Gallen, graduate school of business administration, economics, law, and social sciences hsg to obtain the title of doctor oeconomiae submitted by frank walter from germany. The theory and practice of strategy in business organizations s. Some writers have argued that formal strategic management procedures are particularly. Her doctoral and post doctoral research, strategic consulting and executive development draws on more than 20 years of experience as executive in,and consultant to,business,government and university sectors. An organization that has no good leadership is like a ship on the high sea without a captain. Overview of succession planning key strategies to implementing strategic leadership development 1. Strategic leadership the only thing harder than being a strategic leader is trying to define the entire scope of strategic leadership a broad, difficult concept.
The report focuses on three relevant issues regarding. A comparison was undertaken by firstly exploring how school leadership and management practices of school leadership and management teams. Short essay on strategic management university of craiova. This logic stipulates that higher levels of strategic consensus are positively associated with. Strategic surprisingly, here there is ready agreement. Structural change can be seen as a reorganization that. An evaluation of strategic leadership in selected schools and its contribution to academic performance is my own work and independent research making use of different literature. Leadership style and the organization life cycle a. Strategic leadership repub, erasmus university repository. Effectiveness of transformational leadership style in. Analysis of cited documents, authors and sources via cocitation analysis to.
Picard, 2004,1 and exploring strategic options for companies operating in various markets and regulatory settings gershon, 2000. How leadership and management dynamics contribute to. The intention of this book is to help with the releasing of more leaders and to raise the standard of excellence of leadership as it is expressed in the church. By submitting this dissertation electronically, i declare that the entirety of the. You must use your judgment to decide the best course of action and the leadership style needed for each situation. Establish an ongoing dialogue about succession development 3. The main objective of this study was to investigate the factors influencing the implementation of strategic plans in public secondary schools in kenya. Causal model regarding effectiveness of strategy process 26. What you do in one situation will not always work in another. Others view strategic leadership as a set of activities that leaders must perform if they are to enhance organizational performance.
Transformational leadership to use this approach in the workforce, one must first understand exactly what transformational leadership is. In other words, transformational leadership is the ability to. Strategic planning thesis pdf 2 taking a closer look at three decades of strategic planning literature. The thesis the battles of bleeding kansas directly affected the civil war, and the south was fighting primarily to protect the institution of slavery doesnt work very well, because the arguments are disjointed and focused on different ideas. Recall competencies that are essential for leaders who wish to develop strategic leadership skills. Describe four characteristics of consequential decisions.
The relationship between strategic leadership and strategic. Quttainah 2015 argued for the need to develop executive leadership theories that would predict how higher management affects the strategy performance. How leadership and management dynamics contribute to school. Strategic leadership is the means of linking this broad activity to shorterterm operational planning, thereby imbuing the responses to immediate events with elements of the value system and the longerterm strategic direction. Role of strategic leadership in strategy implementation source. In the literature, leadership has been identified as an important subject in the field of organizational behaviour. Identify the four components of the strategic leadership environment, and list factors that belong to each component. The relationship between strategic leadership and strategic alignment in highperforming companies in south africa by lorraine wendy lear submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of doctor of business leadership at the university of south africa graduate school of business leadership promoter professor.
A recommendation for identifying and developing the united states armys future strategic leaders major larry burris the views, opinions, and ideas outlined in this paper are purely those of the author and do not in any way represent the views and. To researchers, leadership plays an essential role in an organizations strategy and performance karamat, 20. This thesis investigates the contribution of management and leadership development mld for middle managers. The role of strategic leadership in effective strategy implementation. Impact of organisational culture on strategic leadership development with special reference to nalco 1leena p. Leadership style and the relationship between communication satisfaction and organizational commitment. Therefore, this thesis raises questions to know how internal school stakeholders.
Investigating the antecedents of charismatic and preventionoriented leadership behaviors dissertation of the university of st. An abstract of the dissertation of name of student, for the doctor of philosophy degree in major field, presented on date of defense, at southern illinois university car. Strategic leadership is, therefore, defining the vision and moral purpose and translating them into action. Use a strategic plan to assess future leadership needs 4. Introduction to strategic leadership 3 in strategic leadership, we will help you develop that bigpicture understanding of how to guide your actions. The nature and dimensions of strategic leadership brent davies and barbara j. Leadership style and the organization life cycle 9 statement of the problem this researchers belief is that a significant factor of the changes in leadership at pillsbury had to do with the corporate change in strategic direction that was happening. Its central hypothesis is that mld plays an important role in enabling strategic change through middle managers, but that greater contextualisation is required to understand the precise nature of its effects and its limitations. This paper aims to provide an understanding of the nature and dimensions of strategic leadership. Strategic management is an ongoing process that evaluates and controls the business. This thesis was written for my master degree in business administration at. This thesis is intended to contribute to the body of strategic management.
Impact of organisational culture on strategic leadership. We will not, however, focus so much on leadership structures and techniques. In other words, ability of management to execute collaborated effort depends on leadership capability. Introduction to management and leadership concepts. The strategic planning reference and resource book has been designed to familiarize you and help you through the strategic planning process in a stepbystep approach. Introduction to management and leadership concepts, principles, and practices ing. Strategic leadership in public sector administration. Assessment of the factors influencing the implementation of. This thesis is my original work and has not been presented for a degree in any other.
Masters thesis evaluation of leadership and organizational performance in small scale industries in nigeria. But we will also encourage you to take responsibility and initiative for how you implement those strategies on a daytoday tactical level. A related perspective rowe, 2001 on strategic leadership views it as a. Perceptions of south african strategic leaders article pdf available january 2009 with 6,704 reads how we measure reads. Transformational leadership is a vital role for effective managers because leader effectiveness determines the ultimate success of the organization. The relationship between strategic leadership and strategic alignment in highperforming companies in south africa by lorraine wendy lear submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of doctor of business leadership at the university of south africa graduate school of business leadership promoter professor ernst neuland. Hence, the researchers are interested in finding out the extent to which principal embrace, accept and practice transformational leadership styles in their various schools. Management theorists and practitioners may chose one or two of the five functions as most important, but this is not borne out normatively. In the simplest terms, transformational leadership is a process that changes and transforms individuals northouse 2001.
List and define four challenges of strategic leadership. This paper was accepted for publication at the 2011 strategic management society conference sms conference that will be. I wish to dedicate this research thesis to my family who gave me enormous support and limitless encouragement during. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. In 2011, my senior supervisor and i developed the paper entitled interaction dynamics of strategic planning within mform based firms. Leaders that had done very well in the previous incarnation were no longer suited to the new one.
Using a handbook for strategic planning, the senior leadership team can complete most of the. It is that set of managerial decisions and actions that determine the long term performance of a business enterprise. Ready for printer strategic leadership development toolkit. Bryman 1992 discovered that transformational leadership is positively related.
Given the complexity of strategic planning process in general, and the purpose of the present research, in particular, it can be outlined two fundamental objectives of this doctoral thesis, as follows. Strategic management can be defined as the identification of the purpose of the organisation and the plans and actions to achieve the purpose. Little that managers at all levels in an organization do falls outside the purview of the five management functions. In order to bring out the best in an employee, the. Masters thesis abia state, nigeria by owolabi yusau lawal. Taylor of leadership styles influence to the strategic decisions and the leadership styles of trait theory and situational theory were also impact on strategic decisions of the organization. Recommendations are that strategic leadership, administrative accountability. Contents of the strategic leadership development toolkit. The thesis is the backbone for all the other arguments in your essay, so it has to cover them all.
Introduction the focus of strategic leadership is the enduring performance potential of an organization achieving the potential of the organization over time so that it will thrive in the long term hughes, et. That all documents collected in the process of data gathering will be authentic and. The leadership influence to the strategic management of the organization. Quality leadership tql coordinators, and strategic planning facilitators in leading the strategic management process. To assess the effects of leadership on the implementation of strategic plans in public secondary schools in. Jofre foreword the present report is the result of an ongoing study on the patterns and trends on both the theory and practice in the field of strategic management. The effect of strategic leadership style on the effectiveness of. Pdf the foremost concern for every strategic manager is to enable. However, there is a main argument about whether smes need to develop a strategic plan. It then provides students with a brief overview of the strategic challenges that had surfaced for dickinson by the mid1990s. Chapter 1 simply introduces these concepts, with chapter 2 strategic approaches, chapter 3 on hr and strategic hrm. My dissertation committee included linda morris who always had a way of clarifying. I also declare that this thesis has not been submitted for degree purposes to any university or academic institution. Interaction dynamics of strategic a thesis in strategic.
Effective leadership in the church a training tool to help congregations, pastors, and other church leaders effectively work together to accomplish gods mission. Felu, declare that i am the author of the masters thesis entitled. It provides an outline for you to plan, organize and conduct your conference, document and execute your plan, and to monitor and adjust your strategic plan, as needed. We cannot always define it or describe it in every detail, but we recognize it in action. Pdf the role of strategic leadership in effective strategy. Topics of discussion aligning business strategy, culture and people strategy management vs. It considers the nature of strategy in its broadest sense and puts forward a model of a sustainable strategically focused school. Leadership is one with the most dynamic effects during individual and organizational interaction. To assess the effects of leadership on the implementation of strategic plans in public secondary schools in kenya.