The Importance of Effective Leadership in the Nationalist Movements of South East Asia Before the Second World War
Nationalist movements in South East Asia was a form of negative
response, with various kinds of opposition to the Western impact, and
although erupted often, most were merely short-lived revolts that were
not successful. Nationalism took on many forms and can be defined from
different angles, and also does not necessarily mean anti-colonialism.
Indeed effective leadership was an important factor in the nationalist
movements of South East Asia, in many cases it being the cause for
bring the people together to bring about any form of resistance
movements. However it is still prudent to note that there were other
considerations then which also played a significant role in the
emergence of such nationalist uprisings, such as religion and ethic
reasons. Therefore I would say that effective leadership does play an
important role in the nationalist movements of South East Asia,
however not being the only factor in play then. Also whether
leadership itself is effective or not is another issue, as in many
cases this does not seem to be the case.
Many nationalist movements, whether for what particular reasons, often
started off from a single leader, and in many cases such leaders were
of religious authority, although the movements were not entirely based
on religion, but rather using it as a banner to go under. Religious
leaders attained this prominence almost by default, since they were
the only indigenous elites who survived the virtual destruction of the
old monarchial order at the hands of European colonialism.
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...ic dominance, formed in 1912 when both
groups had considerable economic influence in the Indies. They
organized boycotts against Chinese merchants, which ended up in
violence in the beginning of 1912.
In conclusion, as seen above, there are various factors in play
concerning the nationalist movements in Southeast Asia, namely
leadership, religion, economic interest. As seen above, religion seems
to play a very important role in most of the movements, it being the
binding force of the people. However in my opinion, I would think that
still effective leadership is more important than religion as it is
that brings the different segregated groups of people together into an
organization with a stronger political voice. Thus the effective
leadership is of great importance in the nationalist movements of
Southeast Asia.
The purpose and the intent of this paper are to compare and contrast the leadership styles and scope of influence of two historical leaders. This paper will capture what made this historical leader effective looking at these points of interest one) Integrity, two) Knowledge, three) Sincerity of purpose and four) Care for others. This paper will also view how the historical leader influenced the lives of others in a positive or negative way. How will or has this leader been remembered in history? In my personal opinion would I consider this leader a servant-leader and how did these leaders use their communication skills gain the support for their ideas doing the time of leading others. It is the hope that the reader will be able to make a decision for his or her self as well as gain knowledge and information about the two historical leaders chosen in this paper.
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