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Research Theme:
Fair Management and Sustainable Economies
Leadership - a Drama
A Master’s Thesis
by
Ismael Anwar
Director of Research: Prof. Philippe Daudi
June 2003
Institute
Baltic Business School (University of Kalmar)
Programme
Master Programme in International Business Management
Course
Master’s Thesis
Title
Leadership – a Drama
Period
November – May 2003
Student
Ismael Anwar
Director of Thesis and Research
Prof. ...
Part I: Leadership - A Drama
Case History . ...
"Leadership - perceived by different angles" ……………. ...
Appendix 2: A short ‘History of Leadership’ …. ... 27-28)
In an époque, which is stamped by uncertainty, ambiguity and disorientation,
in times of rapid technological and economical changes and
in a period of time, in which political and economical rulers misuse their authority by using self-defined values to judge the "rest of the world" by them,
a critical debate of leadership has to be renewed. ...
The work on hand temps to find weak points in the mindset of many present-day leaders and to develop a concept of leadership, which may be applicative, to guide in a sustainable and responsible way. ...
During our research, we found that the very first concept of a "Chamber of Future" was originally invented by a student in the beginning of the 21st century:
In a play, which was entitled "Leadership - A Drama", two imaginary people act the role of resigned political and economical leaders, who are seeking for advice. ...
The editors
Leadership
a Drama
in five acts
by Ismael Anwar
____________________________
2003
Munich, March 2003
Dear Sapientia,
During the last years, the competitiveness of my countrys economy declines and declines. ... If you allow, Ill help you to find out about some new ideas of leadership.
You are invited to a night-talk in my place to discuss some "lessons in leadership" together. ... Anwar was forged on his drama in Sweden, he was studying and working in Germany, which explains the orientation on his former surrounding area. ... Anwar focused on writing Leadership - a Drama, he investigated, to be prepared for the play he planned to compose. ... In a strict-styled paper, which he edited before he begun to write on his drama, the author is describing the journey he undertook to achieve the required pre-understanding for his subject:
Leadership –
perceived by different angles
In the on hand paper, several types of organizational styles and different prototypes of leaders are introduced. ...
Thus, the reader ought be able to analyse existing institutions, their organization and styles of leadership in a more specific manner. ... Which prototypes of leadership can be observed in a manager’s behaviour? Does a manager tend to represent one specific archetype of leadership or is there a mix of several kinds? ...
Generally, leadership can be defined as “a one-way or mutual process of influence that obtains compliance. ... But – and that is characteristic for the pragmatic style of leadership – this intention must not be interpreted as friendliness or a indication of ethic or moral behaviour. ... Don’t wait to earn your leadership; impose it. ... She describes totalitarianism as a perversion of the correct concept of leadership. ... The People’s Servant
Kellerman (2001) describes this concept of leadership by referring to the “Constitutional Convention” in 1787, when the political leaders of the young United States had to decide about a new regime. ... ) debates how new political leadership should be structured. ...
My intention was, to take a close look to the phenomena of leadership. ... I studied leadership in three very different organizations and focused on
companies (= profit organizations)
universities (= public financed non-profit-organizations) and
the Catholic Church.
Theoretical Sensitivity
To get an overview on organizational and leadership science, I wrote the following paper, in which different organizational structures are being discussed and different prototypes of leaders are introduced. ...
I realized that leadership is a very broad field of research. ... All authors described their own observations, interpreted in their own ways and they showed their own ideas and theories about leadership. ... Then, it was up to me to read their summaries and to learn about leadership in this way. ... I wanted to get 1st-hand-data about leadership. ...
To answer these questions, it seemed most effective to talk to people, which are experts in the field of leadership and/or are members of successful organisations. Consequently, I did not concentrate on people in leading positions in middle management, who are mainly focused on operative every-day work and, therefore do not have a general overview on the concepts of leadership. To get an insight into strategic leadership, it made more sense to study leaders, who are holding a very high position in their organizations. ... To learn about the leaders and about the concept of leadership, I had to get into personal contact with them. ... After a short phase of getting in touch and describing my purpose, I asked the different leaders to talk about their definition of leadership, about their problems and about their visions. ... From August 2002 until June 2003, the author of "Leadership - a drama" was a student of Mr. ... Anwar and on the drama he wrote: An important element of the above-mentioned programme was, to learn to work in small groups. ... "Strategic Leadership" or "Post-Modernity". ... Anwar write his drama because of his own interest in the topic or did he write it because he thought his professor wanted to read a thesis like that? ...
It might be on purpose that the author chose to write about leadership. ...
Appendix 1
From Bureaucracies to Networks
Model 1: The rigid Bureaucracy
Model 2: The Bureaucracy with a senior “management” team
Model 3: The Bureaucracy with Project Teams and Task Forces
Model 4: The Matrix Organization
Model 5: The Project Organization
Model 6: The Loosely-coupled Organization Network
Appendix 2
A short “History of Leadership”
“The study of leadership begins with Machiavelli. ...
The first leadership theory which was based on serious research was started in the 1920s. ... Although the concepts of Style Theory had many democratic components, it failed in many non-western countries and had to be replaced by a universal valid theory:
The state of the art in the discussion of leadership is Contingency Theory. It stresses that different circumstances and situations require different styles/kinds of leadership. ... But at the same time it shows that there are endless varieties of leadership and, by that, its explanatory power is reduced to the post-modern context of it depends.
Approximate Word count = 15558
Approximate Pages = 62.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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