College MGMT-470: Business Management Capstone BS in Business Management Program Program Director: Dr. A Student’s Name: Street Address: City, State and Zip Code: Preferred Phone: College Email: Capstone Submission Date: Capstone Project Title: TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I receive in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in this paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data, ideas, or works, either quoted directly or paraphrased. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me specifically for this course. Student’s Signature: Date: TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP A Capstone Project Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Bachelor of Science in Business Management Division of Continuing Professional Studies College Table of Contents Contents I. Abstract 4 II. Essential Competencies 5 III. Statement of the Problem 5 Research Problem and Thesis Statement 6 Purpose Statement 6 Research Questions 6 Methodological Approach 6 Structure and Organization 7 IV. Literature Review (4) 7 Transformational Leadership 7 Character Traits 8 Effect of Transformational Leadership 8 V. Discussion of Findings 1 RQ1: Is there a direct link between the success of a company and the leadership capacity? 1 RQ2: How do character traits affect the way leadership is conducted? 1 VI. Recommendations 2 VIII. References 3 I. Abstract Leadership is important in the success of an organization. However, in business management the right kind of leadership is transformational leadership. This is because it caters to the needs of the flowers and in the process stabilization of the organization through self-motivation and development that is all round. This paper is written in several sections, the introduction, the research problems, thesis, purpose, research questions, methodology, discussion, recommendation and conclusion. It looks at the recognition of the strength of leadership in making a company successful, it is important thatand also explores the recognition of elements of leadership through character traits, type of leadership, and the traits in that leadership that support the potential for success. By considering these three elements,Therefor in looking that the three elements a conclusion can be reached on the most importantmore impactful aspects of leadership that has have to be considered by an organization in the vision of success in implementation of strategies and tactics. Comment by Orbinati, Albert: Your capstone project should be written from an unbiased and neutral perspective. Rather than saying “this is the way things should be,” researchers say “this is my observation and here’s what is recommended.” One way is definitive and absolute, and the other is flexible and open. The best researchers are always flexible and open. Does that make sense? So, a.

1. College
MGMT-470: Business Management Capstone
BS in Business Management Program
Program Director: Dr. A
Student’s Name:
Street Address:
City, State and Zip Code:
Preferred Phone:
College Email:
Capstone Submission Date:
Capstone Project Title: TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORSHIP:
I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any
assistance I receive in its preparation is fully acknowledged and
disclosed in this paper. I have also cited any sources from
which I used data, ideas, or works, either quoted directly or
paraphrased. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me
specifically for this course.
Student’s Signature:
Date:

2. TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP
A Capstone Project
Submitted in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the degree
Bachelor of Science in Business Management
Division of Continuing Professional Studies
College
Table of Contents
Contents
I. Abstract 4
II. Essential Competencies 5
III. Statement of the Problem 5
Research Problem and Thesis Statement 6
Purpose Statement 6
Research Questions 6
Methodological Approach 6

3. Structure and Organization 7
IV. Literature Review (4) 7
Transformational Leadership 7
Character Traits 8
Effect of Transformational Leadership 8
V. Discussion of Findings 1
RQ1: Is there a direct link between the success of a company
and the leadership capacity? 1
RQ2: How do character traits affect the way leadership is
conducted? 1
VI. Recommendations 2
VIII. References 3
I. Abstract
Leadership is important in the success of an organization.
However, in business management the right kind of leadership
is transformational leadership. This is because it caters to the
needs of the flowers and in the process stabilization of the
organization through self-motivation and development that is all
round. This paper is written in several sections, the
introduction, the research problems, thesis, purpose, research
questions, methodology, discussion, recommendation and
conclusion. It looks at the recognition of the strength of
leadership in making a company successful, it is important
thatand also explores the recognition of elements of leadership
through character traits, type of leadership, and the traits in that
leadership that support the potential for success. By considering
these three elements,Therefor in looking that the three elements
a conclusion can be reached on the most importantmore
impactful aspects of leadership that has have to be considered
by an organization in the vision of success in implementation of
strategies and tactics. Comment by Orbinati, Albert: Your
capstone project should be written from an unbiased and neutral
perspective. Rather than saying “this is the way things should

4. be,” researchers say “this is my observation and here’s what is
recommended.”
One way is definitive and absolute, and the other is flexible and
open. The best researchers are always flexible and open. Does
that make sense?
So, assuming there is a lot of verbiage in your paper that says
something to the effect of “this is the way things should be” or
“X needs to do Y”, please change this verbiage so it is less
absolute and more open. Comment by Orbinati, Albert: This
sentence should be your purpose statement. “The purpose of this
research is to…..”
II. Essential Competencies Comment by Orbinati, Albert:
You have to explain, in detail, how your project met the
essential competencies you chose.
The following outcomes are the 10 Essential Learning
Competencies for the MGMT-470 Capstone Project:
1. Functional Area Expertise & General Business Integration
2. Oral Communication Proficiency
3. Teamwork, Human Relations & Organizational Effectiveness
4. Problem Solving & Decision-Making Proficiency
5. Complementary Personal Attitudes, Values & Traits
III. Statement of the Problem Comment by Orbinati, Albert:
Overall, I need to see far more research substantiation in your
writing. The general rule of thumb is: any time, as a researcher,
you make a claim about something, it needs to be supported by
research of some kind. There needs to be both your voice and
expert voices in your paper.
Also, these sources need to be diverse and plentiful.
Try using the MEAL plan when you write. It’s a “trick of the
trade” to use when putting a paragraph together. Here’s how it

5. works:
M stands for main point, and is the first sentence of the
paragraph. It’s the topic that you want to talk about in the
paragraph. As a simple example, let’s go with: The sky is blue.
E stands for evidence, and is the sentence that immediately
follows your first sentence. Its purpose is to support and
substantiate the main point you made in the first sentence.
Using our example, let’s go with: Smith (2018) stated that the
“sky is blue because of the refraction of light off of particles in
the atmosphere” (p.34).
A stands for argument or analysis. It’s the part that follows the
evidence and is your chance to analyze what the reference said.
It’s the “your voice” part of the paragraph. Using our example,
let’s go with: While the refraction is light is partly why we see
blue when we look at the sky, there are other reasons why the
sky appears to be blue.
L stands for link. It should be the final sentence in your
paragraph and provides a flow to the next paragraph, to prevent
disjointedness in your writing. Using our example, let’s go
with: As it turns out, how we perceive color has as much to do
with the sky being blue as anything else
Putting it altogether, we have:
The sky is blue. Smith (2018) stated that the “sky is blue
because of the refraction of light off of particles in the
atmosphere” (p.34). While the refraction is light is partly why
we see blue when we look at the sky, there are other reasons
why the sky appears to be blue. As it turns out, how we perceive
color has as much to do with the sky being blue as anything
else.

6. The perception of color….
Introduction
Effective leadership is often emphasized in the outcome of the
team, and the performance after a project has been done.
Therefore the success of an organization in many ways is an
influence of the type of leadership that is presented to and the
reflection of the leadership to the behavior of the team
members. Given this, leadership success is not directly
measured by the profitability that has been achieved by the
company but by the stability often members within the team in
continuous performance and achievement of success with time.
As a result, there is objectivity that is given in leadership as
being the influence of a person able to give the team a purpose
to be effective in their work environment.
Many times, leadership at the workplace is taken as given
without consideration o the input in the general development
and thus its drive towards performance efficiency and success.
According to Schultz, a leader from Starbucks Corporation, it is
often one of the things that make people entitled and often the
cause of or failure. Therefore good leadership requires that the
leader is aware of their situation and when resented with a
problem they cannot be able to solve, they will quickly ask for
help and support. In this way, there is more collaboration in
working and thus a result of one path and one goal that ensures
success. By pointing this out, the leaders point to the aspect of
character development and identification of decision making
elements. Taking into account the leaders’ character, there is an
aspect of the meshing of characters of the leader and that of the
team member that is required to produce a well-oiled machine
that ensures optimization available capacity as well as the
development of inputs that ensure success. In consideration of
this, therefore, there are elements in leadership that are required

7. in order to have definitive character traits necessary to be
inspirational, motivation and decision in the process f
productivity influence and profitability measure.
At the same time, leadership is only valid if there is
consideration of the all-round development process. This is
because, in every group, there are different cultures and
situation in which a person have been brought up. Therefore as
products of different environments, there is a tendency to have a
diversity of character traits as well as a school of thought. In
combination with this, there are different levels of
understanding between individuals hence different levels of
tolerance and responsiveness to learning, teaching, and
stimulation. As a result, there is a likelihood of chaos within a
group that may lead to poor communication or acceptance of
each other’s opinion. Therefore leadership is one of the more
centrally focused authorities that help to shape a team into
something organized and more interlinked. Therefore there is an
aspect of emphasis of the positive and reduction of the negative
that is necessary to facilitate a more positive conscious attitude
within members of a team. In order to recognize this aspect, it
is essential to understand that success is measured in the first
step by making sure that these members can put aside their
differences to work towards a common goal.
Consequently, the leader should be able to make this goal more
transparent for the team and in the process bring them together
to focus on the path and in a way develop the process of
deliberation and tactic application for select input and creativity
in the workplace. This in itself requires more understanding of
individual strengths and weakness and hence accommodation of
the uniqueness of an individual in the process of
implementation for maximization of the resultant outcome right
from the beginning of a project. All these are a task that a
leader should be able to accommodate together with their
responsibilities and roles within an organization. However,

8. these are necessary for the facilitation of development, growth,
and success in any project. Consider the Starbucks case, when
he ran the company in 1987-2000, it was successful in growth.
However, on stepping down in there was recognized struggle in
its growth as quality and experience begun to deteriorate from
the expectation that was there before (Eades, n.d). Research
Problem and Thesis Statement
Given this observation, what would constitute the success of a
company apart from its profitability is effective leadership. The
question is the determination of how are all these
responsibilities that they paly are to be incorporated in their job
description. The measure of effectiveness in their input is taken
into consideration when looking at their overall performance
within a set period and thus a factor in recognition of growth,
strategies that were spearheaded and the personal relationship
within the company. In many ways, this is a reflection of the
communication from leaders to followers and consequently the
response of that communication as part of the success of action
taking in implementing activities.
By this measure, there is a need for the consideration of how
leaders in successful companies have specific traits that match
up to their ability to be more transformational than in
unsuccessful companies. Therefore recognition of the traits in
an individual is essential in playing a role in the development of
leadership within an organization which is expected to be a
factor ensuring its success. By this account, the success of a
company is directly associated with the traits of leadership that
are applied in guiding its members to success.Purpose Statement
The purpose of this study is to highlight the type of leadership
that fosters more inspirational growth and development, in order
to, bring to attention the main charter traits associated with
successful leadership.

9. Research Questions
When looking at leadership from the perspective of application
to capacity development, influence, and growth determination,
many questions come to mind. However, for this discussion, two
questions will be investigated.
1. Is there a direct link between the success of a company and
the leadership capacity?
2. How do character traits affect the way leadership is
conducted?Methodological Approach
This study will use a secondary research approach using both
internal and external data to substantiate the research problem
and address the research questions. The resulting
methodological approach will be:
· The identification of subject domains and sources to acquire
information;
· The gathering of existing data;
· Comparing data from different sources; and
· Analyzing the data using deductive reasoningStructure and
Organization
The paper will be organized into four main sections, the
literature review, the discussion of findings, the
recommendations, and the conclusions.
· The literature review will give a summary of the sources that
have been used and the input of their investigation in support of
the thesis of the project.
· The discussion of the findings will look at the literature
review and directly associate the investigation to the question
raised in the project hence discussion on the input in answering
the thesis
· The recommendation will focus on the identified issues in the
research and bring to attention the action taken to mitigate the
issue identified and solution to problems. At the same time, this
section will address the implementation aspect of the solutions
for achievability of optimum performance.
· The conclusion will present a summary of the highlight in the

10. findings, gaps within the discussion and how they were filled,
and the importance of the issue addressed in the paper in line
with the importance of leadership in ensuring success in an
organization
IV. Literature Review (4) Comment by Orbinati, Albert:
Remember that the goal of a literature review is to review the
literature associated with your topic. This section should be
heavy with references and your analysis of these references as
they pertain to your thesis statement.
In scanning through this section, I only see two references. You
should have a new reference for each main point that you make!
Different types of leadership can be used in a company. Many
of them offer the aspect of the influence of the members either
through power, stimulation of suggestion. However, the most
tremendous and effective leadership in business management is
transformational leadership. This is because, this is the type of
leadership that is silent and offers a more integrate an aspect of
leadership through the conveyance of vision, goal, and passion
behind the working principles. As a result, it is the type of
leadership that is inspirational in fostering change and n this
way a leadership that is built on trust that the team members
have to keep (Cherry, 2018). There is a high expectation placed
on the members which in turn raised their level of awareness d
the motivation to be active through positive change.
Transformational Leadership
In consideration of this, the success of this type of leadership is
banked on its ability to facilitate the growth of every member
within a group and thus account for the individual as well as
group development. Therefore the leader is considered to be of
high quality in behavior and perceived working principles and
ethics which then is emulated by the members at the same time.
There is recognition of the fact that a leader in this position
supports the advancement of the follower through moral and
motivation of growth with time. There is, therefore, the
consideration of strengths and weaknesses in each member of

11. the team that makes it easier to capitalize on the inputs by each
member. It is through the vision, the personality, and the
strategic input by the leaders to change the follower’s
perception, expectation and often their motivation towards
fulfilling their purpose and hence performance at the workplace.
As a result, the four main aspects are taken into consideration,
the special consideration — the stimulation of intellectuality,
the motivation inspiration, and the idealized influence. In
particular consideration, the followers are offered
encouragement individually in order to foster a relationship of
each member to the leader and each other. In this way, there is
the development of communication and open channels of that
communication that it becomes easier to open up, share ideas,
and participate in the discussion, openly critic, and recognition
of the contribution. In this way, the members of the team can
uniquely participate thus a diversification of the ideas and thus
the development of a broader range of option in the problem-
solving mechanism.
In stimulation of intellectuality, there is an almost given
requisition that is embedded in this type of leadership where the
freedom of expression and finding alternative lead t creativity.
In this way, members can explore more options and alternative
ways of solving issues and hence an opportunity of learning
more from mistakes made and hence improvement with time. It
paves the way to the motivation inspiration where the leader let
the members experience their on their own and thus define
perception based on actions and what they can easily observe.
As a result, there is a projection of the same passion and
motivation within the members to fulfill the high expectation
that is set hence the high drive to articulate similar objectives
as that of the leader. Subsequently, there is the incorporation of
the idealized influence in this leadership where the followers’
role model becomes the leaders. In this way, there is a respect
that is gained through admiration of the leader's ideas. In this

12. way, there is a sense of achievability that is mirrored from the
direction in which the leader follows hence a loyalty that
enhances performance effectiveness and recognized efficiency
as elemental through teamwork. Character Traits
In looking at it from this perspective, transformational
leadership requires that an induvial can inspire future vision,
deliver and motivate, manage its delivery and at the same time
build a relationship that is based on a real understanding with
the followers. This means that there is compelling of the people
through the definition of values, capabilities, and resources
hence both management and capacity allocation. Resultantly,
according to Cherry (2018), this leadership needs for the
development of the following character traits.
1
· Self-management
· Instinctual
· Courageous and decisive
· Proactive
· Leading
· Share collective
· Adaptable
· Inspirational
· Receptive
· Risk taker
These attributes are necessary for enabling creativity,
exploration, the self-drive, definition of clarity, openness, and
influential. In this way, it is the necessary traits that will allow
for the leader to be flexible in the implementation of project
objectives while at the same time have power in finalization of
decision making while taking into account the overall goal
development. In this way this type of leadership influence the
ability to be quick and straight to the point having been given
the opportunity for deliberation in different ways that are likely
to given different types of input with a similar yet exciting way

13. of presentation (Cherry, 2018). This is diversification that
allows growth and development in different avenues hence
adaptation to change quickly.Effect of Transformational
Leadership
Based on a discussion by Garcia-Morales, Llorens-Montes, and
Verdu-Jover (2008), acquisition of knowledge is through
absorptive capacity in an organizational environment. Therefore
it becomes more comfortable when the leader exudes traits that
are positive and can be assimilated and add value to its
members. Therefore through transformational aspect, there is a
determination of the build f capacity through identification oh
which is superior performance and in that way recognition of
the capabilities that the superiority provides in term of
effectiveness of performance.
In understanding this, there is further assessment of the fact that
continuous learning occurs, and new skills are attained, and
actions are deliberately geared towards positivity hence a more
effective demonstration of the quality improvement. At the
same time, there is recognition of the optimization of
performance through slow improvement catered in the
attainment of higher value while looking at a common goal.
There is an opportunity developed for sharing, exploitation,
creation, and utilization of the resources of the team by
constructive criticism of each other and earning from each other
making it easier to have interlinkages. In this way, it becomes
easier to define the tangibility of project fulfillment and thus
storage of information that can be used for the future
development of improvement of activity (Garcia-Morales,
Llorens-Montes, & Verdu-Jover, 2008). There is, therefore, a
more collaborative measure in the application of
transformational leadership and its effect and the team
members.
V. Discussion of Findings RQ1: Is there a direct link between
the success of a company and the leadership capacity?

14. According to the transformation theory, Cherry (2018) explains
that there is a development process in which the leadership
inspires change. In this change, there is the emulation of the
behavior of the leaders by the follower making it easier to
understand the projection seen through the leader’s eyes.
Therefore the leader is within the capacity to influence change
by inspiration of positivity and motivation to be better therefore
in recognition of the vision of the organization; it is highly
likely that the leader can project the same focus to the
followers. In recognition of this, a direct linkage can be seen as
the behavior of the leader in ensuring effective performance.
There are alders hardworking, the same trickle down to the
follower and in that way a chain of events that enhance the
input in a capacity as well as time, therefore, optimization of
resources that creates the potential for a high likelihood of
success.
The same has been reiterated by Garcia-Morales, Llorens-
Montes, & Verdu-Jover (2008), who point out that organization
la learning provides the opportunity for drawing upon
knowledge while molding the team into a more self-conscious
group which is likely to grow and be self-aware of their
strengths and weaknesses. At this point, there is room left for
seeking help with one another hence cohesion that allows for
complementary and supplementary of skills. Therefore there is
an aspect of stimulation of performance maximization and
therefore all-round development that is geared towards growth
hence success. This describes leadership as a factor of
nurturing. RQ2: How do character traits affect the way
leadership is conducted?
In looking at the character traits, they give insight into the
capability of an individual to have the focus and the drive to fit
within a specific mold. Character traits described the person
ability to reflect specific attributes necessary to be influential
as well as tolerant of specific value necessary for

15. transformational leadership. Therefore it is possible that
character traits affect the way leadership can be effected on the
people. In transformational leadership, self-management allows
for the direction of others to be learned from action rather than
spoken out loud (Cherry, 2018). In this way, influence is more
potent in its impact as compared to authoritative.
On the other hand, it requires patience for alder to be
accommodating in people who require more development to
reach par with the rest of the team. It also requires patience to
be able to learn about the strengths and weaknesses of the team
members and to work on improvement of themselves. These are
character traits that have developed in the early years of growth
and according to psychology, something that cannot be easily
changed. Therefore certain character traits should be present in
an individual in order to have a particular ability to implement
specific leadership style. Therefore transformational leadership
application and the success of a company is related to the
character of that person. In a way, this form of thinking
describes leadership and a factor of nature because the balance
of id, ego and superego are elemental and often develop earlier
on in life ().
VI. Recommendations
In recognition of leadership as a factor of nurturing and nature,
it is essential that task alignment within an organization should
be based on the character of the leader. As a result, the
recommendation is necessary for proper capacity development
and recruitment to be enhanced. This can be done through the
identification of labor proficient testing that is prone to choose
leadership that is more likely to suit the desirable traits of a
position. In this way, the job description can be states and more
definitive with time. At the same time. Routine monitoring of
the performance in an organization is critical in the
identification of gaps. It helps in understanding which areas
need reinforcement and in that way either training or retraining
staff and in other instances creation a position to suit the

16. identified gap.
VII. Conclusion
Leadership is therefore crucial in the development of an
organization towards more positive growth. By this account, it
is clear the right kind of leadership is one that fosters a more
stable environment in this way. There is the identification of the
strengths within the company that can be utilized in maximizing
input. Therefore there is already a more outlook of positivity in
attitude and the resource allocation that s shown through this
aspect. Therefore since transformational leadership is centrally
focused on the improvement of quality, there is an all-round
growth and development in the consideration that it is
profitable.
VIII. References
Cherry, K. (2018. November 19). Transformational Leadership.
Very-well Mind. Retrieved from
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-transformational-
leadership-2795313
Garcia-Morales, V. J., Llorens-Montes, F. J., & Verdu-Jover, A.
J. (2008). The Effects of Transformational Leadership on
Organizational Performance through Knowledge and
Innovation. British Journal of Management, 19, 4, 299-319.
Retrieved from
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1467-
8551.2007.00547.x
IX. Appendices
Appendices should be included that supported your capstone
project efforts; this may include but not be limited to financial

17. statements, charts, diagrams, org charts, instruction manuals,
etc. What resources did you use to complete your tasks?