Leadership Style Of The Minister Of Defense Of The Republic Of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume VI, Issue III, March 2022 | ISSN 2454–6186

Leadership Style Of The Minister Of Defense Of The Republic Of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto

Langgeng Gilang Pangestu1, Hikmat Zakky Almubaroq2
1,2 Faculty of Defense Management, Defense University, Indonesia

Abstract- Leadership is every action an individual or organization takes to coordinate and give direction to individuals or groups who are members of a particular container to achieve previously targeted goals. Every organization always has the highest leadership to guide the direction of the development of an organization. One such organization or agency is the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Indonesia. The Ministry of Defense is the implementing elements of the government led by the Minister of Defense whose position is under and responsible to the President. Therefore, this article aims to analyze the leadership style of Prabowo Subianto as the Indonesian defence minister. The research method used in this research is qualitative, then the data sources are obtained from various sources, such as books, journals, newspapers, magazines, and news on the internet. The results of this study indicate that Prabowo Subianto is closer to the charismatic leadership style and task-oriented leadership style.

Keywords— Charismatic Leadership, Leadership Style, Prabowo Subianto, Task-oriented Leadership.

I. INTRODUCTION

In carrying out organizational activities, it requires a lot of resources, such as humans, machines, and materials. Humans are the most needed resources because they have talent, energy, and creativity that are needed by organizations in achieving organizational goals. Humans are very useful in managing sustainability and building programs for organizations. In this case, what is meant is humans as organizational leaders.
Human resources in the organization need a good direction from a leader. Then need motivation that makes members more enthusiastic to achieve organizational goals. A leader is someone who can do something right and help others in doing a job. A leader must be able to provide work motivation to its members to provide the best performance. Leadership has an important role because it is the leader who will move and direct the organization in achieving its goals. Being a leader is not an easy task because you have to be a role model for members.
Every organization always has the highest leadership to guide the direction of the development of an organization. One such organization or agency is the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Indonesia. The Ministry of Defense is the implementing element of the government led by the Minister of Defense. The Minister of Defense is under and responsible to the President. The Ministry of Defense has the task of carrying out defense affairs within the government to assist the President in administering the state government (Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Indonesia, 2015).
The task of the Ministry of Defense is to carry out functions such as the formulation, determination, and implementation of policies in the field of defense. Then carrying out the management of state property/wealth is the responsibility of the Ministry of Defense. Then supervise the implementation of tasks within the Ministry of Defense and carry out technical activities from the center to the regions.
The Minister of Defense is elected or appointed directly by the President. President Joko Widodo appointed Prabowo Subianto as Minister of Defense in the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet for the 2019-2024 period. Prabowo’s appointment as Minister of Defense was announced by Jokowi at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta on October 23, 2019 (Galih, 2019). In this way, the sustainability and development of the Ministry of Defense are directly influenced under the leadership of Prabowo Subianto.

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