Leadership Styles and Safety Culture

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER # 1: INTRODUCTION3

Problem Statement4

Rationale for the Research4

Statement of the Research Objectives5

Hypothesis5

CHAPTER # 2: LITERATURE REVIEW7

Safety culture7

Leadership and safety culture8

CHAPTER # 3: METHODOLOGY13

CHAPTER # 4: CONCLUSION15

References16

CHAPTER # 1: INTRODUCTION

The word “leadership' has been used in at least three different ways. Occasionally it refers to a position within an organization, e.g., “We are inviting all of the leadership to attend the seminar. 'Leadership” has also been used to describe a personality characteristic, e.g.. 'Our new supervisor doesn't have as much leadership as our previous one.”

Neither of these definitions is very useful in studying organizational behavior, and a better definition is needed to understand why some individuals are at the more effective leaders than others. The most useful definition of leadership, well, and the one we will use is a form of behavior by which one person influences others. 'Our team won the championship because of the leadership of the quarterback.” In other words, leadership is the incremental influence one individual exerts over another, above and beyond mechanical compliance with routine directives. Leadership occurs when one individual MBO-influences others to do something voluntarily rather than because they were the required to do it or because they feared the consequences of noncompliance. It strong is this voluntary aspect of leadership that distinguishes it from other influence processes, such as power and authority.

Although leaders may use force or coercion to influence the behavior of followers, leaders by our definition use their ability to induce voluntary committee. By this definition, anyone in the organization can be a leader, whether or not that individual is formally identified as such. Indeed, informal leaders are extremely important to the effectiveness of most organizations.

An important distinction is made by some between leadership and management. To manage means to direct, to bring about to accomplish, and to have responsibility for. The functions of management, as described are planning, organizing, directing, and controlling. The successful manager is viewed as someone who achieves results by following the prescribed activities and by maintaining behaviors and products within prescribed limits. To lead, however, is to inspire, to influence, and to motivate. Effective leaders inspire others to pursue excellence, to extend themselves and to go beyond their perform job requirements by generating creative ideas.

Problem Statement

Certain problems are going to be highlighted in the research. Some of the questions that will be catered are as:

What styles of leadership is effective in creating and sustaining an effective safety culture?

Will this style of leadership be effective in establishing the safety culture of the future?

Rationale for the Research

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go but ought to be.

Bringing unity and coherence to a group of people is perhaps one of the most difficult tasks, which require effective leadership qualities. Be it politics, business or even sports, leaders are required in any situation that calls for a joint effort. Every leader has his / her own ...