experience the impact of leadership. Leadership is often regarded as the single most crucial factor in the success or failure of business‚ schools‚ religious groups and of almost all organizations. (Parker‚ 2001) “Leadership is one of the most observed phenomena on earth... but it is one of the least understood.” The word leadership was not known in English language until the first half of the century. Leadership has many meaning; Chapins (1924) said that leadership as a point of polarization
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Contingency Theories of Leadership Nelson Mandela‚ Margaret Thatcher‚ Martin Luther King and Mother Teresa are just few of the names that come to mind whenever we think of great leaders. They have a vision of what they want and have the ability to communicate their vision in order to gain the support and cooperation of their followers. Often we find it easy to identify great leaders yet it is difficult to explain the qualities that make them great. In comparison‚ Nelson Mandela and Margaret Thatcher
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Another OB theory that is examined in The Hurt Locker is Leadership. This theory is defined as the ability of an individual to influence‚ motivate‚ and enable others to contribute towards the effectiveness and success of organizations of which they are members. There are four perspectives on Leadership; these perspectives include Trait‚ Behavioral‚ Contingency and Transformational. The trait or competency perspective of leadership proposed that leaders are more likely to have certain personality
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of Leadership A leader is someone who can influence others and who has a managerial authority. Leadership is what leaders do. More specifically‚ it’s the process of influencing a group to achieve goals. Group Leadership Leadership is concerned with control and power in a group. Leadership can be aimed at either maintaining the interpersonal relationships in the group or prodding the group to achieve its task. Kinds of Leadership Groups typically benefit from two kinds of leadership i.e
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Taxonomy of Leadership Theories Yvette Primous-Flowers Walden University . Taxonomy of Leadership Theories The term “leadership” has been inflated for many years by countless scholars from various disciplines such as sociology or philosophy‚ psychology or business. Extensive research has been done revealing new and innovative theories explaining the sensation of “leadership”. As with any new theory or science solving the task to identify or justify ones‚ opinion takes on a life of its own. This taxonomy
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LEADERSHIP THEORIES AND PRINCIPLES I. Introduction Leadership is a process by which a person influences others to accomplish an objective and directs the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent. Good leaders develop through a never ending process of self-study‚ education‚ training and experience. II. Body/Content Leadership theories have emerged through the centuries. They focus on the qualities distinguished between leaders and followers. Others looked at
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Leadership From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Leadership has been described as the “process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task”. Definitions more inclusive of followers have also emerged. Alan Keith of Genentech states that‚ "Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen." According to Ken "SKC" Ogbonnia‚ "effective leadership is the ability
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‘consideration’ style however showed positive relationships with the staff and low level of grievances but this meant performance levels were much lower. Fiedler put forward his situational theory in 1958. He proposed that leadership was dependent upon the situation and assumed that all leaders are affected by an inherent set of leadership behaviours‚ which he believed was difficult to change. He identified two basic leadership styles which were task or relationship orientated. According to Tulsian
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The Situational Leadership model is based on the assumption that leadership behavior should be guided by the elements affecting the situation. The three primary elements affecting the of the Situational Leadership model as identified by Changingminds.org are follower readiness‚ factors affecting the situation‚ and factors affecting the leader (as cited in Tannenbaum & Schmitt‚ 1958 pp.95-101) Follower readiness is the most important element. Where there is no readiness to follow‚ there exists no
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Great man theory of leadership Definition Ideological theory that "great" leaders possess characteristics or traits not found in the rest of the population. This concept is based on the belief that great leaders are not made but born with unique characteristics which allow them to rise to the occasion during difficult periods in history to overcome obstacles and lead their nation successfully. Introduction Are some people born to lead? If we look at the great leaders of the past such as Alexander
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