In the past people believed that leaders are born not made.

Now the definition of leadership has been

changed because now we believe that leaders can be made through education. Leadership plays
important part in every field and organization to achieve higher goal. According to Kelly, “leadership
is a process of influence in which the leader influences others toward goal achievement” (Kelly &
Crawford, 2013, p. 168).

Nowadays there are many leadership theories and have different perspective and suggestion. I have
chosen two theories to discuss in this paper that is Autocratic leadership theory the Transformational
leadership theory. Both theories are total contradictory with each other because both have a different
perspective. …show more content…
The main focus of the theory is motivation, inspiration and empowerment to create changes. It is
based on the idea of empowering others to facilitate overall goal. Bennis and Nanus (1985) describe
this new leader as a leader who “commits people to action, who converts leaders into leaders, and
who converts leaders into agents of change” (p.3).177. According to processes to engage and motivate
staff article “Transformational leadership is important for high quality care delivery, and behaviors
that nurse leaders inspire, role model and reinforce are instrumental in creating work practice that
deliver optimum care”.
The first difference between two theories is the role of the leader. In autocratic theory leader has all
power, poor relationship with followers and makes decision independently. There is no vision,
inspiration and motivation. In addition, the leader does not actively participate in group. On the other
hand, “Transformational leaders inspire people with a shared vision of the future. They set clear goals
and motivate people in reaching them. And, they communicate clearly with their teams.
Transformational leaders expect the best from everyone on their team as well as from themselves
leading to improved motivation and high productivity” (March 2013 Leadership Insight). The leader
always participates actively because the leader shares the
power.http://www.mwaexeccoach.com/insight/March%202013%20Leadership%20Insight.pdf
The autocratic leader make decision it

One cannot categorize all arrangements in centralize or decentralization as effective or

ineffective both has its advantages and disadvantages depend upon a number of reasons such as
size, complexity, nature of business (Montana & Charnov, 1993) .

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES

YOU SHOULD REMEMBER The issues of centralization and decentralization involve the
principle of delegation of authority. In centralization, a limited amount of authority is delegated;
in. Each form has its advantages and disadvantages and is affected by a number of factors, such
as size of organization and the amount of geographic dispersion. 10
Organization structure
The official group forming relationships to bring together people, functions, and other resources
for the sole purpose of achieving objectives by means of advising and communicating the
channel of responsibility, authority, and accountability (Montana & Charnov, 1993).

ADVANTAGES OF CENTRALIZATION
1. Closer control of operations
2. Uniformity of policies, practices, and procedures
3. Better use of centralized, specialized experts

ADVANTAGES OF DECENTRALIZATION
1. Faster decision-making without resort to higher level consultation
2. Excellent training experience for promotion to higher level management
3. Decisions better adapted to local condition