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Managing an Organization Through Leadership Based on the Values

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  • Gustaw Michalewski
  • Tomasz Smal

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Purpose: Assuming that the concept of value-based leadership is one of the most effective ways of managing a contemporary organization, authors - based on their experience and a broad literature review - decided to identify key values that should be taken into account within the discussed management style. Design/Methodology/Approach: The paper was created on the basis of the knowledge and experience accumulated by the authors in the course of their military service, both while performing official duties as officers in commanding and managerial positions in a military unit, and during the teaching process as lecturers at the Military University of Land Forces. The authors' participation in military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan was also an important empirical basis for the analysis of the issues included in the study. The research material was collected in the course of participant observation during the fulfillment of a number of the aforementioned leadership roles and functions, and in the course of the didactic process at a military academy. Findings: One of the most important achievements in the field of leadership, which is the ability to build sustainable organizations, aimed at achieving a common goal, which is the common good, is leadership based on values. The research succeeded in identifying the key values that are critical to the effective management of the organization. The analyzes made it possible to conclude that the dignity of the person and the common good occupy a priority place in the hierarchy of values that should be followed by every manager. Practical Implications: The search for sources of effective leadership usually begins with defining the classic requirements for creating an effective organization, i.e., presenting the vision, mission, strategy, goals and tasks of the organization, so that decisions can be made as to the appropriate ways of its operation. Therefore, this adequacy should correspond in the first place with the "big five" announced by the leader. Moving in the direction set out above provides value-based leadership. Originality/Value: The article points the changes and challenges in the functioning of organization within last years and indicates the need to consider change in style of management by introducing leadership based on values.

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  • Gustaw Michalewski & Tomasz Smal, 2023. "Managing an Organization Through Leadership Based on the Values," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(1), pages 82-93.
  • Handle: RePEc:ers:journl:v:xxvi:y:2023:i:1:p:82-93
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    Keywords

    Management; organization; leadership; based-values leadership.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J53 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
    • M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management

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