Leadership styles and organizational transformation in selected remittance companies in Mogadishu, Somalia

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2012-09
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Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
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The purpose of the study was determine the leadership styles and organizational transformation in selected remittance companies in Mogadishu, Somalia. The Leaders have clear visions and they communicate these visions to their employees, means working with and through people by providing them with a vision of the future which is meaningful to them and motivating. Studies on leadership styles have proposed that leadership is both strategic and pragmatic and encourages all members of a team to deliver their best as an individual and as a team member. Studies on organizational transformation have revealed that leadership also means a critical requirement for any quality initiative; the individual or group of individuals, who assumes the role of providing the guidance and resources necessary for an organization to accomplish a mission and thus organizational transformation (Rubin, 1985). The collapse of the central government of Somalia in 1991 disrupted all facets of the state apparatus. Following over a decade of civil war and an absence of central authority the country is fragmented, with isolated and independent administrative entities leader taking it easy The Somalia remittance system or Hawala must undertake measures to transform their operations into more efficient and viable efforts in order to achieve organizational performance because they are entirely legal to a large extent as some are still operating without license. Hence necessitating further research into the study leadership styles and organizational transformation in selected of remittance companies in Mogadishu, Somalia.
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A thesis presented to the College of Higher Degrees and Research Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in Project Planning and Management
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Leadership styles, Organizational transformation, Remittance companies, Mogadishu, Somalia
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