THE LEADERSHIP APPROACH AND ITS EFFECT ON ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE: THE CASE OF CBE, MATTU DISTRICT

The general objective of this study is to investigate The Leadership Approach and its effect on Organizational Change: the case of CBE, Mattuu District. In this study, both explanatory and descriptive design was employed and also used both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Again, for the study both primary and secondary data was collected. Primary data were collected from 203 number of respondents using multistage sampling techniques with response rate of 100%. The data analyses method employed statistical packages for social sciences (SPSS) version 21 and analyzed results were presented in tables and percentages for easily understanding, as well as multiple linear regression model analysis were employed in order to describing the relationship between the dependent and independent variables. Therefore, the study shows that, transformational, transactional, and Laissez-faire leadership have significant impact on organizational change practices. Ttransformational, and transactional leadership has positive impact whereas Laissez-faire leadership has negative impact on the organization change Practice. Based on these findings, the researcher recommends that, the organizational change practice basically determined by leadership approach, therefore, the researcher recommends that, identifying the more appropriate leadership approach is important for leaders. Among them Transformational and transactional leadership style is the more appropriate leadership approach and therefore, it is better if the organization under study shall continue and practice it.