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A 9 page paper that begins by tracing the evolution of leadership theories and motivation theories. The essay explains and discusses two leadership theories: situational and servant, and it explains and discusses two motivational theories, Maslow's Hierarchy and Vroom's Expectancy model. Kolb's learning model is also briefly discussed. The writer comments the theories can all complement each other. There are also a few comments directly related to military leadership. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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2007). This theory is still practiced in some places and it was the theory practiced by the military until rather recently (Van Wagner, 2007). Theories evolved from this one to
Trait Theory, Behavioral Theories, including Role Theory and the Managerial Grid, Participative Leadership theories, such as Lewins and Likerts; then, Situational Leadership that included people like Hersey and Blanchard, Vroom
and Yetton, and Houses Path-Goal theory; the next big push was Contingency Theories and included Fiedlers work, Cognitive Resource Theory and Strategic Contingencies Theory (McNamara, 2007). To these were added
Transactional Leadership theories, such as the Leader-Member Exchange theory, and Transformational Leadership theories including such theorists as Bass, Burns and Kouzes and Posner (McNamara, 2007). In between these, appearing at
various times was Servant Leadership Theory. This essay will discuss two of these many theories: Situational Leadership and Servant Leadership. The first emphasizes selecting the appropriate style or action for
the existing situation. The second emphasizes service. Hersey and Blanchard initially introduced the situational leadership model. They had initially called this model the Life-Cycle Theory of Leadership and some authors
continue to use their original title. They may have been influenced by Reddins 3-D Management Style Theory and Black and Moutons Management Style Grid. They pointed out that both these
models emphasized attitude, such as the degree of concern the leader had for completing the product versus their concern for the people involved (Hersey and Blanchard, 1996). They asserted "all
managers should be concerned about both production and people. But that concerned attitude can be expressed in different leadership styles, depending on the situation" (p. 42) and offered their alternative,
the Life-Cycle Theory, which they originally published in a 1969 article (Hersey and Blanchard, 1996). The Situational Theory states the leader must select a style of leadership that is congruent
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