Culture and Leadership Style

Paper Summary:

This paper aims to identify pertinent traits that characterize effective leaders in various societal settings. First, the relationship, to the extent that it exists, between organizational culture and societal culture is identified. Next, a look at what leadership styles have been identified as most effective in terms of achieving organizational goals while balancing the needs of the workers involved is provided. The paper then looks at the relevant cross-cultural issues that may affect leadership styles in an increasingly multicultural society and determines how leadership styles vary from culture to culture around the world, based on the larger society in which they exist.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction
Aims and Objectives
Hypothesis
Significance of the Study
Rationale of the Study
Chapter 2: Review of Related Literature
Chapter 3: Methodology
Description of the Study Approach
Data-Collection
Sample
Setting
Ethical Considerations
Evaluative Action Plan
Instruments/Measurements
Chapter Summary
Chapter Four: Results and Presentation of Findings
Chapter Five: Discussion, Implications and Recommendations
Appendix

From the Paper:

"The implications of the findings of this study concern the need to ensure that an organization's culture provides a viable framework in which the organization's goals can be achieved. The ability of an organization's leadership to develop such a framework will depend in large part on the type of society in which it competes, and multinational corporations may need a number of different types of cultures among its far-flung operations to remain competitive. Moreover, the day has long since passed when an organization's leaders can ignore cultural considerations when formulating strategic plans for the future, because the future is now and these issues were shown to be among some of the most important factors that can make or break companies competing in an increasingly globalized economy. Leaders who ignore these important cross-cultural factors will do so at their peril."

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