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Comparing Four Leadership Theories

Compare and contrast the essential components of four leadership theories and analyze each theory's methods of reaching its goals. Then, select one theoretical model and explain why it would be best used to transform your organization.

The purpose of this research is to examine several theories of leadership as they apply to organizational behavior and to select one such theory to the hypothetical task of reforming the organization that employs this writer, namely, the Hermosa Beach, Calif., Police Department. The plan of the research will be to set forth each theory in turn, identifying its source and discussing how the theory anticipates successful completion of its objectives. Then one theory will be selected with a view toward showing its relevance to the prospect of organizational transformation of the HBPD.

Along with the rise of psychological and social theory over the course of the latter 19th and entire 20th century there emerged a body of theoretical work concerning leadership--whether as a species of psychology, as a subset of organizational theory, as a style of social interaction, as analysis of those who are led, or having some other emphasis. The varieties of leadership theory, indeed, would seem to be almost as numerous as the varieties of leaders themselves. Even so, it is possible to approach the concept of leadership in a systematic way, by touching on theories and theorists whose influence appears to have been far reaching.

Foregrounding examination of leadership must be an articulation of two assumptions: first, that leadership implies followership, and therefore, second, that leadership involves human interaction and the operation of various social roles. Thus human behavior as well as organizational behavior is implicated in any thoughtful consideration of leadership.

In the background of much leadership theory is the seminal influence of Freud. His theory of personality, first articulated in full in ...

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