Learning Contract

Running Head: TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP 1

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP 3

Transformational leadership

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Have chosen Independent learning activity and the project to deal with is under the topic of the leadership where I will concentrate in research topic of comparing transformational leadership in successful and less successful companies at service industry dealing with fast food such as Star bucks. Many firms are considering investing in transformational leadership because it assumed to be one leadership that promotes innovation, advocates for strategic change in the leadership and creates a conducive working environment for employees.

There is four main characteristics that informed my choice to deal with a topic that lies within this style of leadership. Main of the reason is three main characteristics of this leadership style that I found to be very important which include; individualized consideration where a leader pays attention to others and helps subordinates in exploiting their talents and becoming more responsible in the organization. Another characteristic is an intellectual simulation where a leader encourages their followers to creativity and creativity. Inspirational motivation is another factor that introduces a leader as someone capable of encouraging followers to suitable behaviour. Lastly, is the aspect of idealized influence where a leader has the idealized traits and behaviours which are able to command honour and respect from the followers (McCleskey, 2014).

After having a clear focus of the leadership theory to focus on, the other thing was to consider the main research topic considers drawing a comparison between successful and less successful companies or services firms in services industry that offers fast food such as Starbucks. To help carry out this comparison, four research questions are important and are the one that I intend to use which are; studying the characteristics of idealized influence in successful and less successful companies at service industry, studying the characteristics of intellectual stimulation in successful and less successful companies at service industry, studying the characteristics of inspirational motivation in successful and less successful companies at molding industry, studying the characteristics of individualized consideration in successful and less successful companies at service industry and lastly, ranking transformational leadership factors in successful and less successful companies at service industry.

In summary, after out the research and finish the project, it is my expectation that the following hypothesis statement will hold true; leaders in successful companies possess more traits of transformational leadership than an unsuccessful one.

Reference

McCleskey, J. A. (2014). Situational, transformational, and transactional leadership and leadership development. Journal of Business Studies Quarterly, 5(4), 117.