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Title: Leadership - Organisational Behaviour
Description: Overview of leadership theories.
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Leadership
Leadership = process of influencing the actions of an organised group in
its efforts towards goal-setting and goal achievement; critical
determinant of organisations’ effectiveness
Elements of leadership
• Interpersonal process (one individual influences others)
• Social context (other members of the group to be influenced are
followers)
• Goal achievement (criterion for effective leadership)
Kotter: a person can be both a good manager and a good leader BUT
must recognise the difference between the two
Leaders
• Set direction
• Align people
• Motivate, inspire
• Produce positive & dramatic
changes

Managers
• Planning & budgeting
• Organizing & staffing
• Controlling & problem solving
• Produce orders, consistent,
predictable

Trends in leadership theory & research
• up to late 40s – Trait Approach
• late 40s-60s – Style Approach
• late 60s-80s – Contingency Approach
• since early 80s – New Leadership Approach

LEADER-CENTRIC THEORIES
Trait Approach
• identifying personality traits of effective leaders (good vs
Title: Leadership - Organisational Behaviour
Description: Overview of leadership theories.
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