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The nature, differences and implications for management of transactional and transformational theories of leadership.
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Assignment 1 - Business Organisation Q: The nature, differences and implications for management of transactional and transformational theories of leadership. Kuhnert and Lewis developed transactional and transformational theories of leadership in 1987. They believed that both demanded different skills. Transactional theories include the allocation of work, making routine decisions along with monitoring performance and interacting with other functions within the organisation. On the other hand, transformational theories are about having the skills and personal qualities to be able to recognise the need for change and being able to identify appropriate courses of action. The first leadership theory I will study here will be House and Mitchell's Path Goal Leadership Theory. The Path Goal theory essentially represents an application of expectancy theory of motivation. The theory believes that the leaders are a very important source of motivation provided their behaviour can enhance desirability of good performance in the eyes of their subordinates. The nature...
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