Leadership In Today's Age

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Abstract

The intention of this dissertation is to explore the connotation of the leadership in enhancing the performance of the organization. The study extricates the role of the leaders in reshaping the behavior as well as performance of the employees in positive direction. The study differentiates conventional and contemporary approach of leadership and highlights the triggers that induced change in the leadership approach. Different approaches of the leadership styles are going to be discussed in this dissertation. Moreover, the study extricates the decisions of the leaders regarding the selection of their leadership style on the basis of changes in human behavior as well as changes in working conditions of the contemporary organizations. The study highlights the impact of technology advancements and globalization on the demand and challenges of the leadership in the contemporary organizations. Furthermore, the study has intention to discuss the future trend of the leadership in the organizations and the crucial triggers that are expected to stimulate future challenges. The purpose of the study is to identify influential leadership styles that would be appropriate to meet the future challenges. For this purpose, the study will be facilitating the interviews with the leaders of different organizations of the United Kingdom in order to gather relevant data pertain to the topic of the dissertation.

Contents

DECLARATIONiii

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION7

1.1.Problem Background7

1.2.Problem Statement8

1.3.Significance of the Study8

1.4.Research Design9

1.5.Research Aims and Objectives9

1.6.Research Questions10

1.7.Definitions10

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW11

2.1.Introduction to leadership11

2.2.Inception of Mankind11

2.3.The journey from past to present12

2.4.Connotation of leadership14

2.5.Crucial Traits of Influential Leaders17

2.6.Leadership Styles20

2.7.Directive Leadership21

2.8.Coaching Leadership21

2.9.Supporting Leadership22

2.10.Delegating Leadership22

2.11.Historical nitty-gritty of leadership23

2.12.Dynamics of leadership challenges24

2.13.Contemporary approach of leadership25

2.14.Aftermath of conventional leadership approach25

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY26

3.1.Research Philosophy26

3.2.Research Design27

3.3.Qualitative Research Method28

3.4.Assessment Tool28

3.5.Data Collection technique29

3.6.Ethical Considerations29

3.7.Validity30

3.8.Justification for Chosen Method30

CHAPTER 4: DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS31

4.1.Interview Findings and Analysis32

Table 1: Age, Gender and Designation of Respondents.33

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATIONS45

5.1.Recommendations for Further Research47

References48

Appendix56

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Significance of Leadership has been determined just after the inception of the mankind on the earth. Leadership is exceptionally crucial to efficiently utilize the qualitative resources of mankind by burnishing the competencies of the people as well as by resolving conflicts between them. However, with the challenges and demands of the leadership are changing with the nurturing of the technology. Prominent difference has been observed in the attitude and expectations of the people thus the need of efficient leadership has been induced to cater the dynamical changes in the nature of the ...