Phps860 Week 1 Compare And Contrast Two Leadership Theories

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Topic: Compare and contrast two leadership theories.

Module : PHPS40860
Principles of Management, Health Economics and Health Policy

Word count : 2300

Student ID : 17200914

Introduction

To many, leaders are not born, but made. It is more and more recognised, however, that to be a good leader, one must have the experience, commitment, knowledge, patience, and above all, the ability to negotiate and work with others to accomplish goals. Good leaders are in this way made, not born. Good leadership is developed through a ceaseless process of self-study, training, education, and the accretion of pertinent experience (Bass & Bass, 2008). According to Boulding (1956) in book “The Image: Knowledge in Life and Society”, illustrated the general transdisciplinary theory of knowledge and human, social, and organizational conduct. He expressed that the premise of a good leadership is solid character and selfless dedication to an organization (Jenkins, 2013). From the point of view of employees, leadership includes everything a leader does that influences the achievement of goals and the well-being of employees and the …show more content…

With time, researchers have propositioned many various styles of leadership as there is no specific style of leadership that can be viewed as universal. Despite the numerous different styles of leadership, an effective leader motivates, inspires, and directs activities to help accomplish group or organizational objectives. On the contrary , an ineffective leader does not add to organizational advances and can, in fact, take away from organizational goal accomplishment. According to Naylor (1999), effective leadership is a result of the heart and an effective leader must be visionary, creative, passionate, imaginative, flexible, innovative, inspiring, experimental, courageous, and introduces