Transformational leadership in technology-driven organizational change

Transformational Leadership Research Themes

Finance transformation and challenges of transformational leaders to deliver more effective and efficient services based on leveraging new technologies and business models.

Theme 1: Technology

Theme 2: Practical Application

Theme 3: Challenges

Theme 4: Theory

Sabatier et al. (2012) used the drug industry to highlight some issues with transformational leadership and their resultant models as they are practically applied. The major theme of this article revolves around Theme 2 and Theme 3 as the article is premised on the idea that the logical approach to a successful business model is dependent upon integrating technology into its overall business strategy. The article addressed Theme 1 within the premises of the article. They wrote "in high technology fields, technological discontinuities are not enough to disrupt an industry's dominant logic. Identifying the factors that might trigger change in that logic can help companies develop strategies to enable them to capture greater value from their innovations by disrupting that logic."

The article eventually concluded their argument by touching on all four of the aforementioned themes. The summary discussed the impact of new technologies and how they are rapidly affecting those industries that depend on their implementation. The development of this theory merges with the idea that transformational leadership must successfully collaborate and blend resources in a technologically-dominant industry.

Article 3

Weerakkody et al. (2011) premised their research article largely on Theme 1 and technology, and how this change has caused radical improvments within the government and public agencies. The researchers introduced a theory, addressing Theme 4, of Business Process Re-engineering (BPR). The authors suggested that BPR, more common in private enterprise, can be also integrated into the public sector. The article continued to elaborate that no real assessment on the BPR movement towards the public sector have been introduced and a real need to evaluate this process is ultimately necessary. This idea touches upon both Themes 2 and 3 as they seek to improve the challenges to leadership through addressing challenges that will lead to a successful practical application of the main ideas presented in this article.

The results of this research effort concluded that incremental steps towards change must be performed at the governmental level in an attempt to reduce a gap in the aptitude of the business world and the non-profit world. The authors concluded that "the results of these cases show that e-Government-induced change requires a plan for a radical improvement which, in contrast to BPR, is obtained by incremental steps and has a high level of participation. The findings offer policy makers valuable insights into the complexities and possible strategies that may need to be followed in order to succeed in e-Government implementation."