Organizational Leadership Four Organizational Models Term Paper

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Good ideas are no longer assumed to merely rest in the minds of the organization's top leadership personnel, and employee loyalty to the company cannot be assumed, given that even the best employees know that they may be laid off during these volatile economic times.

Instead, supportive approaches to leadership are being adopted. A supportive approach depends upon a leader showing charismatic leadership instead of using his or her powerful position or monetary incentives to win a following. Through leadership the organization helps the employee to grow and accomplish things in the organization on a personal level. (Clark, 1998) More and more, Generation X managers are seeking companies that nurture their growth and provide a stimulating atmosphere, rather than simply looking for the position that pays them the most amount of money or promises long-standing benefits. Also, because companies are more unstable than before, the promise of benefits may be less of a draw, and building a resume of skills is just as important a security 'insurance' policy for future employment as a high salary.

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Another model common today that was less common in the past is that of the collegial concept of leadership. This model depends upon the management building a partnership with employees. (Clark, 1998) This company lacks much top-down leadership, but rather than relying upon charismatic leadership in the new supportive model (like Bill Gates' Microsoft) this model has a more collective culture and way of delegating decision making, much like the leadership models in operation at Google.

One final important reminder in contrasting the different, dominant modes of leadership in America's past and present is that Baby Boomers and Gen-X managers may come to negotiate with one another with different kinds of expectations, based upon the organizational cultures they grew up within. (Smith, 2006) This must be kept in mind so that the different parties attempt to 'speak' the same language of management, even while they may have evolved in different organizational environments.

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