Chapter 12
Leadership
Leadership
• Leadership
 The ability to influence a group towards achievement of goals.
 leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act toward
achieving a common goal.
• Management
 use of authority in designated rank to obtain compliance from
organizational members.
 Management is a process of planning, decision making, organizing,
leading, motivation and controlling the human resources, financial,
physical, and information resources of an organization to reach its
goals efficiently and effectively.
Difference b/w Leader and Manager
• Leader and Manager:
1. Leaders create a vision, managers create goals
2. Leaders are change agents, managers maintain the status quo.
3. Leaders take risks, managers control risk.
4. Leaders coach, managers direct.
5. Leaders create fans, managers have employees
6. People follow the leaders while managers have to ask people to
follow their instruction.
What is Leadership
• According to John Newstrom and Keith Davis,
“The process of influencing and supporting others to
work enthusiastically toward achieving objectives.”
• It is a process whereby one individual influences other group members
toward the attainment of defined group or organizational goals.
• Leadership is not the same as management. Although leaders need
management skills, they possess many other important qualities and
have many other functions to perform.
• Leadership involves:
 Establishing a clear vision,
 Sharing that vision with others so that they will follow willingly,
 Providing the information, knowledge and methods to realize that
vision, and
 Coordinating and balancing the conflicting interests of all members and
stakeholders.
Types of leadership
• Autocratic Leaders: Autocratic leaders are an excessive form of
transactional leadership, where a leader makes use of high levels of power over
his team members. People within the team are given few opportunities for
making suggestions, even if these would be in the team's or organizations
interest.
• Bureaucratic Leaders: Bureaucratic leadership is whereby employees are
made to follow specific rules and lines of authority created by the superiors.
• Charismatic Leaders: A charismatic leaders eloquent communication,
persuasion and force of personality. style can appear similar to a
transformational leadership style, huge doses of enthusiasm into his team, very
energetic.a motivator.
Types of Leadership
• Laissez-Faire Leadership: They known as “Delegate
leader” offer little or no guidance to group members and leave
decision-making up to group members. While this style can be
effective in situations where group members are highly qualified in an
area of expertise, it often leads to poorly defined roles and a lack of
motivation.
• Democratic Leadership: A democratic leadership is
participative or shared leadership, makes the final decision but he
invites other members to contribute to the decision-making process,
which increases job satisfaction by involving team members and also
helps to develop people’s skills. Team members feel in control of their
own destiny, and are motivated to work smart.
Types of Leaderships
Transactional leadership :
style of leadership in which leaders promote compliance by followers
through both rewards and punishments.
Focused on short-term goals.
Favor structured policies and procedures.
Very left-brained.
Tend to be inflexible.
Opposed to change.
Transformal leadership:
needed change, creating a vision to guide the change through
inspiration, and executing the change with committed members of a
group.it carries
Idealised Influence,
Intellectual Stimulation,
inspirational motivation.
Theories of leadership
The six main leadership theories are:
The great man theory.
The trait theory.
The behavioral theory.
The transactional theory or management theory.
The transformational theory or relationship theory.
The situational theory.
Theories of leadership
The Great man theory:
Leaders are "born" rather than "made. According to this theory, a
person capable of leading has the personality traits of a leader —
charm, confidence, intellect, communication skills, and social
aptitude — from birth, which set them apart.
Trait theory of leadership
Leaders are born with traits which make them suitable for
leadership.As intelligence, accountability, sense of responsibility, and
creativity, among others, that lets an individual excel at leadership.
Theories of leadership
Behavioral theory:
It proposes that an individual can learn to become a good leader. This
theory considers effective leadership to be the result of many learned
or acquired skills.
Transactional theory or management theory:
This theory revolves around the role of supervision, organization, and
teamwork. These theories consider rewards and punishments as the
basis for leadership actions. This is one of the often-used theories in
business.
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Theories of leadership
Transformational theory:
The Transformational Leadership theory, also known as Relationship
theory, focuses on the relationship between the leaders and followers.
This theory talks about the kind of leader who is inspirational and
charismatic, encouraging their followers to transform and become
better at a task.
Situational theory:
The situational theory is a combination of two factors,
The leadership style
The maturity levels of the followers.
According to this theory, different situations demand different styles
of leadership and decision-making. Leaders must act by judging the
situation they are facing.

leadership and its types with importance

  • 1.
  • 2.
    Leadership • Leadership  Theability to influence a group towards achievement of goals.  leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act toward achieving a common goal. • Management  use of authority in designated rank to obtain compliance from organizational members.  Management is a process of planning, decision making, organizing, leading, motivation and controlling the human resources, financial, physical, and information resources of an organization to reach its goals efficiently and effectively.
  • 3.
    Difference b/w Leaderand Manager • Leader and Manager: 1. Leaders create a vision, managers create goals 2. Leaders are change agents, managers maintain the status quo. 3. Leaders take risks, managers control risk. 4. Leaders coach, managers direct. 5. Leaders create fans, managers have employees 6. People follow the leaders while managers have to ask people to follow their instruction.
  • 4.
    What is Leadership •According to John Newstrom and Keith Davis, “The process of influencing and supporting others to work enthusiastically toward achieving objectives.” • It is a process whereby one individual influences other group members toward the attainment of defined group or organizational goals. • Leadership is not the same as management. Although leaders need management skills, they possess many other important qualities and have many other functions to perform. • Leadership involves:  Establishing a clear vision,  Sharing that vision with others so that they will follow willingly,  Providing the information, knowledge and methods to realize that vision, and  Coordinating and balancing the conflicting interests of all members and stakeholders.
  • 5.
    Types of leadership •Autocratic Leaders: Autocratic leaders are an excessive form of transactional leadership, where a leader makes use of high levels of power over his team members. People within the team are given few opportunities for making suggestions, even if these would be in the team's or organizations interest. • Bureaucratic Leaders: Bureaucratic leadership is whereby employees are made to follow specific rules and lines of authority created by the superiors. • Charismatic Leaders: A charismatic leaders eloquent communication, persuasion and force of personality. style can appear similar to a transformational leadership style, huge doses of enthusiasm into his team, very energetic.a motivator.
  • 6.
    Types of Leadership •Laissez-Faire Leadership: They known as “Delegate leader” offer little or no guidance to group members and leave decision-making up to group members. While this style can be effective in situations where group members are highly qualified in an area of expertise, it often leads to poorly defined roles and a lack of motivation. • Democratic Leadership: A democratic leadership is participative or shared leadership, makes the final decision but he invites other members to contribute to the decision-making process, which increases job satisfaction by involving team members and also helps to develop people’s skills. Team members feel in control of their own destiny, and are motivated to work smart.
  • 7.
    Types of Leaderships Transactionalleadership : style of leadership in which leaders promote compliance by followers through both rewards and punishments. Focused on short-term goals. Favor structured policies and procedures. Very left-brained. Tend to be inflexible. Opposed to change. Transformal leadership: needed change, creating a vision to guide the change through inspiration, and executing the change with committed members of a group.it carries Idealised Influence, Intellectual Stimulation, inspirational motivation.
  • 8.
    Theories of leadership Thesix main leadership theories are: The great man theory. The trait theory. The behavioral theory. The transactional theory or management theory. The transformational theory or relationship theory. The situational theory.
  • 9.
    Theories of leadership TheGreat man theory: Leaders are "born" rather than "made. According to this theory, a person capable of leading has the personality traits of a leader — charm, confidence, intellect, communication skills, and social aptitude — from birth, which set them apart. Trait theory of leadership Leaders are born with traits which make them suitable for leadership.As intelligence, accountability, sense of responsibility, and creativity, among others, that lets an individual excel at leadership.
  • 10.
    Theories of leadership Behavioraltheory: It proposes that an individual can learn to become a good leader. This theory considers effective leadership to be the result of many learned or acquired skills. Transactional theory or management theory: This theory revolves around the role of supervision, organization, and teamwork. These theories consider rewards and punishments as the basis for leadership actions. This is one of the often-used theories in business. .
  • 11.
    Theories of leadership Transformationaltheory: The Transformational Leadership theory, also known as Relationship theory, focuses on the relationship between the leaders and followers. This theory talks about the kind of leader who is inspirational and charismatic, encouraging their followers to transform and become better at a task. Situational theory: The situational theory is a combination of two factors, The leadership style The maturity levels of the followers. According to this theory, different situations demand different styles of leadership and decision-making. Leaders must act by judging the situation they are facing.