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Organizational Leadership and Change – Outline
I. Part 1: Comparison of leadership theories
A. Transformational leadership
B. Servant leadership
C. Authentic leadership
II. Part 2: Organizational leadership and change
A. Organizations and leadership
(i)

The case of Amazon leadership

B. Needed changes within Amazon leadership
C. Analysis of different leadership styles
(i)

Transformational leadership

(ii)

Servant leadership

(iii)

Authentic leadership

D. Leadership style supporting organizational change
(i)

Changes the organization's culture

E. Leadership style supporting organizational success
(i)

The charismatic nature of leaders who activate motivational
mechanisms among employees

F. Leadership style integrating organizational mission and vision
G. Leadership style ad value for stakeholders


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Organizational Leadership and Change
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Organizational Leadership and Change
Part 1: Comparison of Leadership Theories
Transformational

Servant Leadership

Authentic Leadership

Leadership
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Works by motivating

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followers
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Focuses on the

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Works by promoting

followers

positive workplace

Focus on

outcome
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leaders’ behaviors

appreciating

They have a

followers for their

leader’s personal

charismatic influence

efforts

characteristics

on followers
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Works by helping

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They focus on

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Focuses on the

They focus on

They motivate and

serving and meeting

serving other others

inspire followers by

the followers’ needs

through their

They provide their

leadership

challenging

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followers about their

followers with a

work

vision and focus on

interested in

gaining credibility

empowering

and trust from their

followers

followers

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Authentic leaders are

The central goal
authentic leaders
develop forms the
basis of inspiring
followers to peak
their performance

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Part 2: Organizational Leadership and Change
Organizations require strong leadership for optimum effectiveness. Different
organizations have different leaders with varying styles of leadership that see the organization
prosper. The leadership style depicted in an organization would influence the kind of success
the organization would have. Amazon is one of the successful companies in recent years,
which could be attributed to its leadership style and innovation. Amazon's leadership style is
unique, considering that it has specific leadership principles that everyone within the
organization has to follow (Rivet, 2017). The identified principle in the organization are
ownership, hiring and developing the best, invention and simplicity, thinking big, customer
obsession, and becoming curious. The existence of such attributes in the company has
fostered the company's success in recent years. Despite its success, the company could have
achieved more with slight changes in its leadership. The primary changes to be made within
Amazon are its overly forthright leadership, insensitive management, and the breeding of
unhealthy competition among employees. The existence of such elements in the
organization's leadership has prevented the organization from reaching greater heights.
However, Amazon can increase its success rate by incorporating transformational,
servant, and authentic leadership within the organization. Transformational leadership is one
of the influential leadership styles that entails the creation of a high-performance workforce
through the motivation of employees to go beyond their daily requirements. The charismatic
nature of transformational leaders intellectually stimulate followers and inspire them to great
success (Celik, Akgemci, & Akyazi, 2016). Servant leadership, on the other hand, focus on
serving and meeting the needs of followers. Organizations that seek to adopt servant
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