LEADERSHIP IN INDUSTRIES
THE MEANING OF LEADERSHIP
There are many ways of looking at leadership and many interpretations of its meaning. Leadership might be interpreted in simple terms, such as ‘getting others to follow’ or ‘getting people to do things willingly’, or interpreted more specifically, for example as ‘the use of authority in decision-making’. It may be exercised as an attribute of position or because of personal knowledge or wisdom. Leadership might be based on a function of personality or it can be seen as a behavioral category. It may also be viewed in terms of the role of the leaders and their ability to achieve effective performance from others. Leadership can also be discussed in terms of a form of persuasion or power relationship.
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This means that the process of leadership cannot be separated from the activities of groups and effective teambuilding.
Nature of leadership
1) Leadership is influencing process, A leader influences group when its members are willingly ready to carry out his wishes, accept his advice, work according to his directions to fulfill the objectives of an industrial firm.
2) The style of leadership differs according to the changing situation or circumstances.
3) Leadership is a quality that motivates people at work.
4) A leader represents the group and strives to protect the interests of the members of the group. Leadership shares the information, option, ideas and experience with the members of the group.
STYLES OF
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In the work situation it has become increasingly clear that leaders can no longer rely solely on the use of their position in the hierarchical structure as a means of exercising the functions of leadership. In order to get the best results from subordinates the leader must also have regard for the need to encourage high morale, a spirit of involvement and co-operation, and a willingness to work. This gives rise to consideration of the style of leadership and provides another heading under which to analyze leadership behavior. Leadership style is the way in which the functions of leadership are carried out, the way in which the leader typically behaves towards members of the group. The attention given to leadership style is based on the assumption that subordinates are more likely to work effectively for leaders who adopt a certain style of leadership than for leaders who adopt alternative styles. There are many dimensions to leadership and many possible ways of describing leadership style, such as dictatorial, unitary, bureaucratic, benevolent, charismatic, consultative, participative and abdicatorial. With so many potential descriptions of leadership styles it is useful to have a broad framework in which to focus attention and study. The style of leaderial leadership towards subordinate staff and the focus of power can therefore be considered within a simplified
Leadership is defined as encouraging groups or teams to get their work done, make mates feel included, and organizing activities. I have a habit to put down everything in a digital calendar, and I will look at the calendar to remind myself what I need to do. Using this habit can improve my leadership skill to organize activities in group of people. 3. Honesty, Authenticity, and Genuineness Honesty, authenticity, and genuineness, my third strength, can be simply defined as speaking the truth.
Leadership is the ability to guide or influence others with an objective of achieving a desired outcome. It involves influencing beliefs, opinions, values, perceptions, or behaviors of an individual or a group, and it is an amalgamation of inherent personality traits, learned skills, and it is a response to situational stimuli. I believe that, at any particular moment, where two or more individuals are interacting, one of them will emerge as the leader the other(s). To me, this means leadership role is fluid, and it changes as situational stimuli changes. For instance, during interpersonal interaction involving two individual, the leadership role has potential to shift from one individual to the other, as the situational stimuli changes.
Winston and Patterson (2006) integrative definition of leadership is an excellent definition of leadership. Thus, Hitler also fits the definition only the most important ingredient is missing from Hitler leadership, which would be the presence of the Lord. There as been an enormous amount of information on the definition of leadership however, Bass (1990) argues that Leadership has been the focus of group processes, as a personality attribute, as the art of inducing compliance, as an exercise of influence, as a kind of act, as a form of persuasion, as a power relation, as an instrument in the attainment of goals, as an effect of nitration, as a differentiated role, and as the initiation of structure (20).
The majority of the research on the leadership’s effects on performance as it relates to employee performance and leadership styles conveyed a positive correlation but made mention of the fact that no study has confirmed the nature of this relation or why and how leadership styles influence
Introduction First of all , leadership is influence active process to achieve the objectives set its target of an organized group effort . In management is a team of individuals who engage in multiple activities aimed at achieving the goal of organization.(Drucker , 2007). Nursing management includes a high-quality care of a manager who fulfill these functions led by professionals: workload management, bed management, dealing with staff shortages, staff interviews and recruitment, staff appraisals, acting as staff advocate, budgeting, and ensuring resources are available.
According to American Nursing Association, “Leaders do more than delegate, dictate, and direct. Leaders help others achieve their highest potential.” Leadership has been described as “influence, that is, the art or process of influencing people so they may strive willingly and enthusiastically toward the achievement of group goals.” (Weihrich and Koontz, 2005) As stated in the Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, ‘Qualities of a Good Leader” “The qualities of a good leader includes, having a structural framework, making sound and timely decision.
Leadership Analysis Introduction One of the popular definitions of a leader is, "The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers." ( ) A more comprehensive definition that highlights striking features of a leader is, "A simple definition of leadership is that leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal.” ( ) A closer scrutiny of the characteristics of an influential leader would many ways assist one, in recognizing those attributes in an attempt to assimilate the best in others.
Leadership has been defined in a variety of ways, there are multiple authors and theorists who have tried to define and understand leadership, all leading to varying theories and conclusions, but one thing that is universally understood is the importance of effective leadership and how someone with good leadership skills can impact so many people around them. (Kakabadse and Kakabadse, 1999; Yukl, 2002; Northouse,2013) The main components that have been identified to play a role in leadership are relations between leader and subordinates, interaction form between leader and followers, the influence that the leader has, the way in which the leader behaves and finally a leader’s traits. (Yukl, 2002) These elements that make up a leader, are then used as building blocks to identify the way in which each specific leader deals with its followers.
Then to be a leader a person need what is called leadership. Leadership is interpret as a process. It is a process of social influence or we can say ability to influence others in order to accomplish a common task or achieving common objective. Leadership is a display of power and ability to control others, force superiority.
LEADERSHIP Ogbeidi (2012) found that leadership is referred as “ability to lead, direct and organize a group”. The study of leadership has developed scientifically through changing paradigms during its history where several models and theories have tried to explain the concept of leadership. Kuchler (2008) acknowledges that although subject of leadership is diverse and somewhat scattered but it tends to be one of the most widely discussed topics by the researchers all over the world. We found myriad definitions of leadership after studying detailed literature on it. The concept of leadership is described by different researchers with different perspectives.
Bass and Avolio (1993) pointed out that leadership style is based on behavior areas from laissez-fair (no leadership) to participative (take inputs from subordinate but ultimate decision making with the leader) through transactional leadership (which depends on reward system and punishments) to transformational leadership (which is based on inspiration and behavioral charisma) and ultimately Autocratic leadership (absolute power on decision making). The researcher selected above approach since it has been developed recently and efficiently demonstrated through research findings. The various components are further elaborated below; 1. Laissez-fair Style Laissez-fair leaders are characterized as an avoidant leader who may uninvolved with their subordinates. As per Mondy and Premeaux (1995), these leaders let group members to make all decisions.
• AN EVALUATION OF LEADERSHIP THEORIES Leadership Hypothesi s (An assessment): The hypothesis of leadership have increased over the last decade and results in diverse concepts. The subject matter of these is to identify the feature which describes a leader. The well known theories are; Great Man Hypothesis (1840):
This paper is going to encompass different leadership theories and their relevance to my own personal personality and method of leadership. There will be information on the advantages and disadvantages of the leadership theories and information on each including examples. The purpose of this paper is to view various kinds of leadership theories and apply them to a real-life scenario. Leadership Theories There are quite a few different leadership theories available for people to take information from and use in business settings and even personal settings.
Leadership: Definition Leadership is the process of influencing the motive of the employees and so directing, guiding them to the proper completion of the short-term goals and the mission, vision of the firm. Leadership referring to achieve a specific set of goals of the business enterprise by minimizing risk and more advantage of opportunities is also called Entrepreneurial Leadership (Rao, 2015). Today leadership is such an iterative process when the leaders should have a variety of qualities and expertise in different area of management. Here, different theories will be explained which can clearly identify the scope, the responsibilities and the area of expertise required to be successful leader.
If the behavior theory can identify the key determinants of leadership, people can actually train to become a leader. This is the premise of the management development plan. There are many different types of behavioural leadership styles. Each style suggests that the leadership role is based on the leaders’ concern for the people being led and the level of achievement that needs to be