The Effects of Poor Leadership in Business Management

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The subject of this paper concerns the effects of poor leadership in business management. Research methods included Leadership Excellence, Corporate Governance, Leadership Styles, Journal of Knowledge Management, Oxford Dictionary Online, Information & Management, OhioLink sources. Emphasis will relate to Steven Berglas (2009) on victims of success. Findings are in agreement with Patricia Hind, Andrew Wilson, and Gilbert Lenssen (2009) Developing leaders for sustainable business; and Victor Newman & Kazem Chaharbaghi (2000) The study and practice of leadership, and Norma Sutcliffe (1999) Leadership behavior and business process reengineering (BPR) outcomes: An empirical analysis of 30 BPR projects. It may be concluded that Leadership Styles (1997) and Oxford Dictionary Online (2010) gave valuable insight on which temperament matches leadership styles.

The Effects of Poor Leadership in Business Management

Autocrat, Benevolent Autocrat, Consultative, Participative, Consensus and Laissez-Faire are types of leadership styles. Individuals’ personalities have an influence on which leadership style he or she claims. It is common knowledge to professional leaders that autocrat style leaders are directive and demand instant action from team members without explanation where as benevolent autocrat leaders declare with explanation (Leadership Styles, 1997, p.1 & Sutcliffe, 1999, p.276). Interactive leadership styles are consultative and participative. Consultative gets opinions before deciding on the plan and participative leaders consider team members’ view points before making final decisions (Leadership Styles, 1997, p.1 & Sutcliffe, 1999, p.276). Consensus and Laissez-Faire leadership roles...

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References

Berglas, S. (2009). Victims of Success Avoid self-destructive action. Leadership Excellence.

Retrieved from OhioLINK

Hind, P., Wilson, A., & Lenssen, G. (2009). Developing leaders for sustainable business.

Corporate Governance, 9, 7-20. Retrieved from OhioLINK

Leardership Styles (1997). Retrieved from

http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~gerard/MENG/ME96/Documents/Styles/

Newman, V., & Chaharvaghi, K. (2000). The study and practice of leadership. Journal of

Knowledge Management, 4, 64-73. Retrieved from OhioLINK

Oxford Dictionary Online (2010). Retrieved from www.askoxford.com/dictionaries

Sutcliffe, N. (1999). Leadership behavior and business process reengineering (BPR) outcomes:

An empirical analysis of 30 BPR projects. Information & Management, 36, 273-286.

Retrieved from OhioLINK

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