Benchmark Analysis of a Theoretical Framework for Leadership

An Analysis of a Theoretical Framework for Leadership
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An Analysis of a Theoretical Framework for Leadership
The assignment aims at evaluating a theoretical framework that one could apply in leadership. The study covers the analysis of the book Leadership and Organization: A Behavioral Science Approach by Robert Tannenbaum, Irving Weschler and Fred Massarik. Leadership is a fundamental aspect in all institutions. Proper leadership skills aligned with other key aspects such as proper managerial skills contribute immensely to an institution’s success. Several leaders apply different leadership skills that fit well in organizations to ensure the organizations run well and effectively. There are prominent scholarly articles that study the advent of leadership, where most literature materials show that leadership started way beyond 100 years ago. Most leaders assume power through people choosing them democratically or maybe through inheritance of leadership from a pre-existing leader. The paper discusses the leadership theoretical framework, style, proficient, leadership traits, adoption of leadership, and traits one can adopt to influence followership.
The study begins with the leadership theoretical framework and styles. Several theorists have formulated theories in an attempt to express leadership among institutions. One of the prominent leadership theoretical frameworks is the traits theory. The theory expresses the way leadership could be an inborn trait in individuals as some depict leadership qualities even in grass root levels. Studies additionally show that leadership is an interpersonal influence (Tannenbaum et al., 2015). From the book, people must have sentiments of influence among themselves to convince others that they are the best to fit in the relevant position they wanted. Several leaders use several styles of leadership (Augustsson, 2011). The most used styles of leadership are dictatorship and democracy. Dictatorial leaders make decisions independently without seeking for the public opinions while democratic leaders use public opinion greatly.
There are several good leadership traits such as followership. An example of a leader who had prominent leadership traits was the late director of Industrial Relations Edgar Warren. The leader adopted leadership as a vocation to the company from executives of the company. He played the leadership position from 1947 to 1956, almost a decade in the leadership position (Tannenbaum et al., 2015). One of the primary qualities I would emulate was encouraging and unifying his employees to always better their production and increase their earnings through the Company’s success. A shortcoming I would overcome is that I would educate my employees on never letting their personal interests override the interests of the entire institution. Another trait is being an element of unity in an organization (Bolden, 2011). Leaders ought to influence their works to be together and co-exist peacefully under unity. Good leaders also need to be a source of motivation to other workers and other people in the organization. For a good leader, one ought to encourage teamwork and set higher standards and goals for the other members to achi...