Organizational Leadership

Term Paper # 101567

Business > Management

This paper explores the importance of organizational leadership in achieving organizational objectives.

947 words () | 7 sources | MLA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

The paper looks at the essential roles a leader must assume as well as the qualities that forward-thinking CEOs must possess. The paper explains how strong leadership creates opportunities, does not allow short-term challenges to overwhelm long-term strategies and allows creativity to flourish. The paper concludes that without committed leaders, an organization cannot hope to have committed subordinates.

From the Paper:

"In their path-breaking work, Richard H. Hall and Pamela S. Tolbert draw upon Selznick to remind readers that those who have formal leadership roles in organizations are expected to define the organizational agenda and/or mission, institute the structural changes necessary in order to see to it that goals are achieved, ensure that the organization's integrity is not compromised (which essentially means maintaining fidelity to the organization's fundamental goals), and - lastly - maintain a firm hand on any internal conflict (109-110). Suffice it to say, leaders who cannot satisfy these core objectives are leaders who will not be able to oversee constructive change and will permit partisan bickering within the organization to overcome larger objectives."

Sample of Sources Used:

Bass, B. "Leadership: good, better, best." Organizational Dynamics, 13 (1985): 26-40.
Dalla Costa, John. The Ethical Imperative: Why Moral Business is Good Business. Reading, MA: Perseus Publishing, 1998.
Hall, Richard H., and Tolbert, Pamela S. Organizations, Structures, Processes, and Outcomes, 9th Edition. USA: Prentice-Hall, 2004.
Khurana, R. "The curse of the superstar CEO." Harvard Business Review, (2002, Sept.): 3-8.
"Poor Marks." Economist 21 Nov. 1998: 68.