The Importance Of Task Oriented Leadership

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Before taking the survey, I was fully confident I am more relationship oriented than I am task oriented. Reflecting back on the previous assignments completed for this course, I believe it is easy to determine that I am more people orientated. Further, I expressed my belief that success and accomplishment it’s easier to achieve as a team that is oriented with the same goal or outcome. However, when it comes to business, the overall result or mission accomplishment will always be the priority. In the big picture, it does not matter whether a leader is task oriented or relationship oriented as long as the task given is accomplished successfully. Therefore, I can agree this survey is effective in determining I’m individuals preferred orientation. However, I believe it should be coupled with other surveys or questionnaires to help build or develop leaders and their preferred leadership styles.
The results of the table one survey compared to the results of the table two survey were not dramatically different. Considering my military background, I have been programmed to focus on end results. Fortunately, the structure of the military allows leaders to …show more content…

For example, a well-structured group with a weak leader-member relationship would benefit from someone who uses a relational and oriented leadership approach. Groups who are already structured and task-oriented would not require additional structure or directives to accomplish a goal, yet they could benefit from the leader who makes them feel a part of a team. Conversely, groups or teams that do not have a structure or a strong leader-member relationship could benefit from the structure and discipline provided by a task oriented leader. Overall, the decision should ultimately be determined by the overall needs of the group or team that needs to be

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