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Management Theory: Trait Theory

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Management Theory: Trait Theory

Understanding and adopting the best practices from management theories may help an individual lead their team to success. Many of these ideas gave rise to the leadership techniques that are now routinely employed to steer and build businesses, and an individual may pick and choose from them to determine the strategies that will perform great for their team (Olden, 2019). Understanding and the application of management ideas requires practice, as well as some trial and error. In the article, we will discuss trait theory.

According to the trait theory of leadership, some inborn or intrinsic talents and attributes make an individual a leader. These characteristics might include personality traits, physical traits, and Intelligence level traits. In principle, trait theory holds that the leader and the leader’s attributes are critical to the success of an organization (Harrison, 2018). The premise here is that identifying employees with the correct characteristics would boost organizational performance. The leader is the exclusive emphasis of trait theory, whereas the follower is ignored. Extraversion–introversion is an example of a trait. Extraversion is characterized by outgoing, conversational, and enthusiastic conduct, whereas introversion is characterized by quiet and lonely behavior. An individual can fall at any position along the spectrum, and where an individual falls determines how they respond to certain events. Trait theories’ merits reside in their capacity to classify behavioral patterns and their use of objective standards. Numerous trait theorists have frequently arrived at a comparable collection of features using factor analysis while independently constructing their ideas. Trait theories have the drawback of having personal observations or biased self-reports to quantify, necessitating people to be analytical enough to understand their behavior. While trait theories give information about how people may behave, they do not address why.

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Harrison, C. (2018). Leadership research and theory. In Leadership Theory and Research (pp. 15-32). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. Retrieved from

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-68672-1_2

Olden, P. C. (2019). Management of healthcare organizations: An introduction. Health Administration Press.