-organization culture topics to use * Three layers of organizational culture model : Artifacts, values and assumptions * Hofsted’s four value dimensions : power distance , uncertainty avoidance , individualism and masculinity * Culture’s function * Organizational culture 3- Leadership: * Characteristics of effective leadership * Types of leadership : autocratic, bureaucratic , democratic , transactional and transformational leaderships * Leadership theories : Blanchard’s situation theory and path goal theory * Leadership model : fielder’s contingency model 4- motivation: * Motivation process * Theories of motivation: Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs, Herzberg’s motivator hygiene theory , Vroom’s expected theory and Adams’s equity theory 5-perception: * The perceptual process: observation , selection and translation * Causes of perception : stereotyping , halo effects,...
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...Running Head: ULTIMATE LEADER The Ultimate Leader | Corinne Carson | Leadership | 2/23/2012 Leadership - MGT-485-O 12 The Ultimate Leader People long to be a part of something that makes a difference; that transcends the ordinary. People need to be led to follow a compelling mission, to find a reason for being, and to discover one’s purpose. A great leader is one who is able to provide a mission, offer motivation, and exude purpose (Hesselbein & Cohen, 1999). The ultimate leader is about the ability to lead followers in a way that provides support, inspiration, and admiration. The following paper will illustrate ultimate leadership with Mohandas Ghandi as the model. Power and influence will be explained as fundamental components of effective leadership. Examples of operative leadership values and traits will be provided. Foundational to leading others is a certain behavior characteristic in the ultimate leader. This paper will explain how followers reacted to Ghandi’s type of leadership, as well as the effects. Ghandi was a spiritual leader of India, yet his leadership penetrated throughout the world. Ghandi, the Ultimate Leader ‘Imitation is the sincerest flattery’ is one of Ghandi’s famous quotes. Honored as the Father of the Nation, Ghandi was a renowned spiritual leader in India and a leading advocate for non-violence. His ability to lead was accomplished using non-violence to achieve his goals. He was an inspirational leader...
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...Leadership Models Essay Abstract It is not possible to reflect every aspect of each theory, due to the complexities of the models and the wide-ranging opinions of scholars that have studied each concept over many years. However, the purpose of this paper is to discuss four leadership models that are not only interesting but will support growth to those aspiring to become scholars, practitioners and leaders in a particular field of study. These theories were selected to provide information and to offer a review of the characteristics and main points of significance of each theory. The following models will be examined: Transformational leadership, Transactional leadership, Situational leadership and Charismatic leadership. It is important to look at each model separately to understand and define the uniqueness of each of the theories. In addition, to providing definitions for each model, a brief summary will state general similarities. The summation will also indicate that each of the leadership theories is unique with a particular purpose and outcome. Leadership Models Essay Many leadership models have accumulated for as long as there have been leaders. To determine the characteristic associated with leadership styles and the relationship to the zeitgeist some theorists have defined leadership into attribute approaches and periods. “The scientific study of leadership can be roughly divided into three periods: the trait period from around...
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...environment (Byham, Smith & Paese 2002). The purpose of this paper is to create my own personal development plan based on the Central Michigan University (CMU) leadership competency model, leadership theories and personality tests. This will serve as a framework to allow me to identify my own weaknesses and strengths, and develop my leadership capacity, allowing myself to be able to achieve the vision I set for myself and the current business environment. The vision I had for myself is to enter the Marketing Industry, focusing on business development, and ultimately becoming an entrepreneur. Business development has been said to be a synthesis of strategic analysis, marketing and sales (The Editor, 2012). The competencies required are ‘strong research skills’, to evaluate the business environment, ‘people and communication skills’, to build partnership and rapport with other organization and with a ‘deal closing instinct’, to ensure closing of sales (The Editor, 2012). This leadership development plan will be helping me in preparing to be a future business development director or an entrepreneur at the end of my career. Lastly, I would seek a Major of the Singapore Armed Forces, who has seen me in a leadership role, to provide feedback on my personal leadership development plan. Central Michigan University Leadership Competency Model The Central Michigan University leadership competency model has identified leaders with several competencies such as skills, behaviors...
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...“Good leaders are known for standing by their principles” Kouzes and Posner (2012). For three decades, these two researchers have traveled around the world to discover the “truths” about leadership and have written about the development of skills needed to become authentic and effective leaders (Kouzes and Posner (2011). The first truth is individuals can make a difference which is in contrast the accepted belief where change is the purview of higher levels of the organization. The five practices to becoming an exemplary leader according to Kouzes and Posner (2011) include: “1. Model the way, 2. Inspire a shared vision, 3. Challenge the process, 4. Enable others to act, 5. Encourage the heart” (p.2). Furthermore, another truth is credibility...
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