Discuss About The Priimtiniausias Vadovavimo Stilius Organizacijoje?
Leadership refers to the art in which an individual motivates a group of people towards achieving a common and desired goal. This report talks about the various types of leadership theories which are used by different and successful leaders across the world. An emphasis is put on the type of leadership styles exhibited by Steve Jobs and this is used as an example of which type of leader is good and one that is not a great leader.
An organization set basically refers to the way in which an organization’s employee base is in constant contact with the top management. The type of organizational setting is usually affected by the way in which the leadership style being used can have an impact on the organization itself. (Goldsworthy, 2015, 399). The setting now accommodates for the various factors that are there such as the styles of leadership and other factors that may cause an effect in any way.
Some of the leadership theories in an organization are as follows
This theory affects the performance of the organization either directly or indirectly. The theories that are commonly known are:-
This theory came into being in the 19th century. By this time no one was in a position to identify himself or herself with the theory. This type of theory is concerned with the identification of great leaders who could perform numerous outstanding functionalities. (Ahmed, et al 2015). As the name of the theory portrays it shows that only a man can have the best characteristics that are required in a leader. The theory of the great man suggests that the characteristics of a leader are intrinsic, that they are born with the various qualities of a leader and therefore not made to obtain the traits to be made leaders. The theory views great leaders to be the ones that from birth they were destined to be a great leader and if not from birth then the leader, not a great one. The theory also shows that great leaders show their capabilities when confronted with difficult situations.
This theory is concerned with the mental capability of a leader. The theory states that people are either born leaders or are made to be leaders’ overtime. What matters most is the mentality of the particular person. What makes a person excel in leadership according to the theory is the type of character traits that the person has and this majorly is influenced by the mental being of the person. This then proves that the theory focuses mostly on the mental, physical and social analysis of a person’s characteristics and this helps in making more sense of the particular person.
Behavioral theories are those type of theories that focus more on the type of behaviors that are exhibited. This is a different case as is not concerned with their mental capabilities, physical or social characteristics. (Jobs & Hoopla digital, 2012, 76). The theory states generally that leaders are not born but they are made from the particular experiences in which they are exposed to. The kind of behaviors in which they exhibit proves that they are leaders or not. This theory then means that the various people who are leaders can also be trained to be better leaders than they are.
This set of theories is also known as exchange theories of a leader. The theories are characterized by a particular transaction made between the follower and the one leading. The theory shows a relationship that is positive and in a way a mutually beneficial relationship. This theory states that for the relationship to be transactional and be in an effective manner there must be motivations made by the leader to the follower and this usually is when the follower has done what is expected to his/her perfection.
Transactional leaders must always learn to appreciate their employees and most specifically when the employee performs in an outstanding manner. The theory also states that the average human being usually seeks to maximize most of the experiences that entail pleasure and they tend to put off the experiences that are un-pleasurable. This theory states that the human in most occasions likes to associate himself or herself with the people that add value to their lives and most people that can be of more value.
This is a theory that states that in the process by which a person interacts with other people can be able to help make a great relationship that is formed on the basis of trust. This particular relationship helps motivated people that work together and helps improve the employee to employer relationship. (Jobs & In Gillespie, 2016, 99). This style means that the leaders transform their followers through inspiring them in various ways and especially in their various personalities. This style makes the employees have a sense of belonging to the particular organization, also this helps make the employees have a sense of identity to the particular organization.
The forms of leadership approaches are the qualitative approach and the functional approach. Qualitative approach states that leaders are born and therefore consists of certain inherited factors and therefore leaders are not made. The second approach, a functional approach which is also referred to as group approach states that leadership as a virtue can be developed through learning over time.
There are also leadership styles that affect the way in which a leader conducts himself or herself. These various styles affect the people being led in different ways and this makes the styles different. The people being led sometimes tend to work more for certain leaders with certain styles as compared to other leaders.
This refers to the study of elements of leaders that is key to the future leaders in all areas of life. The particular personnel should always be familiarized with the psychological, physiological, geographical, geopolitical, anthropological and sociological effects that come about from the fact of globalization. (Jobs & In Kelly-Gangi, 2014, 323).
In the world today there is a lot of competition in all areas and everything is becoming competitive. This is an indication that more and more organizations are coming up and the ones that are already available going through change in terms of growth. An organization that resist change is therefore an organization that is as good as dead. Change therefore is needed because customers are demanding more and more as compared to how they demand quality. This then means that if you do not changes and provide what is needed competitors will provide it for you. For change to occur successful in an organization the type of leaders present really matter and are the ones to drive the changes. The work of a leader mainly is to emphasize the essence of change in an organization and also make the other colleges in the organization to buy the idea.
Steve jobs is one of the most successful technology CEO of all times and up to now no one really has reached the point in which he led. Steve Jobs was always aware of the constantly growing competition in the world that is all over. As the competition rises there is a lot of pressure on innovation and the need to create more products. (Ofoegbu, et al, 2013) The top on the list of strategic goals of every organization is their service to stay on top of others. The CEOs of these companies remain to be the ones under a lot of pressure to help maintain the image of the organization and also to make the organization to remain relevant to the world as whole.
The CEOs are then now challenged with the question of constant change which is required in every organization. There is a global firm that carried out an investigation on the various leadership styles and how the CEOs of various companies have been able to stay on the move of constant change in order to combat the constantly increasing competition. The firm, Waterhouse Coopers, did a market survey and in this they did to 1258 CEOs in more than 60 countries. The survey was termed as 2012 Global CEO survey. They spoke on the various opportunities and challenges that their organizations have. (Jobs & Revolver Entertainment (Firm, 2012, 333)
Revelation was seen that CEOs play a greater role when it comes to the overall change in an organization. The challenge that is present in the globe is on various organizations having great leaders who have the ability to spearhead creative force to the employees of the organization. One of the outstanding CEOs in this survey was Steve Jobs. He had not taken part in the previous survey but this time round had proven to be a driver of innovation and hence increased profits in his organization.
For a clearer understanding of the various leadership styles that Steve Jobs exhibited research done was broken down to five phases of his life lessons during his entire career. First, beginning when he founded Apple, second is the challenges he faced, third was his fall, fourth was his return and then finally fifth was his legacy on his career. (Williams, 2005, 111).
Jobs was a dropout from college with a spirit to change the world. He was ambitious and need some boost to be able to accomplish various tasks. He then joined hands with his brother Steve Wozniak. Jobs designed the fast computer and this was as a result of his love for designing. This first shows that Jobs was an innovative and creative young man. Another trait exhibited by Jobs in this context is his commitment to perfection. This was also seen in his entire career as he demanded this from all he worked with. It is even recorded that pleasing Steve Jobs was almost impossible as he was always a perfectionist. In many occasions Jobs became brutal and cold. He says in one of his interviews “my job is not to please people but is to make them better”.
This is a great leadership trait and always encouraged innovation and creation of new things with a view to change the world. As a leader Jobs always showed his employees the meaning of work and made several employees believe in making what seemed to be impossible become possible.
Not everything that he created was a success. Throughout his career Jobs had what is called unmatched set of skills that are vision, intuition, creativity and leadership.
Though he was usually not put down by his failures and always kept on moving forward. (Spaulding, 2008, 39).
When his group failed to in a certain project he fired a lot of memos and narrowed down to middle managers. Even before the project was done he demoralized the designers. This he did by demanding them to produce an entirely new look of the design. This was due to his quality of perfection.
During the time when Steve Jobs was not working for Apple anymore he experienced a lot of changes in his life. The organization also faced some changes due to this factor. He had founded two companies, NeXT and Pixar. He was in need of funds to fund this two companies. This is when Apple had proposed to buy NeXT for its software. Jobs was also asked to return to apple as an advisor and this made him become a changed man.
First Steve Jobs will always be remembered in the whole world as a global icon who always wanted advancements in technology. The greatest legacy that he left behind was that of leadership insights and lessons. He achieved his main goal which was to connect people and actually this is a great legacy he left behind as a leader.
Conclusions
Leadership refers to the art in which an individual motivates a group of people towards achieving a common and desired goal. (Steinberg, 2014, 110). A leader must always influence the various employees that he is working with. I can also conclude that the success of an organization depends a lot with the type of leader in the organization. This is proven by Steve jobs who proves to be a great leader who is creative and innovative and success is seen in Apple. I would recommend that survey should be done in order for various aspects of leaders to be noticed around the world so that we can change the world as a whole.
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