Leadership

Leadership The term leadership means to lead people.

The behavioural approach of human behaviour about a person, group, people etc. It is a process to influence people by the leadership quality.

Leadership behaviour is a psychological approach of human behaviour. It influences people to give best performance in the organisation. It is the process in which follower and leaders lead.

Characteristics of Leadership

It is an interpersonal influencing, excercised in situation

and directed through the communication process towards the attained of a specified goal or goals.

It is process of getting other people to follow you and to do willingly the things thats you want them to do.

It is influencing people to follow you to work willing for the achievement of goal & objective.

Qualities of leadershipIntelligence Risk taking behaviour Positive attitudeProblem solving KnowledgeableBetter communicationStrong determinationWisdomKind hearted

Importance of leadership

A. Leader is a representative of subordinates

B. Leader is an appropriate counsellor

C. Leader develops team spirite

D. Leader manages time

Leader is a representative of subordinates:-leader is a link between the work group and the top management.

Leader develops team spirit:- leader inculcates a sense of collectivism in the employees and forces them to work as a team.

Leader managers time:- unsatisfactory human performance in any organization can be primarily attributes to poor utilization of time. A good leader manages his time well by proper planning based on information and fact, and by arriving at decisions at an appropriate moment.

Effectiveness of leadershipThe effective leader must be motivated

and energetic for the development of the workers and organisations.

Leadership personality and past behaviour also determine effectiveness of leadership.

The effectiveness leaders must change his behaviour according to employees expectation and aspiration.

Leadership & management• Management - is a process of

planning ,organising, coordinating ,directing, and controlling the activities of others.

• Leadership - is the process of influencing for the purpose of achieving there goals.

• Management- manager manages the work in organisation.

Leadership- leader leads the group.

Difference between Managers & Leaders

MANAGERS LEADERSAdminister Innovative

Maintain Develop

Control Inspire

Short term view Long term view

Ask how & when Ask what & why

Initiate Originate

Accept the status Challenge the status

Do things right Do right things.

Based on authority retained

Autocratic style of Leadership

Under the autocratic leadership style, all decision-making powers are centralized in the leader.

The leader pay full authority and assume full responsibility themselves. Autocratic leadership based on negativity threat & punishment. It is centred leadership in the organisation.

democratic style of Leadership

The democratic leadership style favours decision-making by the group .

The democratic leadership involves group discussion and decision on policy on the basis of the technical advices on the supplied by the leader and it involves a freedom of choice of work partners at their work place.

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Laissez –Faire or free rein style A free rein leader does not lead, but leaves

the group entirely to itself such a leader allows maximum freedom to subordinates, i.e. they are given a free hand in deciding their own policies and methods.