ESSAY: Adaptive and Psychodynamic Approach

INSTRUCTIONS

Then, choose one of the two questions below for this week’s forum:

After reading the text regarding Adaptive Leadership, describe this leadership style in your own words and give your interpretation of the Table 9.4.

OR

In the lesson regarding psychodynamic approach to leadership, review the CASE STUDY (Martha). After reviewing the case study issues, discuss the questions at the end of the case study.

Instructions: Your initial post should be at least 250 words, not including repeated questions, references and quotes. Please respond to at least two other students.

ANSWER

Adaptive and Psychodynamic Approach

Leadership, from the text on Adaptive Leadership, is seen to be an approach that entails managing other people and influencing them to achieve a given set of objectives. According to Dugan (2017), Adaptive leadership is an important attribute that drive an entity towards making positive decisions to solve recurring problems and adapt to changing environments. A leader should be alert to capture what the environment offers in order to positively influence other people (Dugan, 2017). For instance, engaging in constructive discussions on how to pursue a given task should be a role that leaders should partake with an intention not only to inspire and motivate team…

Authority in leadership is a critical concept that helps in guiding a given group towards accomplishing a set of goals. Authority is not necessarily seen as leadership since leadership requires skills such as coordination and team building which do not exist in authority (Dugan, 2017). Although most leaders are seen to have authority over tasks and groups of people, it is the …

Table 9.4 is an illustrative table on categorization of leaders on the basis of adaptive leadership. The table basically means that adaptive leadership can approach a problem in various ways. Type I and II offers a direct approach of problem solving through developing a clear definition on the problem. The explanation leads to creation of an effective foundation upon which a problem is solved (Dugan, 2017). On the other hand, type III offers learning opportunities on the problem at hand thus developing an enhanced adaptive leadership strategy. The table illustrates that clarity and learning are two important concepts in leadership. Combining the two concepts will therefore…

Reference

Dugan, J. P. (2017). Leadership Theory: Adaptive Leadership. John Wiley & Sons, 1(1), 1-9.