Document from the year 2018 in the subject Medicine - Hospital
Environment, Clinical Medicine, grade: 1, Egerton University, language:
English, abstract: This research paper provides a focused discussion on
leadership, qualities of a leader, today's workforce leadership
challenges, and outcomes of good/bad leadership in a healthcare
organization. Leadership seems to have become a powerful tool in
organizational management. This is attributable to the notion that
leaders, rather than managers have significant influences in legitimate
organizations. According to Bertocci (2009), one of the key reasons why
leadership has become an integral element in recent years is because of
the evolving nature of the business world which has become more
competitive, more global and more volatile. It is also apparent that
organizations are increasingly becoming technologically complex; thus,
demanding a high level of expert power. Given the evolving nature of
today's workplace environment and dynamics in the business world, it is
explicit that leadership enhances organizational effectiveness through
improving production, flexibility, competitiveness, quality, efficiency,
satisfaction, and development. This is consistent with the opinion held
by social scientists and organizational management experts who believe
that effective leadership results into a level of order and consistency
to the profitability, as well as quality of products and services. On
the other hand, Lunenburg (2012) observes that a true leader promotes
organizational effectiveness through influencing others and modifying
their behavior. In retrospect, leadership has not been a complex task,
but the evolving workplace environment due to changes in organizational
structure and design are increasingly driving evolution in leadership.
In order to cope with the current organizational change, it is believed
that effective leadership is essential for organizational survival.
