- "Leadership, both as a research area and as a practical skill, encompasses the ability of an individual, group, or organization to 'lead', influence, or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations."
This subfield focuses on the study of leadership within organizations, including leadership styles, traits, and behaviors.
Leadership Styles: The different styles of leadership: Autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire, servant, transformational, situational, etc.
Vision and Mission: The importance of having a clear vision and mission statement and how it shapes company culture.
Communication: How effective communication plays an essential role in building trust, managing conflicts, and achieving organizational goals.
Motivation: How motivation theory plays a vital role in driving employee behavior and meeting organizational objectives.
Teamwork and Collaboration: The benefits and challenges of teamwork and collaboration and how to build successful teams.
Decision Making: Understanding the decision-making process and how to make informed decisions that benefit the organization.
Conflict Management: The importance of effectively managing and resolving conflicts in the workplace.
Cultural Diversity: How to effectively manage a diverse workforce and create an inclusive workplace culture.
Human Resource Management: Understanding the role of HR in leadership and how to manage employees effectively.
Ethics: The importance of ethical leadership and values-based decision making in building a trustworthy organizational culture.
Autocratic Leadership: This type of leadership is characterized by a leader who has complete control over decision-making and does not involve subordinates or other group members in decision-making, resulting in little or no input or feedback from subordinates.
Democratic Leadership: This type of leadership involves group members who participate in decision-making, with the leader providing guidance and support to the group.
Laissez-faire Leadership: This type of leadership allows group members to have complete control over the decision-making process with the leader playing a passive role in providing guidance and support.
Servant Leadership: This type of leadership focuses on the growth and development of the group members, with the leader acting as a servant to them instead of just a leader.
Transformational Leadership: This type of leadership inspires and motivates group members to achieve high levels of performance while fostering an environment of trust and loyalty.
Transactional Leadership: This type of leadership is based on a system of rewards and punishments, where group members are motivated through reward for successful performance and punishment for poor performance.
Charismatic Leadership: This type of leadership involves the leader possessing charismatic qualities such as charm, charisma, and personality, which inspires followers to act and follow the leader.
Situational Leadership: This type of leadership involves the leader adapting their style of leadership to the situation and needs of the group members, thus providing guidance and support tailored to the situation.
Authentic Leadership: This type of leadership is characterized by the leader being transparent, ethical, and honest in their actions, inspiring trust and respect from their followers.
Bureaucratic leadership: This type of leadership involves the leader managing the team in accordance with the organizational policies and procedures, with a high level of control over the team's activities.
- "Specialist literature debates various viewpoints on the concept, sometimes contrasting Eastern and Western approaches to leadership, and also (within the West) North American versus European approaches."
- "Some U.S. academic environments define leadership as 'a process of social influence in which a person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common and ethical task'."
- "Some have challenged the more traditional managerial views of leadership (which portray leadership as something possessed or owned by one individual due to their role or authority)."
- "...advocate the complex nature of leadership which is found at all levels of institutions, both within formal and informal roles."
- "Studies of leadership have produced theories involving (for example) traits, situational interaction, function, behavior, power, vision and values, charisma, and intelligence, among others."
- "Sometimes contrasting Eastern and Western approaches to leadership, and also (within the West) North American versus European approaches."
- "Portray leadership as something possessed or owned by one individual due to their role or authority."
- "The complex nature of leadership which is found at all levels of institutions, both within formal and informal roles."
- "Leadership as 'a process of social influence in which a person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common and ethical task'."
- "Traits, situational interaction, function, behavior, power, vision and values, charisma, and intelligence, among others."
- "Contrasting Eastern and Western approaches to leadership."
- "Within the West, North American versus European approaches to leadership."
- "Enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common and ethical task."
- "The complex nature of leadership which is found at all levels of institutions, both within formal and informal roles."
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- "The power of one party (the 'leader') promotes movement/change in others (the 'followers')."
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- "Leadership as something possessed or owned by one individual due to their role or authority."