Key Historical Events Relating to Organizational Leadership
| Timeline | Impact on organizations | Foundational theories that help support organizational success | Theorists |
| Industrial Revolution-1840-1945 | You are assigning leadership roles based on the traits and competencies of a leader. | · Great man theory
The theory posits that people are born with leadership attributes (Syros, 2021). ·Trait theory The theory suggests that some specific characteristics and qualities make someone a leader (Harrison, 2020). |
Great man theory-Thomas, Carlyle
Trait theory-Gordon Allport |
| Interregnum period-
1649-1660 |
According to Hunt & Fedynich (2018), the interregnum period focused on leadership based on the power granted to people in leadership positions. This period’s significant impact on organizational leadership was the development of hierarchical organizational structures. | · Power theory
The theory posits that the ontological need for power emerges from human survival requirements such as basic needs (Hunt & Fedynich, 2018). |
C.Wright Mills |
| Post-war period-1946-1980s | This period was characterized by different leadership theories that influenced the factors organizations considered when selecting leaders and measuring leadership effectiveness, such as a leader’s behavior and how they handled a specific situation. | · Behavioral theory
The theory focuses on the behavior of leaders and assumes that leadership traits can be copied (Fuller, 2019). · Situational theory The theory posits that leaders adapt to certain leadership styles based on the situation (Mulders, 2019). · Contingency theory The theory proposes that effective leadership is influenced by the situation that requires a leader’s input (Heller, 2019). |
Behavioral theory-Dr.Rensis Likert
Situational theory-Blanchard and Hersey Contingency theory-Professor Fred Fielder |
| Modern Era-1980s to present | Organizations have acknowledged that leadership styles influence effective leadership. | Situational and contingency theories. Leadership in organizations in the modern era includes applying situational and contingency theories to justify leadership styles such as transformational, transactional, democratic, and autocratic. | Situational theory-Blanchard and Hersey
Contingency theory-Professor Fred Fielder |
References
Fuller, M. B. (2019). Trait and behavioral leadership theories. Leadership of Higher Education Assessment, 74-104. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351181006-3
Harrison, C. (2020). Trait leadership theory. Traditional Paradigms of Leadership. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40805-3_1
Heller, F. A. (2019). Leadership, decision making, and contingency theory. Managing Democratic Organizations, 211-227. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429432569-13
Hunt, T., & Fedynich, L. (2018). Leadership: Past, Present, and Future: An Evolution of an Idea. Journal of Arts & Humanities, 8(2), 20-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.18533/journal.v8i2.1582
Mulders, M. (2019). Situational leadership theory. 101 Management Models, 312-314. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003022022-86
Syros, V. (2021). The Safavid Machiavelli: Shah ʿAbbās I and the “Great man” theory revisited. Comparative Political Theory, 1(1), 57-79. https://doi.org/10.1163/26669773-01010005
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Key Historical Events Relating to Organizational Leadership
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