Leadership

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Essay 1

Leadership How do leaders get to lead successfully?

Eva Katharina Gorenflo

Tutor: Dr Jo Cullinane

12 December 2006

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Just for your inspiration…

There are about 110 titles matching your search when you put the word “leadership” in the universities library search engine. 265.000.000 is the number of results you receive when you ask Google to provide you with information on „leadership“. Not to mention Yahoo! or MSN. So where to start? Which information is the most reliable and suitable? This is a really difficult task because there are so many different views, and no real “One-Best-Model”. However, as I myself hope to derive benefit from my efforts on this essay, I will do my best to separate the wheat from the chaff, so that I can apply all the information gathered, once I have finished my studies…

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Introduction

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What is Leadership?

Definition: Leadership Leadership vs. Management

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Leadership Styles & Leadership Skills

Development of Leadership

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The Trait Approach The Style/Behavioural Approach The Contingency Approach

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