Columbia Southern University Types of Leadership Reflection Paper

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It has been stated that different industries and organizational differences influence which motivational techniques and theories are most effective. It has also been stated that situational factors, such as the type of power exerted, can influence team and organizational effectiveness.

The employment of different types of power might influence a team member’s satisfaction, and thus, his or her motivation to continue. In regards to your current industry and/or the culture of your current organization, write a reflection paper that considers the following:

 Describe leader power, follower motivation, and the aspects of effective followership.  Provide an overview of influence and the major process and content motivational theories.  Describe which motivational theory would be the most appropriate at your industry/organization.  Describe the power types from the French and Raven power taxonomy that would fit best with that motivational theory and indicate the one(s) that would fit best with that motivational theory.  Are there any power types that should be avoided when employing that motivational theory?  Please elaborate on how you plan to integrate these motivational techniques in your future or current career and/or continue learn more about these motivational techniques.

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Running Head: REFLECTION ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF LEADERSHIP

Leadership
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REFLECTION ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF LEADERSHIP

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Leadership is an instrumental facet of any organization regarding influencing employees’
performance and enhancing organizational effectiveness. The powers vested in the leadership of
any organization is of great importance in determining the employees’ satisfaction and the overall
motivation for higher performance. At my current organization, leader power can be broken down
into autocratic and democratic power. The autocratic power is leader-centered, and the leader can
command using threats to get things done, but for the case of democratic power, the leader only
acts as a representative, with the employees having the majority say in decision making (Fairholm,
2009). Luckily, at our organization, we strongly cherish democracy, and the common leader power
applicable is a democratic one. Follower motivation is a common behavior in a number of teams
have worked with in my current organization, whereby team member always follow the team
leader and draw their initiative to ...


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