Among the many types of models in educational leadership, the transactional and political leadership caught my attention the most. According to Bush ( 2003 ) definition of transactional leadership is leadership in which relationships with teachers are based upon an exchange for some valued resource. While in the book of Miller ( 2001 ) he defines transactional leadership as an exchange process. This type of leadership is not just existing in the world of education but very visible in politics and in our individual lives or family.
In our daily lives in school, sometimes without knowing it we are already practicing this type of leadership model. One concrete example to this is that we are assigning our teachers to handle a certain department because we believe that he/she would excel and would bring his/her best on that department. It is because he/she is good in that department. We give teachers specific assignment because we are expecting something from them in return.
In our personal lives, this transactional leadership is also being practiced. When we are choosing our set of friends we are practicing this kind of leadership. It is because we want to be in a good circle of friends rather than to be bad citizens of the community if we mingle with people who bring problem to the community. In this way we are doing the exchange process.
In the political aspect, transactional leadership is very rampant. Election is the visible example of this kind of leadership. Its already a common fact that vote buying is always happening during elections. Politicians spending million amount of money to buy for a vote for them to win. When they are already in the position surely they would get the million worth of money they used during election from the government funds. Money that is intended for a certain project in the community will be converted as personal money.
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