Servant Leadership

Term Paper # 99792

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Business > Management

Servant Leadership

This paper discusses autocratic leadership vs. servant leadership.

1,270 words () | 6 sources | APA | 2007 United States

Paper Summary:

The paper looks at military leadership and relates that, although autocratic leadership is found in the business world, this approach is seen as less effective than a more collaborative form of leadership such as servant leadership. The paper explores how to change autocratic leadership to servant leadership. The paper discusses the differences between demanding compliance and offering guidance and seeking collaboration.

From the Paper:

"The definition of leadership offered by the military is reasonable and applies to all leadership styles: "Leadership is influencing people---by providing purpose, direction, and motivation---while operating to accomplish the mission and improving the organization" (Department of the Army, 1999, Chapter 1). The issue then becomes how to influence people, whether by fiat so as to demand compliance, or by offering guidance and seeking collaboration. Those trained to gain compliance one way may have difficulty shifting to a different means of leading."

Sample of Sources Used:

Department of the Army (1999). Army leadership: Be, know, do. Retrieved October 13, 2006 from https://atiam.train.army.mil/soldierPortal/atia/adlsc/view/public/9502-1/fm/22-100/toc.htm.
DuBrin, A.J., Ireland, R.D., & Williams, J.C. (1989). Management & organization. Cincinnati: South-Western.
Heifetz, Ronald A. and Donald L. Laurie. "The Work of Leadership." Harvard Business Review (January-February 1997), 124-134.
Hersey, P. & Blanchard, K.H. (1990). Management of Organizational Behavior. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1990.
The Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership (2002). What is Servant-Leadership? Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership, retrieved October 13, 2006 from http://www.greenleaf.org/leadership/servant-leadership/What-is-Servant-Leadership.html.