Parami International College

Master’s in Business Administration

Course Name: HRM 401 - Organizational Behavior Assignment

Assignment Title - Leadership

Submitted to; Submitted by;

U Htin Kyaw Lin Dr. Aung Min Nyo

Batch - 2 Group - 1

Date of Submitted

7 / 8 / 2022

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Case Scenario

Leadership is an influence relationship among leaders and followers who intend real
changes and outcomes that reflect their shared purpose. Effective leadership is about
executing the company’s vision and setting the tone and the culture for that particular
organization. Leadership means creating and planning, securing resources, and looking out
for and improving errors.

Analysis 1 You required to choose one successful political leader

Analysis 2 You required to identify his/her traits, behavior and leadership styles

Analysis 3 You required to suggest the evidence that his approach can be successful

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Contents

1. Introduction
2. Leadership
3. Types of Leadership
4. Leader
5. Types of Leaders
6. Most Important Responsibility of a Leader
7. Most Important Role of a Leader
8. Characteristics of the great leader
9. Best leadership style
10. Analysis 1
• My Admire Political Leader
• History and Life of Abraham Lincoln
11. Analysis 2
• Amazing Habits of Abraham Lincoln
• Qualities of Abraham Lincoln as a Great Leader
• Leadership Qualities of Abraham Lincoln
12. Analysis 3
• Evidence of Successful
• Major Accomplishment of Abraham Lincoln
• My Suggestion for the evidence that his approach can be successful
13. Conclusion
14. Reference

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1. Introduction

Leadership is a concept, which is put into operation by the individuals in their

personal and professional lives. In order to implement this concept in an effective and
worthwhile manner, the individuals need to acquire an understanding in terms of meaning
and significance of leadership. When the understand the meaning and how this concept
will prove to be useful to them in carrying out their job duties well and achieve the desired
goals, they will put it into operation. The leaders have the main objective of providing
knowledge, support and assistance to their subordinates in carrying out their job duties in
a well-ordered and regimented manner and achieving the desired goals and objectives.
When the leaders are performing their job duties or are working with other individuals,
they need to inculcate the traits of morality and ethics and lead to goodwill and well-being.
Furthermore, the leaders need to be well-aware in terms of measures and approaches to
cope with changes and ensure that they prove to be efficacious, and useful to the members
as well as the organization as a whole. Therefore, it can be stated, the individuals in
leadership positions need to acquire an efficient understand of this concept, before they
perform their job duties. The main areas that are highlighted in this research paper are,
leadership and management, functions of leadership, types of leadership, and roles of the
leaders.

2. Leadership

Leadership is the ability of an individual or a group of individuals to influence and

guide followers or other members of an organization.

Leadership involves making sound -- and sometimes difficult -- decisions, creating

and articulating a clear vision, establishing achievable goals and providing followers with
the knowledge and tools necessary to achieve those goals.

Leaders are found and required in most aspects of society, from business to politics
to region to community-based organizations.

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 An effective leader possesses the following characteristics: self-confidence, strong
communication and management skills, creative and innovative thinking, perseverance in
the face of failure, willingness to take risks, openness to change, and levelheadedness and
reactiveness in times of crisis.

3. Types of Leadership

• Autocratic
• Democratic
• Laissez-faire
• Coaching
• Transformational
• Charismatic
• Bureaucratic
• Visionary
• Pacesetter
• Servant

Autocratic Leadership

Autocratic leadership is an aggressive leadership style that is based on control.

Democratic Leadership

Democratic leadership is a participative style of leading that involves a team of

people wo collaborate with a leader to make critical decisions.

Laissez-Faire Leadership

Laissez-Faire leadership led people work how they need to, with little to no
interference.

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Coaching Leadership

A coaching style of Leadership is a bit of a cross between democratic and laissez-

faire leadership styles. It is not micro managing and actions are decided with multiple
inputs to consider.

Transformational Leadership

Transformational leadership is a style that is all about big vision thinking and
intellectual stimulation to create a thriving, openly communicative work culture.

Charismatic Leadership

Charismatic leadership automatically or intelligently attracts people by being their

own charming selves.

Bureaucratic Leadership

Bureaucratic leadership is that using strict rules for employee management and
decision-making

Visionary Leadership

Visionary leadership is that focusing on big-picture and innovative thinking.

Pacesetter Leadership

The pacesetter is one of the most effective types of leadership if you need fast
results. These leaders set very high standards, with a focus on performance. They hold their
team members accountable for hitting their goals.

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Servant Leadership

A servant style of leadership is when someone works with a people-first mindset.

A servant leader believes that team members produce their best work when they feel both
professionally and personally satisfied.

4. Leader

A leader is a person who influences a group of people towards the achievement of

a goal.

5. Types of Leaders

• Managerial Leader
• Relational Leader
• Motivational Leader
• Inspirational Leader
• Transformational Leader

6. Most Important Responsibility of a Leader

The most important responsibility of a leader is to ensure the long-term viability of

the business. The company is a reflection of its leaders. Effective leaders create healthy,
cohesive and successful companies that leave positive legacies.

7. Most Important Roles of a Leader

• The Visionary
• The Strategist
• Establish Effective Communication Protocols
• Be an Effective Role Model
• The Talent Advocator
• Inspiration and Motion

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 • Setting an example

8. Characteristics of the Great Leader

• Great leaders are constant, genuine and curious learners

• Great leaders do not have to be the smartest person in the room
• Great Leaders focus on outcomes, not credits.
• Great leaders do not waver on ethics.
• Great leaders can show vulnerability.
• Great leaders want others to succeed and help them too so.

9. Best Leadership Style

• Demographic Leadership Style

Demographic leadership also known as participative leadership or shared
leadership, is a type of leadership style in which members of the group take a more
participative role in the decision-making.
• Characteristics of Demographic Leadership Style
➢ Promote Creativity
➢ Inclusive
➢ Collaborative
➢ Trust-building
• Pros and Cons of Democratic Leadership
➢ Pros
▪ Empowering
▪ Increase employee satisfaction
➢ Cons
▪ Slower decision making
▪ Can lead to communication failures

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10. Analysis 1

• My Admire Political Leader - Abraham Lincoln

• History and Life of Abraham Lincoln
Name: Abraham Lincoln
Nickname: Honest Abe, the great Emancipator
Born: February 12, 1809, Near Hod Genville, Kentucky
Died: April 15, 1865, in Washington, D.C
Time in office: March 4, 1861, to April 15, 1865
➢ Early Life of Abraham
Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Kentucky on February 12,
1809, to parents who could neither read nor write. He went to school on and off for
a total of about a year, but he educated himself by reading borrowed books. When
Lincoln was nine years old, his mother died. His father—a carpenter and farmer—
remarried and moved his family farther west, eventually settling in Illinois.
As a young adult, Lincoln worked as a flatboat navigator, storekeeper,
soldier, surveyor, and postmaster. At age 25 he was elected to the local government
in Springfield, Illinois. Once there, he taught himself law, opened a law practice,
and earned the nickname "Honest Abe."
He served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives but lost two U.S.
Senate races. But the debates he had about the enslavement of people with his 1858
senatorial opponent, Stephen Douglas, helped him win the presidential nomination
two years later. (Lincoln opposed the spread of slavery in the United States.) In the
four-way presidential race of 1860, Lincoln got more votes than any other
candidate.

➢ A Nation Divided
When Lincoln first took office in 1861, the United States was not truly
united. The nation had been arguing for more than a hundred years about enslaving
people and each state’s right to allow it. Now Northerners and Southerners were
close to war. When he became president, Lincoln allowed the enslavement of

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 people to continue in southern states but he outlawed its spread to other existing
states and states that might later join the Union.
Southern leaders didn’t agree with this plan and decided to secede, or
withdraw, from the nation. Eventually, 11 southern states formed the Confederate
States of America to oppose the 23 northern states that remained in the Union. The
Civil War officially began on April 12, 1861, at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, when
troops from the Confederacy attacked the U.S. fort.
➢ Wartime Presidency
Lincoln’s primary goal as president was to hold the country together. For a
long time, it didn’t look as if he would succeed. During the early years, the South
was winning the war. It wasn’t until the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania during
July 1863 that the war turned in favor of the Union.
Through speeches such as the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln encouraged
Northerners to keep fighting. In this famous dedication of the battlefield cemetery,
he urged citizens to ensure "that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this
nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the
people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." Earlier that
same year Lincoln called for the end of the enslavement of people in his
Emancipation Proclamation speech.
When the war was nearly over, Lincoln was re-elected in 1864. Civil War
victory came on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, when
Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant.
Some 750,000 soldiers had died during the four-year conflict.

11. Analysis 2

• Amazing Habits of Abraham Lincoln

➢ He was a reader.
➢ He practiced humility.
➢ Ha chose to be optimistic.
➢ He ignored the critics.
➢ He took advantage of every day.

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 ➢ He was genuine and kind to others.
➢ He persevered.
➢ He believed in people.
• Qualities of Abraham Lincoln as a Great Leader
➢ Capacity to listen to different point of the views
➢ Ability to learn on the job
➢ Ready willingness to share credit for success
➢ Ready willingness to share blame for failure
➢ Awareness of own weaknesses
➢ Ability to control emotions
➢ Know how to relax and replenish
➢ Strength to adhere to fundamental goals
➢ Ability to communicate goal and vision
• Leadership Qualities of Abraham Lincoln
➢ Bravery
➢ Empathy
➢ Oral commutation
➢ Social skills
➢ Trust in his people
➢ Accessibility
➢ Gentle persuasion
➢ Fessing up to mistakes
➢ Encouraging innovation and being innovative
➢ Stirred emotion
➢ Integrity

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12. Analysis 3

• Evidence of Successful
➢ House Divided Speech
➢ Lincoln-Douglas Debates
➢ Presidential Election of 1860
➢ First Inaugural Address
➢ Wartime Leadership
➢ Emancipation Proclamation
➢ Gettysburg Address
➢ Second Inaugural Address
• Major Accomplishment of Abraham Lincoln
➢ Lincoln is the only president of the United States of Hold a patent.
➢ He became the sixteenth president of the United State.
➢ He signed the first of the Home Stead Acts, allowing poor people to obtain land.
➢ He established the United States Department of Agriculture.
➢ He signed the Morrill Land-Grant act which led to creation of numerous
universities.
➢ Lincoln is behind the progressive nature of income tax in United States.
➢ Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which led to abolishing slavery
in United States.
➢ Lincoln establishes the United State National Banking System.
➢ He led the Union of Victory in the American Civil War.
➢ He lay the stepping stone for Reconstruction.
• My Suggestion for the evidence that his approach can be successful
Lincoln was seemingly a natural born leader. With his ability to command
a room, give a powerful speech and negotiate, he is regarded as one of the best
presidents in American history. As a leader, Lincoln was determined to hold
together a nation that was falling apart at the seams. Without his leadership during
the tumultuous Civil War, it is difficult to imagine where the United States would
be today.

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 Abraham Lincoln is an exemplar and a model of virtue perhaps more than
any person in world history other than religious figures. He holds a special place
in our collective memory in part because of his great accomplishments, but more
importantly, because of certain character qualities so famously attributed to him.
But, as great as he was, Lincoln was not born with these character virtues. He
honed and practiced and developed them daily, and so should we. Lincoln was far
from a perfect individual. He possessed human flaws and made many mistakes in
his life as we all do. However, he learned from his mistakes and learned how to
compensate for his own personal shortcomings. As the famed African-American
spokesman W.E.B. DuBois said in 1922 regarding Lincoln: “I love him not because
he was perfect but because he was not and yet triumphed.” No matter who Abraham
Lincoln met with, he believed to his core that all people deserved equal treatment.
Through constant practice and diligent effort, even when Lincoln attained the high
political position of president, he treated others whom he encountered with honesty,
humility, courage, justice, and grace.

13. Conclusion

Leadership skills need to be put into operation within educational institutions at all
levels, various types of organizations, as well as within households. Hence, the individuals
in leadership positions need to pay attention towards honing of these skills on a regular
basis. The differences between leadership and management are started in terms of various
aspects, i.e., creating a schedule, developing a network for achieving the schedule,
execution and outcomes. The functions of leadership are, leader is the representative of
subordinates, leader is an appropriate counselor, manages time and resources in an
effective manner, makes provision of security to others, makes the working environment
conductive to work, develops the attitude of co-operation among workforce, communicates
policies and procedures to the workforce, guides and directs the overall functioning of the
organization, understands problems and feelings of subordinates and implement measures
to eliminate barriers.

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