Leadership Case Study
INTRODUCTION
Leader is a person who influences the attitudes & behaviour of others in group activity. A leader guides and directs other people towards the achievement of group goals and oblectives.Leader creates and sustains enthuasim among them and gives their efforts a purpose ( Muvugan 1992)
Capacity to influence others is power, leadership is exercise of that capacity. “Leadership can be defined as the power of a person i.e. the acts of making something happen that would not tother wise occur”. Leadership simply means “making something happen”. Leadership is more associated with authority from below and from within, leadership has more to do with the person and less to do with the position. Leadership is about influence and not about command and control.
Leadership is a process by which an individual influences others to fulfil a need or a purpose and takes the organization in a structure that makes it more regular and clear. “Leaders take out the this process by using their leadership characteristics, such as beliefs, values, principles, character, knowledge, and skills”. (www.leadership501.com) “Leadership is the process of influence and example by which an individual (or leadership team) induces a group to take action that is in accord with the leader’s purpose, or the shared purposes of all.” John W. Gardner and sometimes outside constituencies. SITUATION
LEADERS ====== FOLLOWERS COMMUNICATION
TRAIT THEORY
“Leadership trait studies are mostly psychosomatic in approach. However sociological approach is to evaluate the description of leader that result from their point in society; social class; education; gender and religion; ethnic and kinship networks”(Whiltington 1993)
Leadership trait theory is basically based on the idea of
Leader is a person who influences the attitudes & behaviour of others in group activity. A leader guides and directs other people towards the achievement of group goals and oblectives.Leader creates and sustains enthuasim among them and gives their efforts a purpose ( Muvugan 1992)
Capacity to influence others is power, leadership is exercise of that capacity. “Leadership can be defined as the power of a person i.e. the acts of making something happen that would not tother wise occur”. Leadership simply means “making something happen”. Leadership is more associated with authority from below and from within, leadership has more to do with the person and less to do with the position. Leadership is about influence and not about command and control.
Leadership is a process by which an individual influences others to fulfil a need or a purpose and takes the organization in a structure that makes it more regular and clear. “Leaders take out the this process by using their leadership characteristics, such as beliefs, values, principles, character, knowledge, and skills”. (www.leadership501.com) “Leadership is the process of influence and example by which an individual (or leadership team) induces a group to take action that is in accord with the leader’s purpose, or the shared purposes of all.” John W. Gardner and sometimes outside constituencies. SITUATION
LEADERS ====== FOLLOWERS COMMUNICATION
TRAIT THEORY
“Leadership trait studies are mostly psychosomatic in approach. However sociological approach is to evaluate the description of leader that result from their point in society; social class; education; gender and religion; ethnic and kinship networks”(Whiltington 1993)
Leadership trait theory is basically based on the idea of
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