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Leadership

Leadership is the process of influencing the activities of a person or persons towards the attainment of certain goals

Koontz and O’Donnell: “Leadership is the ability of a manager to induce subordinates to work with zeal and confidence”

Afford and Beaty: “It is the ability to secure desirable actions from a group of followers voluntarily, without the use of coercion.

What Is Leadership?

Leadership The ability to influence a

group toward the achievement of goals

Management Use of authority inherent in

designated formal rank to obtain compliance from organizational members

Both are necessary for organizational success

Manager Vs Leader

Administers A copy Maintains Focuses on systems and

structure. Relies on control. Short range Eyes on the bottom line. Imitates. Accept the status quo. Does things right.

Innovates An original. Develops. Focuses on People.

Inspires trust. Long range prespective. Eyes on the Horizon. Originates. Challenge the Status quo. Does the right things

Management consists of implementing the vision, strategy provided by leaders, coordinating and staffing the organization, and handling day-to-day problems.

Leadership behaviour depends upon

Character of leader Character of the situation

Character of follower

Types of leader (Weber) Traditional

Charismatic

Legal rational

Leadership styles Autocratic or Authoritarian Participative or Democratic Laissez Faire or Free Rein

Theories of Leadership

Trait Theory Classical Approach Theories that consider personality, social, physical,

or intellectual traits to differentiate leaders from nonleaders

Importance has been given to personal traits innate characters Good personality, intelligent, creative, imaginative,

Extraversion, honesty, sincerity, Conscientiousness, Openness, integrity, responsibility, courage, self-confidence, etc.

Traits can predict leadership, but they are better at predicting leader emergence than effectiveness.

Weaknesses No universal traits found that predict leadership in all

situations No unanimity on the traits Difficult to measure the traits Unclear evidence of the cause and effect of relationship

of leadership and traits

Behavioural Approach

Theories proposing that specific behaviors differentiate leaders from nonleaders

Emphasis on the acts rather than traits Leadership behavior can be taught