Tent City Case Study

Introduction

They say adversity brings the best out of man . A situation will always prove our worth . Such situations are very uncomfortable to handle and may look daunting at the time , but we are stronger because of such situations . The role of Governmental agencies , and especially the leaders , in disaster management is a thankless job . We all know that the disaster relief is being organized and handled by Government agencies or authorities , but we never know who these people are or how they work and their limitations at a personal and organizational

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Mounting a disaster relief is an enormous effort , involving thousands of people from various Government agencies , volunteers and local authorities . The leaders who manage this are the top of the flight leaders , who work against time , with limited resources and what drives them on is the desire to succeed and save lives and property . The true mettle of a leader is tested in such operations , when people work against time , and without a visible tangible benefit to accrue from the effort

Ms . Sarah Baker has to lead this Tent City initiative . She is afraid if she hands this responsibility to the Public Works people , it would not be very effective . She , in the process of leading this operation , has to liaison , monitor , lead , motivate , and manage thousands of workers and volunteers . She has to decide on her approach towards this operation for the operation to be successful

Transformational versus Transactional Leadership

A transactional leader works on the...