In: Operations Management
Differentiate between transformational and transactional leadership.
Transformational Leadership | Transactional Leadership |
1. The leaders make their followers aware about what is important and move them away from self interests. | 1. The leaders make their followers move their followers towards completing their roles in exchange of rewards. |
2. The main focus is on vision and innovation. | 2. The main focus is on goal completion. |
3. Leaders use enthusiasm and charisma in order to motivate their followers. | 3. In order to motivate the followers, leaders use rewards and punishment. |
4. This leadership is generally proactive in nature. | 4. This leadership is generally reactive in nature. |
5. They generally have more than one leaders in the group. | 5. There is only one leader in the group. |
6. This leadership works best where the leaders show motivational behavior and where people are concerned with feelings of each other. | 6. This leadership works best where everyone must follow the rules and regulations and where hierarchy is critical. |