Executive Leadership And Strategic Decisions - 2840 Words

Executive Leadership and Strategic Decisions (Good Bad) Literature Review Bibliography and Outline Module 5 Jeffery Barlow BMAL 501 Liberty University 8/16/2015 Abstract Leaders of organizations are expected to make decisions that positively impact the organization. Not all decisions of leaders are made with the best interests of the organization at hand and not all decisions are beneficial for an organization or the organizations’ employees. Decisions are made in organizations based on attribution, gender bias and in crisis situations. Conversely, there are good decisions made in organizations and those decisions are more likely to benefit an organization and the organizations employees in a positive manner.†¦show more content†¦33). A study was conducted to review the effects of internal and external factors of attribution theory in organizations. The goal was to see how and why attribution had an effect on decisions made within organizations. Of course the internal factors are within the person and the external factors are factors in our environment. â€Å"Autocratic leaders are arbitrary, controlling, power-oriented, coercive, punitive and closed-minded† (Lopez, Ensari, 2014, p. 21). They have a negative impact on employee job satisfaction as well because they are so structured and are not concerned with how employees feel in the work place. Employees want to feel that their leaders have some c are and concern about their and their families’ well-being and the employees’ success with the organization. While employees see autocratic leaders as the so-called mean leader they have a total different view of the so-called charismatic leader. â€Å"The charismatic leader is viewed as a leader with strong qualities such as strategic vision, inspiration and unconventionality that lead the followers to strongly identify them† (Lopez, Ensari, 2014, p. 21). It is almost like employees believe that an organization with autocratic leaders is doomed to failure because the leader has no personality and does not properly care for their employees feelings and emotions– which we know is not true – and conversely