Staff Leadership
ICSE · Class 12 · Business Studies
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Meaning and Definition of Leadership
- Leadership is the process of influencing group activities towards the achievement of certain goals.
- A leader gets work done through willing followers, not through force alone.
- Leadership presupposes followers; without followers, there is no leader.
Definitions of Leadership
- George R. Terry defined leadership as the ability of influencing people to survive willingly for mutual objectives.
- Koontz and O' Donnell defined leadership as the ability to exert interpersonal influence by means of communication towards the achievement of a goal.
- Hodge and Johnson defined leadership as the ability to shape the attitude and behaviour of others whether in formal or informal situations.
Leadership and Management
- Leadership is possible in both formal and informal groups.
- Management is possible only in formally organised groups.
- Leadership is based on acceptance authority.
Leadership Styles
- Leadership style means the behaviour pattern a leader follows while influencing followers.
- The three major styles are autocratic, democratic, and free-rein or laissez-faire.
- Autocratic leadership centralises all decision-making power in the leader.
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