ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Organizational Leadership

Organizational Leadership

Introduction

The leaders are the important individuals that help the organizations in developing successfully while fulfilling the respective aims and objectives at the same time. The good leaders are needed at every step of the organization and needs them to successfully implement their ideas in the business operations. A large number of theories have been carried out in the past that takes into account different leadership theories and analyze them in different perspectives. The past literature on the leadership theories shows that these theories do not agree on a single characteristic important for the leaders in their operations. Instead they see number of characteristics important for the leaders.

Discussion

Leadership is a complex subject. Everyone has an opinion, and new theories (including mine) pop up on bookshelves every day. But, one truth is undeniable, and that is that leadership effort must ultimately be focused on value-creating activities if an organization is to survive and thrive. Senior leaders are very concerned by this fact that company managers and employees are becoming more and more disconnected. When we are treated badly by a customer service person or an organizational employee, this treatment has negative ramifications, because we won't spend our money there again. And, if the customer representative's bad behavior is supported, perhaps even encouraged, by the organization, then we have a severe disconnect between what people are doing and the fundamental value-creating mission of the organization. (Yukl, 2012)

Characteristics of Leadership

Due to different characteristics specified important for the leaders to be successful in their business operations, the academic literature lacks the agreement on a certain characteristic important for the leaders. The theories that have been used in the past literature and underline the characteristics of the leaders are Relationship theory Contingency theory, Trait theory, Behavioural theory, Situational theory, Management theory, and Participative theory. All these theories explain the features of leaders in one way or the other by taking into account certain criteria for the leaders. Some theories explain that the leaders are born and they have in born capabilities to supervise everything in a certain manner. However there are other theories that underlines that the leadership theories can be developed in individuals and that every individual can become a good leader by adopting certain behavioural aspects. (Edgar, 2010)

Organizational Leadership Theories

1. Charismatic Leadership

This type of leadership theory has to do a lot with the leadership qualities that are possessed by the leaders. The Charismatic leadership has not been found in the leaders and is supposed to be quite uncommon. The leaders that possess this quality are usually enthusiastic and highly devoted to their profession. Moreover the charismatic leaders have charm in their personality. The charm is the word that is associated with the Charisma. This quality is possessed by the leaders that have a clear vision towards their goal and strictly follow their mission in order to achieve certain goals. The leaders possessing the qualities of a charismatic leadership are usually respectful towards their followers and trust ...