ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Annotated Bibliography - Leadership -



Annotated Bibliography - Leadership -

“Zaleznik, A. (1977) "Managers and Leaders: Is there a difference?” Harvard Business Review”

The article shows the difference between a leader and a manager, relating that all managers can not be a strong leader, but all leaders are skilful manager. It is essential for managers to be able to walk the talk if they intend to be exceptional leaders. Setting examples can help the team revamp Obama's re-election campaign.

“Marks, M. A. (2001), “Team leadership”, Leadership Quarterly, 12(4), Pp. 451-483”

According to the article, the leadership plays a vital role in the productivity of a team. No matter how good and practical a team may be, it is to come against a wall, requiring the aid and support of a good leader to guide it in the clearance. A leader knows when and how to intervene can have a very positive a boosting effect on the team. Similar principles can be used by the Obama team to increase their productivity by an exemplary leader.

“Yukl, G. A. (2006), “Leadership in Organizations”, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall”

Leadership, not management is the most important aspect of an organization. It allows the organization to achieve its goal by following and painting a vision in such a way that the followers willingly follow. A leader uses the art of motivation to enable employees to perform, not because they have to, but because they want to. As Alexander the great said, if you have an army of lions led by a sheep, the lions will die like sheep, but if you have an army of sheep led by a lion, the sheep will fight like lions. This philosophy can help the re-election team have proper dedication to the leader who aims at motivating them as an enabler.

“Torbert, W. (2004), “Action Inquiry: the Secret of Timely and Transforming Leadership”, San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers”

According to the article, the timely intervention can mean everything when it comes to leadership. A rightly intervention can help the team work towards solving a problem is a very convincing manner. In contradiction, a wrongly intervention can set the team on the wrong tract. Considering the information, the re-election team leader may try harder to make timely intervention.

“Stogdill, R.M. (1950), “Leadership, membership and organization”, Psychological Bulletin, 47: Pp. 1-14”

The differentiation and similarities between the organization, leadership and its membership is discussed, in ...