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Inspiring a Departmental Vision
Shawneen Zackuse
City University of Seattle

Abstract

Inspiring a Departmental Vision
Overview of Inspiring a Departmental Vision
Evaluation of Leadership Theories in Inspiring a Departmental Vision

Behavioral Approach Theory
Pros.
Cons.
Authentic Leadership Theory
Pros.
Cons
Servant Leadership Theory
Pros.
Cons.
Evaluation of Situational Factors
Evaluation of Best Leadership Strategy to Inspire a Departmental Vision
Conclusion

References
Christenson, D., & Walker, D. H. (2004). Understanding the role of "vision" in project success. Project Management Journal, 35(3), 39-52. Retrieved from
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Northouse, P. G. (2015). Leadership: Theory and practice (7th Ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
Punia, B. K. (2005). Executive personality and visioning effectiveness. Journal of Management Research, 5(1), 6-19. Retrieved from
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Zalesna, A. (2016). The relationships between organizational vision, intellectual capital value and motivating managers. Proceedings of the European Conference on Intellectual Capital, 339-345. Retrieved from
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The expert provides evaluation of leadership theories in inspiring a departmental vision.The behavioral approach theory and authentic leadership theory is examined.

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Behavioral Approach Theory
Pros.

The behavioral approach seeks to categorize human behavior in accordance with the behavior of animals wherein the belief is that Classic conditioning can be utilized to elicit the desired response from employees or operant conditioning can be used to elicit the response from employees. I personally disagree with both of these theoretical frameworks as they are flawed in their approach in my opinion they seek to place the human into a simplistic narrative that is easily controlled with little to no recognition of the fact that humans are multifaceted individuals who can't be easily put into defined narratives that are ascribed as a result of conditioning. Nevertheless, these theoretical approaches believe that employees can be conditioned to behave in the way that the employer wants them to behave.

Cons.

There are many cons associated with this approach, and these include the fact that humans and animals are demonstratively different in regard ...

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