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- 2. At the endof this presentation learners will be able to- Understand the concept of leadership Classify the theories of leadership Discuss the Great man Theory of leadership Focus on Trait theory of leadership Recognize core traits in leaders Recall the significant features of situational leadership
- 3. Interpret moreprominent types of behaviours of leaders Describe characteristics of participative leadership Recall the features of indifferent leader Recognize the behaviours of country club leaders
- 4. Leadership isdefined as the process of influencing the activities of an organized group towards great achievement. - Rauch & Behling(1984) Leadership is not a person or a position, it is a complex moral relationship between people, based on trust, obligation, commitment, emotion and shared vision of good. - Joanne Ciulla , (1998)
- 5. Leadership isa skill of motivating large number of people to act for achieving a common goal in an organization A leader directs, guides, supports, communicate, influence and in all stand behinds the group of an institution forever
- 6. Basically six theories of leadership • Thegreat man theory • The trait theory • The situational theory • Behavioural theory • The transactional theory • The transformational theory
- 7. This theory isbased on following assumptions : perfect or excellent leaders are born, not developed Leadership is inherent quality Leaders have inborn traits of courage, intelligence, confidence, intuitions and charm among others Great leaders can arise when there is a great need
- 8. The theoryis linked with the statement of famous historian Thomas Carlyle ‘the history of the world is nothing but the biography of great men’ Leaders are Gifted With unique qualities which impress the mass Leader works like hero and accomplishes his goals for his followers
- 9. All leadersshare their traits regardless of when and where they lived The leaders who are in power, they deserve as they have special inborn traits The traits remained stable over time and across the place
- 10. Herbert Spencer,a great philosopher, sociologist and political theorist told this theory very childish, primitive and unscientific It is because the leaders are the product of environment Society makes man leaders so it is not the fact that great man makes society by their inherent traits
- 11. Up to20th century the view developed that great leaders are shaped and molded by their times by learning and developing the traits which are necessary to lead Still the supporters of this theory says that men and women leaders are born not prepared.
- 12. Mahatma Gandhi Alexander Abraham Lincoln Napoleon Subhash Chandra Bose Julius Caesar Chandra Gupta Maurya Mao Tse Tung
- 13. Thomas Carlyleand Francis Galton established and supported trait theory of leadership Ordway Tead & Chester I. Barnard advocated the theory prominently It is also known as Dispositional Theory Theory focuses that successful leaders definitely have some personalities traits and abilities like courage, leading capacity, communication skill etc. which make them different from those who are less effective.
- 14. These traitswill not be solely responsible to identify whether a person will be effective leader or not but the persons who are effective leaders, these traits are essentially seen in their personalities
- 15. Intelligent, interestand initiative level is higher than average persons Emotional maturity & self confidence Creativity, flexibility& leadership motivation Achievement motivation and high level of efforts to achieve ambitions Capability of exercising fair judgment, strong analytic abilities Sense of responsibility Enthusiasm and high level of energy & stamina
- 16. Many researchesvalidated the theory and its foundation It provides the detail knowledge of leader’s traits to understand the process of leadership
- 17. It maybe a subjective decision to determine who is successful leader There is a long list of traits which may be responsible for success leader It is quite difficult to identify traits which may be responsible for success as a leader It is really very complex theory Theory does not focus on situations where leadership can take place
- 18. It canbe applied by people at all types of organizations This theory gives an awareness to leaders to identify their strengths and weaknesses and develop skills accordingly needed for the organization
- 19. In 1969this theory was introduced as life cycle theory of leadership It works on assumptions that the most effective style of leadership changes from situation to situation If a leader wants to be successful he has to adept his attitude and style according to situation
- 20. This approachis connected to Paul Hersey & Ken Blanchard
- 21. In 1950Rensis Likert attempted to find the characteristics of effective leaders. leadership. It focus that natural abilities are not important but it is environment which is responsible to make a person leader The success of leadership is based on the behaviour of leader A specific behaviour is required for effective and successful leadership and it can be learnt
- 22. This theorybelieves that leaders can be made rather then born Successful leadership is based on definable and learnable behaviour Specific behaviour differentiate leaders from non-leaders Particular behaviour determines the style of leadership i.e.autocratic or democratic etc.
- 23. Task- orientedleaders Task-oriented leaders are primarily concerned with the systems and structure that lets their team carry out their work. This includes everything from task descriptions to standard operating procedures, organizational and team structure, communication lines, and so on.
- 24. Initiating Organizing Clarifying Information gathering
- 25. Unlike task-orientedleaders, this group puts more effort into seeing to the human needs of their team and motivating them through that. It’s not that they don’t focus on the task or system, they just put more time and behavioral focus on their team as people with wants and needs. A people-oriented leader would behave differently, going straight to the employee and asking if there was any way they could help and what caused the problem.
- 26. Encouraging Observing Listening Coaching and mentoring
- 27. participative leadersare those who consult their entire team when creating systems and methods for achieving the team’s goals. work becomes much more collaborative, allowing the entire team to take part ownership of their work and the procedures behind it One of the biggest benefits of this behavioral leadership theory is that it allows the team to take advantage of everyone’s strengths.
- 28. This encouragescommunication and collaboration, which can often lead to a progress or profit
- 29. Communicating Collaborating Being open to feedback Encouraging Delegating
- 30. This isthe leader that no-one wants to be These leaders are the most ineffective as they display behavior entirely dedicated to preserving their position and department from scrutiny. This will usually manifest in having very little contact with their team, dodging tasks wherever possible, putting severe pressure on their team to meet targets no matter the cost, and so on.
- 31. This isa bad leadership style to adopt, as it results in employee dissatisfaction, a nonexistent team culture, and very little productive work getting done.
- 32. Evading Procrastinating Lack of communication Self-preservation
- 33. these arepeople who put every effort into making sure that the human elements of their team are happy and satisfied The theory is that a happy team will naturally produce better results, so a leader putting their efforts into making their team happy will naturally see success
- 34. Caring Listeningto feedback Focus on employee health and happiness Quick to support employees Involved with the team
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