Transactional Leadership

25 July 2022
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Definition
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Traditional form of leadership which encompasses the leader-follower relationship
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What does it focus on?
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- Focuses on gaining compliance by giving and withholding rewards and benefits - Short term Goals - Leaders task orientated
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2 Key Factors in expression - 1.
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1. Contingent-reward leadership: upon successfully completing previously agreed goals followers are rewarded through bonuses, merits or recognition for their effort.
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Drawback of expression 1.
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Leadership is self-limiting as followers only strive to achieve the negotiated level of performance, outcomes may not be beyond the expectations and the reward is reliant on the satisfactory completion of the task
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2 Key Factors in expression - 2
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Management by exception: leaders intervene only once mistakes or problems become evident
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Form of Management - ACTIVE - PASSIVE
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Can take Active form: Leaders outline expectations and standards then continually monitor performance attempting to intervene and take corrective action before mistakes become a serious problem Passive form: Leaders wait until the end of a task before assessing and determining whether a problem exists, meaning standards have not been adequately explained to participants and mistakes are not quickly avoided
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Transactional Leader
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- Recognises what it is that we want to get for our effort and tries to ensure that we get it if our performance merits it - Exchanges rewards and promises for our effort - Responsive to our immediate self-interests if they can be met by getting work done.
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How can Transactional and Transformational work together?
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Transformational leadership has the albitilite to enhance Transactional leadership