Transformational leadership: a response to limitations in conventional information systems evaluation

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  • Laurie McAulay
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The principles of information technology evaluation typically presume a transactional leadership style. This paper begins with the assumption that evaluation can be used in ways other than as the exercise of transactional leadership. It uses data drawn from a study of the expertise of UK Financial Directors to suggest some of the implications of transformational leadership for the exercise of evaluation. The paper argues that evaluation as framed by transactional leadership is given responsibility for decisions regarding information systems evaluation whilst for transformational leaders evaluation can become the means by which individuals are enabled to take responsibility for their actions.

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تاریخ انتشار 2003