The Role of Leadership in Driving Organizational Change: A Comparative Analysis of Different Management Styles

Abstract

This study examines the crucial role that leadership plays in bringing about organizational change, with a particular emphasis on comparing various management philosophies. Organizational transformation requires strong leadership, and the leadership style chosen can have a big impact on how successful change initiatives are. This study looks at important leadership philosophies, such as transactional and transformational leadership, and how they affect organizational change. Transactional leaders place more emphasis on efficiency and well-organized procedures than transformational leaders do on encouraging and motivating staff to come up with creative solutions. This research tries to clarify how various leadership styles affect the durability and success of change projects through an analysis of case studies and empirical data. The results offer significant perspectives for establishments aiming to harmonize their leadership approaches with their transformation goals, thereby fostering more efficient and robust change management methodologies.