Organizational Leadership. Write responses to each item. Coursework

Organizational Leadership
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Question One
Leadership is the ability to create a vision for followers, establish ethics and values, and transform the operations of an organization to attain set goals. In this sense, leadership encompasses a myriad of competences some of which include decisiveness, compassion, ability to motivate, change management, and problem-solving ability. In their book, Hughes, Ginnett, and Curphy (2019) list several definitions and point out that there is no single correct definition of leadership. The similarities between my definition and the definitions raised in the book include the influence concept, goals, and the presence of followers. A difference is that my definition mentions ethics and values but those in the books do not. Assumptions that I have about leadership are that there must be a front-runner, followers, and goals to be achieved. In this case, the front-runner (leader) influences the followers to achieve the set goals.
The interactional framework for analyzing leadership has three elements: leader, followers, and situation (Hughes, Ginnett, & Curphy, 2019). According to the framework, leadership arises from a complex set of interactions among the three elements. My definition of leadership compares fairly with the interactional framework. Both by definition and the framework contain the leader and follower elements. However, my definition differs from the interactional framework when it comes to the third element. While my definition has goals, the interactional framework has situation. To support my definition, I would give the example of Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft. As the leader of the company, he creates a vision for his followers and together with them, they transform the operations of the organization to achieve its goals...