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Level 7 Diploma in Business and Organisational Psychology

Transactional Leadership in Contemporary Organisations

BOP704 · Leadership and Management Style — Week 5 of 16

CourseBOP704
Week5 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Transactional Leadership in Contemporary Organisations

  1. Mechanics of contingent reward systems
  2. Active and passive management-by-exception
  3. Compliance versus commitment paradigms
  4. Evaluating transactional applicability in regulated and operational environments
  5. Full Range of Leadership Model - Organizational Psychology Lecture 13.6
  6. What is Transactional Leadership?
  7. Transactional vs Transformational Leadership

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Critically discuss situational theories of leadership and the applicability of transactional leadership in an organisation.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: critically discuss situational theories of leadership and the applicability of transactional leadership in an organisation.

Study materials

Videos

  • Full Range of Leadership Model - Organizational Psychology Lecture 13.6 · YouTube · Professor Q · 7 min · for registered students
  • What is Transactional Leadership? · YouTube · Management Courses - Mike Clayton · 5 min · for registered students
  • Transactional vs Transformational Leadership · YouTube · Alexander Lyon Communication Coach · 11 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 12.8: Transformational, visionary and charismatic leadership · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 352–355 · for registered students
  • Perceived leadership style and subjective well-being of employees · Reading · Reading, article · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Distinguishing Leadership and Management
  • Week 2: Trait Theories and Personal Characteristics
  • Week 3: Skills, Competencies, and Emotional Intelligence
  • Week 4: Situational and Contingency Perspectives
  • Week 5: Transactional Leadership in Contemporary Organisations
  • Week 6: Transformational Leadership Theory
  • Week 7: Servant Leadership in Practice
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Authentic Leadership and Ethical Governance
  • Week 10: Contextual and Organisational Variables
  • Week 11: Leadership Adaptability, Crisis, and Change
  • Week 12: Applying Leadership and Management Style in practice: case …
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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