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¶ … Leadership The author of this report is asked to answer to a number of questions relating to leadership. First is a compare and contrast of Fiedler's Model of Leadership followed by a description of the Cognitive Resource Theory. Next, it is asked whether high experience or high intelligence is a better trait to have in a high-stress situation. Lastly, the author is to give examples of transactional leadership, transformation leadership and visionary leadership in a police setting.

Fiedler's Model of Leadership & Cognitive Resource Theory

Fiedler said that a "pretzel-shaped" theory is needed to describe and quantify the characteristics of a "pretzel-shaped" world. He said the three main factors in play were leader/member relations, task structure and position power. However, he emphasized that leader/member relations took on twice the importance of the other two dimensions because the impact of management (or mismanagement) of this dimension was much more profound (Salisbury, 2013).

By contrast, the focus of Fiedler's Cognitive Resource Theory focuses on measuring task and relationship-oriented leadership. Two main variables in the theory are intelligence and experience. Intelligence, of course, is measured by any number of standardized intelligence quotient (IQ) tests and experience is time served in certain task and leadership-oriented situations (CSS, 2013).

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A person with intelligence may be light on their feet from a thinking standpoint but that does not mean that they will be able to pull off a good performance in a timely manner and certainly not with the accuracy and poise of someone who can say that they've "been there, done that." A person of high intelligence would be better in a conceptual and process-changing role rather than being plugged into a high-stress situation that they have not been in before. That being said, an experienced person that is also intelligent at the same time would be the best of both worlds as they have the foresight to know how to deal with certain situations but they also have the ability to think better on the fly when things are stressful because they know all of the context and background of the situation. In short, intelligence is nice to have in a stressful ordeal but having been there before and knowing precisely how to react is even better if only one can be chosen because people that are intelligent don't always have "street smarts" and they don't always make the best decisions even though they have the faculties that they do.
As for the examples of transactional, transformational and visionary leadership in a police setting, those examples are not hard to find. A transactional…

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Biography. (2013, August 12). Steve Jobs Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story

Biography.com. Famous Biographies & TV Shows - Biography.com. Retrieved August 12, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/steve-jobs-9354805

CSS. (2013, August 11). Cognitive Resource Theory. CSS.edu. Retrieved August 11, 2013, from faculty.css.edu/dswenson/web/LEAD/cogresourcetheory.html

Salisbury. (2013, August 11). Fiedler's Theory. Salisbury University. Retrieved August
11, 2013, from http://facultyfp.salisbury.edu/fmshipper/MGMT625/overview_of_fiedler.htm
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