Title: Quality insights: leadership quality assessment

Authors: Adedeji B. Badiru

Addresses: Air Force Institute of Technology, Ohio, USA

Abstract: As a quality insight research column, the purpose of this article is to spark interest in new research studies into modelling the assessment of leadership quality. The article makes a case for developing a set of organisational criteria for assessing the quality of leadership, within the same framework that we pursue for assessing the quality of physical products. Quality is an asset of an organisation and, as such, it should be assessed, evaluated, and managed within organisational goals and objectives. The article presents a hypothetical quality scale for leadership assessment that can be adapted for specific needs of readers. It is presented that good quality of leadership leads to good quality of products. A leadership quality scale is postulated, not as a solution, but as a kicker for further research into measuring, assessing, and evaluating the quality of leadership, both from quantitative and qualitative perspectives.

Keywords: leadership; quality; measurement; assessment; systems thinking; DEJI systems model.

DOI: 10.1504/IJQET.2024.147907

International Journal of Quality Engineering and Technology, 2024 Vol.10 No.4, pp.287 - 294

Received: 29 Jan 2025
Accepted: 11 Mar 2025
Published online: 07 Aug 2025 *

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