...TOPIC: LEADERSHIP STYLES CONTENts page INTRODUCTION 3 UNDERSTANDING ON LEADERSHIP STYLES 3-9 DISCUSSION ON LEADERSHIP STYLE OF A LEADER 10-11 THAT IS APPARENT IN THE EFFECTIVE PROVISION OF HEALTHCARE DISCUSSION ON LEADERSHIP STYLE OF A LEADER 11-12 THAT FACILITATES POSITIVE STAFF DEVELOPMENT CONCLUSION 12-13 INTRODUCTION in today ever rapid changing and challenging healthcare environment, nurses are required to develop their leadership skills where effective leadership styles they choose to deliver high quality care with improved patient safety outcome (Treguno et al, 2009); healthy work environments (Shirey, 2009): job satisfaction (Heller et al, 2004; Sellgren et al, 2007); lower turnover rates (Gelinas and Bohen, 2000); and positive outcome for organization and patients (Wong and Cummings, 2007) and healthcare providers (Cummings et al, 2005). It must be emphasized that leadership should not be viewed as an optional role or function for nurses. Nurse leaders nowadays confronting challenges like new roles, new technology, financial constraints, greater participation...
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...LinkedIn can quickly enhance a leader's understanding of how social media documents change in the culture. Social media search tools improve leadership's capability of having relevant information about anticipative changes in regards to transformational elements. Social media tools can search live change management topics and delivers results. The social media findings of change Management, Total Quality management, and organizational development benefits leaders by providing knowledge from social media searches. Technological, social, and economic environmental changes are driving rapid change in organizations. Simple word searches generated multiple sites and resources that are interlinked and become available to anyone open to learning. The results show leaders the benefit from the exposure to how social media accelerates ideas of communication within communities of multiple site perspectives. The results of this research are succinctly summarized on how provide up to date innovative ways to gain acceptance and connection for why accepting change is possible. Leaders who stay current with organizational changes are more effective decision makers. How can a leader stay informed with the changes that affect today’s organizations? Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn are social media tools a leader can quickly search for information about Change Management, Leadership, Total Quality Management, and Organizational Development. This paper describes the...
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...constraints. Volunteers are selected and trained to fill certain roles. The program director did not have a leadership style that worked well with the volunteers, and ultimately he left. For nine months, there was no program director. Another newly hired program director did not get along with the volunteers, and this time, the volunteers resigned and left the station with little help. Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you: 1. Analyze the causes of the problem with understaffing at the Online University. - Budgetary constraints - Who trained and selected the volunteers - What type of trained they received - Leadership - Why did the director leave? - For nine months, no program director. - New program director did not get along with the volunteers (what type of leadership style he or she have) - All volunteers resigned without warning. Business environments these days make it vital for organisations to have a competent manager and leader, who knows his own responsibilities; but can also guide and direct others in their work areas. Companies select leaders who can use their leadership techniques to modify their company into a secure and profitable business. Effective leadership undoubtedly affects work motivation, as it can increase team morale and motivation and can also save a company time and money, increase work satisfaction and improve efficiency. Leadership is an essential factor for business success or failure. The role of the leader is to create a clear...
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...Introduction This is a comparison of the articles on Transformational Leadership in the Public Sector: Does Structure Matter by Wright and Pandey to that of Transactional and Transformational Leadership Styles on the Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction of Customer Contact Personnel, by Emery & Barker to that of, The reality of Web-Based Interaction in an Egyptian Distance Education Course by Alaa Sadik. The article by Wright and Pandey outlined their view of leadership that is defined as transformational. Their structure of better performing bureaucracies has support of an elite level of transformational leadership. The other article to be reviewed focuses on transformational leadership by investigating transactional outcomes of leadership styles with managers. This article by (Barker& Emery, 2007), further details how employee organizational commitment and job satisfaction had a direct correlation to transformational and transactional style of their mangers. The third article by Alaa Sadik focused on the Reality of Web-Based Interaction in an Egyptian Distance Education Course (2008). Sadik focused on instruction and tools to provide improved interaction of students in an asynchronous learning environment. A comparison of the research questions posed for the studies Research questions in the three articles were presented by the authors. The first article questioned the reported practice of transformational leadership behavior being high or low depending on the support...
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...management position to Jennah Li, a conscientious and admired member of the group. Soon after, Alex Hsu, a young engineer and a direct report of Li, cites irreconcilable differences and requests to be transferred to the group without a manager. Li, concerned that Hsu’s transfer may be seen as a sign of weakness on her part, insists he continue to report to her. How can this situation be best resolved? Babatunde’s first challenge is to understand why the problem manifested itself in the first place. The second is to match his managerial approach to the situation without further negatively impacting the equilibrium of the group. The solution requires a combination of transformational leadership to help Hsu and Li rise above their own self-interests and focus on the organization’s mission, and transactional leadership to maintain structure within the group. Individuals join work groups for a number of reasons: security, self-esteem, status, affiliation, goal achievement and power (Robbins, Judge, Millett & Waters-Marsh, 2008:299). Work place norms...
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...Research Transformational leadership in the South African public service after the April 2009 national elections Authors: Manasseh M. Mokgolo1 Patricia Mokgolo2 Mike Modiba3 Affiliations: 1 Department of Human Resources Management, University of South Africa, South Africa Learning and Development Unit, Tromso Management Consultants CC, Boyne, South Africa 2 Orientation: The implementation of transformational leadership in public services after national elections has been well recorded in other parts of the world. However, this is not the case in South Africa. Research purpose: The purpose of the study is to determine whether transformational leadership has a beneficial relationship with subordinate leadership acceptance, job performance and job satisfaction. Motivation for the study: Leadership is a critical issue that the public sector needs to address in order to survive and succeed in today’s unstable environment. According to Groenewald and Ashfield (2008), transformational leadership could reduce the effects of uncertainty and change that comes with new leaders and help employees to achieve their objectives. Research design, approach and method: The sample comprised 1050 full-time employees in the public sector based in head offices. The measuring instruments included the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ), the Leadership Acceptance Scale (LAS), the Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS) and the Job Performance Survey (JPS). Main findings: Transformational leadership had a...
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...Leadership in an organisation 1.1 Research Background The highly competitive market economies have continuously forced majority of organisations around the globe to find various strategies on improving themselves in terms of operations and performance. This is not only vital for meeting their organisational objectives, but also for sustenance (Zheir et al, 2012). Previous researches and studies claim that leadership is the key factor for an organisation or business to survive, operate and perform in today’s competitive market (Ximane,2015);(Bass,1990);( Jung, 2002). Furthermore proper leadership is the strategic element in increasing and achieving organisational goals (Bass &Avolio, 1995) ;( Yousef, 1998). On the other hand, some researches and studies contend that organisational leadership is an embellished concept in that it is not necessary in attaining organisational performance since there are other internal and external factors that come into play ( Ismail et al,1998; (Bass& Avolio,2002;(Munjis,2011). A number of researches and studies have been carried out to demonstrate that leadership and organisational performance, commitment and innovation go hand in hand (Judge, Bono, Ilies and Gerhardt, 2002; Judge and Piccolo, 2004; Keller, 2006; McGrath and MacMillan, 2000; Meyer and Hepard, 2000; Purcell, Kinnie, Hutchinson and Dickson, 2004; Yukl, 2002). Conversely, some studies for instance, House and Aditya (1997) suggest that is not a key factor in achieving organisational...
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...Summary Appropriate and effective leadership in any organization is essential, but not adequate, for the accomplishment of the organizational goals. The configurations supporting leadership differ immensely across global organizations. Appointing of leaders depends on the identification of people who have the ability to deliver organizational goals without the constraints of undue influence. The organizational ability to define the roles of the leaders enables them to recruit and manage the leader on the foundation of the specific knowledge, competency and skill needed to successfully lead the organization. The process of electing a leader is without doubt a huge task but the organizations need democratic election processes and strong accountability mechanisms. The mechanisms ensure that the interests of the company and the executive management properly align. The influence that leaders have on particular organization in its operational and strategic matters makes it difficult to appoint leaders to spearhead the activities of a company. This research bases its argument on the Totally Tubular Technology (T3) Company. The company needs to change its operational and leadership structure to achieve maximum returns due to is expansion to reach international markets. The study depicts the process of appointing a leader concerning the skills, knowledge and experience of the person. The appointing process involves the use of existing leadership theories and information from research...
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...significantly depends upon a number of factors including employee motivation, employee satisfaction, performance appraisal, compensation, training and development (T&D) along with adequate security of job role and organizational structure among other factors (Muogbo, 2013). However, the specific area of this study is focused on employee motivation, which tends to highly influence employee performance within an organization. In relation to the rapidly growing global business environment, marketers have been widely witnessed to implement a number of strategic measures in order to keep the workforce more optimistic with regard to their specific roles and responsibilities within the organization. In this regard, Organizational Behavior (OB) has long been observed to play an essential role for the entrepreneurs to develop strong workforce in accordance with the vision and postulated business goals (Tishman et al., 2012). Emphasising the notion of OB to play as an essential role in employee motivation, the primary objective of this report is to critically analyse the practice of OB by United Healthcare (UHC) while empowering performance and long-term relationship of the employees within the organization. In this regard, the report intends to critically assess the key principles and practices of OB that are highly practiced by UHC to keep the employees satisfied within their respective job roles. In order to critically identify the importance of OB in employee motivation, the...
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...influences of leadership style on employee’s job satisfaction in Vietnam’s young science and engineering workforce– A case of VAST organization. Executive summary This study focuses on answering the question "research" has shown the relationship between leadership and employees within the organization. An overview of knowledge have shown the leadership style directly influences employee satisfaction. The satisfaction of employees in an organization is the most important element to remain active in the Organization, create value and achieve long-term goals. In this study, the relationship between leadership style and the staff have been clarified thanks to these elements have been clarified in the section above, the organizational culture is a problem has always been put on top of the head and operate businesses, however, besides the efforts of the staff, leadership skills also influence directly to this issue. Transformational leadership was proposed to change the style of leadership in VAST, according to the results collected from the questionnaires were raised this leadership trend was in line with the organization. Research Methodology in this chapter will focus on clarifying gaps defined in Chapter 2 (Literature review). The identification approach to clarify the relationship of components of leadership skills will be relevant to point out the job satisfaction of employees. This study focused on clarifying the influence of leadership styles and job satisfaction of employees...
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...Holding a position of leadership was always a goal for Dr. Tammi Damas, who was inspired by her education as a nursing student to advance her career early on. She simultaneously worked as a bedside nurse while pursuing her MSN as a women’s health nurse practitioner, and then went on to complete a dual MBA (specialization in health care management) and PhD (nursing) program at the University of Pennsylvania. Her motivation to leave the clinical setting and become a nurse leader was fueled by her desire to make a difference. After obtaining her advanced degrees, she obtained a faculty position at Georgetown University and worked there for 5 years until a colleague recommended her for a graduate chair position that opened up at Howard University....
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...INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH The Role of Leadership in Improving the Quality of Teacher Education: The Case of Dr. Abdulmajid Hussein College of Teacher Education By Mohammed Abdi Obolos A Thesis Submitted to University of Greenwich and International Leadership Institute in Partial Fulfillment for the Degree of Master in Transformational Leadership and Change October 2011 Jijiga Contents I. Table of Content .................................................................................................................. 2 List of Tables 4 II. Acknowledgments .................................................................................................................. 5 III. Abstract ............................................................................................................................ 6 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 8 1.1 Background of the study............................................................................................................ 8 1.2 Statement of the problem ...................................................................................................... 9 1.3 Objectives of the study........................................................................................................ 10 1.4 Significance of the study..............................
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...4-1-2010 Can Leadership Be Developed by Applying Leadership Theories? : An Examination of Three Theory-based Approaches to Leadership Development Joshua C. Laguerre Rhode Island College, JOSHUA.LAGUERRE@gmail.com Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ric.edu/honors_projects Part of the Business Administration, Management, and Operations Commons, Human Resources Management Commons, Industrial and Organizational Psychology Commons, and the Organizational Behavior and Theory Commons Recommended Citation Laguerre, Joshua C., "Can Leadership Be Developed by Applying Leadership Theories? : An Examination of Three Theory-based Approaches to Leadership Development" (2010). Honors Projects Overview. Paper 42. http://digitalcommons.ric.edu/honors_projects/42 This Honors is brought to you for free and open access by the Rhode Island College Honors Projects at Digital Commons @ RIC. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Projects Overview by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ RIC. For more information, please contact hbenaicha@ric.edu, andrewjasondavis@gmail.com. CAN LEADERSHIP BE DEVELOPED BY APPLYING LEADERSHIP THEORIES?: AN EXAMINATION OF THREE THEORY-BASED APPROACHES TO LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT By Joshua C. Laguerre An Honors Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Honors in The Department of Management and Marketing The School of Management Rhode Island College 2010 1 Can Leadership Be Developed?...
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...Test Bank Description of the Test Bank This test bank consists of 300 multiple-choice items grouped by chapter and topic. Most of the items were selected from the test bank used with the prior edition of the book, but some are new and some are revisions of earlier items. The test items measure specific knowledge about the concepts, theories, research findings, and action guidelines in this edition of the book. Most items deal with major concepts and issues rather than with trivial or obscure points. However, the items are not intended to measure the ability to evaluate, synthesize, or integrate the material. To assess this type of knowledge, it is necessary to supplement the objective exams with other measures such as essay exams and papers. The review questions at the end of each chapter provide one source of essay questions, and they also provide guidance to students in studying for multiple choice exams. Students who take the time to develop answers for the review questions should be able to answer most items correctly. Written analyses of cases provide another opportunity to evaluate how well students understand the concepts and theories. When giving instructions for a test drawn from this set of items, remind students to read each item carefully and examine each response choice before selecting the best one. Careless reading is a common source of error in this type of exam. Remind students to notice when an item is worded negatively (e.g., "Which of the...
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...1.0 Introduction Leadership can be defined as the process in which leaders influence their followers to achieve predefined organisational goals (Yukl, 2010). A leader is a person who the subordinates look up to for advices, guidance and also to make decisions which will benefit not only the ones directly involved, but everybody else as well. A leader is an important figure in an organisation because the way the subordinates perform will be the reflection of their leader’s calibre. Therefore, to ensure employees and other staff members to behave and comply with business ethics, the leader must set a good example to them by being ethical. This can also be known as ethical leadership. Brown, Trevino & Harrison (2005) has defined ethical leadership as it being the demonstration of normatively appropriate conduct, shown through personal actions and interpersonal relationships and also the promotion of those conduct to the followers via a two-way communication, reinforcement and decision making. With that definition, it can be said that leaders play a very important role in ensuring that their subordinates behave and act ethically because they are their role model and whatever they do or say are being watched by their subordinates, whether they are aware of it or not. Subordinates, employees, they all watch how their leader acts and react both consciously and unconsciously (Huhtala, Kangas, Lamsa & Feldt, 2011), thus picking up habits and also making their leaders’ actions into...
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