NOTES ON PHILOSOPHER’s

1. ARISTOTLE Aristotle was born circa 384 B.C. in Stagira, Greece. In 335, Aristotle founded his own school, the Lyceum, in Athens, where he spent most of the rest of his life studying, teaching and writing. Aristotle died in 322 B.C., after he left Athens and fled to Chalcis.

• According to Aristotle, one has to think of oneself as a member of the larger community, the neighbourhood, the city and country should strive to excel, to bring out what is best in us and our shared enterprise.

• Aristotle was the most practical and business-oriented of all philosophers who asked ethical questions

• Aristotle concludes that the role of the leader is to create the environment in which all members of an organization have the opportunity to realize their own potential.

• He says that the ethical role of the leader is not to enhance his or her own power but to create the conditions under which followers can achieve their potential.

• Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, together with Socrates and Plato, laid much of the groundwork for western philosophy.

• During his time at the Lyceum, Aristotle wrote extensively on a wide range of subjects: politics, metaphysics, ethics, logic and science

• understanding of organizations, of motivation• Aristotle helps us, by saying business people should understand human nature,• so we can see how to build higher levels of excellence on a foundation of happiness and

satisfaction, so people feel good about what they're doing in the long run and, thereby, can sustain the kind of excellence businesses hope to achieve.

2. Dr Paul Hersey

(born -January 26, 1931 age 82, died -December 18, 2012 ) , a professor and author of "The Situational Leader," and Ken Blanchard (born -May 6, 1939 age 74) , author of the best selling "One-Minute Manager," among others.

The theory states that instead of using just one style, successful leaders should change their leadership styles based on the maturity of the people they're leading and the details of the task. Using this theory, leaders should be able to place more or less emphasis on the task, and more or less emphasis on the relationships with the people they're leading, depending on what's needed to get the job done successfully

• Management experts Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard argue that these things happen because leaders don't match their style of leadership to the maturity of the people they're leading. When style and maturity aren't matched, failure is the result.