Transformational, Transactional & Laissez-Faire Leadership Styles

For this assignment, you need to think about managers you have had in the past and select three who each best represent one of the three main leadership styles: charismatic, transformational, and transactional. Select a leader you have not used so far in this course. You can also select a well-known business leader who you are likely to find online information about their leadership styles. For instance, you might pick Bill Gates, Travis, Kalanick, Mary Barra, Elon Musk, or John Zimmer.

After you have reviewed the background materials and done some research on your CEO or other well-known business leader of your choice, write a 3 – 4 full page paper (excluding title and references pages) to include at least three scholarly and peer-reviewed sources from the required or optional readings list addressing the issues below. Does your selected business leader meet the definition of a charismatic leader based on what you’ve read? Explain your answer using both the required background textbook readings as well as specific information you found about your selected business leader.

1. Does your selected business leader meet the definition of a transformational leader based on what you’ve read? Explain your answer using both the required background readings as well as specific information you found about your CEO or other business leader of your choice.
2. Does your CEO or other business leader of your choice meet the definition of a transactional leader based on what you’ve read?
3. Create a table in which you compare what you believe are the main benefits and drawbacks of the transformational ,transactional, and laissez-faire leadership styles.

4. Where do you see your own leadership style in the table today? Where were you in the table 5 years ago? Where do you see yourself in the table in 5 years?

1. Your Case Assignment should be 3 –  4 full pages in length (excluding title and reference pages). This means the submission must be at least 3 full pages. It must include an introduction below the paper’s title prior to the answer to the first assignment question and a Conclusion on the last page before the References list page. There should be nothing in the top left corner of the paper and only a page number in the top right corner of all pages.
2. Be sure to cite and reference (using APA Style) a  minimum of 3 scholarly sourceslisted in the Course Materials and Bibliography (Module 3 Required and Optional Reading List), in the Module 3 Background Page: Required and Optional Readings, or in the Trident Online Library (peer-reviewed journal articles).
3. Upload your paper to the Module 3 Case Dropbox before the assignment due date.
4. Include both a reference page and in-text citations. Citation and reference style instructions are available at Trident University’s  Introduction to APA.  Another resource is the “Writing Style Guide,” which is found under “My Resources” in the TLC portal, or the APA Manual (7th ed.)

Oriented Leadership Assignment 2

In this assignment, your critical-thinking skills will be assessed. The critical-thinking rubric will be useful for this purpose. In this course, MGT401, critical-thinking skills will be assessed at the “introduced” level. In MGT420, they are assessed at the “reinforced” level. Finally, in MGT422 your critical thinking skills will be assessed at the “emphasized” level. The grading rubric for critical-thinking skills at the undergraduate level has been developed to measure student success in meeting the MGT401 SLP 3 expectations. Rubrics for the other two courses are included in their respective assignments.

Before starting this assignment, be sure that you are familiar with what is meant by “critical thinking.”

Critical thinking is one of the five key rubric criteria by which your assignments are graded. Therefore, you are expected to demonstrate evidence of critical thinking in all assignments. The following might help you to learn the concept of critical thinking.

Lack, C. W., & Rousseau, J. (2016). Chapter 4: What is critical thinking? In  Critical thinking, science, and pseudoscience: Why we can’t trust our brains. Springer Publishing Company. Available in the Trident Online Library, EBSCO eBook Collection.

For the Module 3 SLP assignment, you will apply the concepts from the background materials to your own personal experiences. You can write about the same supervisor you wrote about in Modules 1 and 2, or choose a different supervisor that you worked with and got to know well.

Carefully review the concepts and definitions of charismatic, transformational, and transactional leadership. Then write a  2- to 3-page paper (which means at least 2 full pages) and include at least two scholarly peer-reviewed sources from the Trident Online Library or the assignment background materials addressing the following issues using specific examples from your personal experiences:

1. Describe a situation you experienced or witnessed in the workplace when a current or past supervisor used a  transformational approach to motivate their employees. Was it effective? What about the supervisor’s behaviors marked them as a transformational leader?
2. Describe a situation you experienced or witnessed in the workplace when a current or past supervisor used a charismatic approach to motivate their employees. Was it effective? What about the supervisor’s behaviors marked them as a charismatic leader?
3. Describe a situation you experienced or witnessed in the workplace when a current or past supervisor used a transactional approach to motivate their employees. Was it effective? What about the supervisor’s behaviors marked them as a transactional leader?
4. Based on what you’ve read for this class so far as well as from your own experience working with different supervisors, which approach, transformational, charismatic, or transactional leadership is more effective as a leadership style in your organization?

To support your answers, use both of the following: your personal experiences and at least 2 scholarly sources from the required or optional readings list.

1. Your SLP should be 2 – 3 pages in length (not including title and reference pages). This means the submission must be at least 2 full pages. It must include an introduction below the paper’s title prior to the answer to the first assignment question and a Conclusion on the last page before the References list page. There should be nothing in the top left corner of the paper and only a page number in the top right corner of all pages.
2. Be sure to cite and reference (using APA Style) a minimum of 2 scholarly sources listed in the Course Materials and Bibliography (Module 3 Required and Optional Reading List), in the Module 3 Background Page: Required and Optional Readings, or in the Trident Online Library (peer-reviewed journal articles)..
3. Upload your paper to the SLP 3 Dropbox before the assignment due date.
4. Include both a reference page and in-text citations. Citation and reference style instructions are available at Trident University’s  Introduction to APA. Another resource is the “Writing Style Guide,” which is found under “My Resources” in the TLC portal, or the APA Manual (7th ed.).

Last Updated on September 10, 2023