Leadership

IMPORTANCE
OF
LEADERSHIP
By

MANISHA VAGHELA

vaghela_manisha13@yahoo.com
BY: MANISHA VAGHELA 1

FLOW OF PRESENTATION
 INTRODUCTION
 MEANING OF LEADERSHIP
 DEFINITION OF LEADERSHIP
 IMPORTANCE OF LEADERSHIP
 QUALITIES OF LEADERSHIP
 SUMMARY
 REVIEW OF TOPIC
 BIBLIOGRAPHY

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INTRODUCTION

• Success of a business concern is dependent upon the ability of its
leadership. Leadership exists in any types of organization. Whenever
and in whatever situation if someone tries to influence the behavior of
another individual or a group, there is Leadership.


 In an organization, wherever an individual has subordinates. He
may act as a Leader. The efforts of subordinates are to be
channelised in the right direction. As leaders, they are not only
the responsible for directing their followers but also responsible for
the attainment of goals of the organization. It is believed that
leaders are born and not made. At the same time, a few people
also believe that leaders are not born but made. But generally,
leaders are born and also made.


MEANING OF LEADERSHIP

• Human beings have to be effectively guided towards a desired
set of actions so that they contribute towards the organizational
goals with zeal and confidence. “Zeal is ardor, earnestness and
intensity in the execution of work; confidence reflects experience
and technical ability of individuals to influence the behaviour of
others is referred to as leadership. The leaders exploit the human
potential and transform it into output. Leadership is beneficial not
only for the organization but also fir the individuals concerned.


DEFINITION OF LEADERSHIP

1) Koontz and O'Donnell said, “Leadership is generally defined
as influence, the art of process of influencing people so that they
will strive willingly towards the achievement of group goals.”

2) Allen, “Leadership is one who guides and directs other
people. He must give effective direction and purpose.”

3) According to the Encyclopedia of social sciences, “Leadership
refers to the relation between an individual and a group around
some common interest and behaving in a manner directed or
determined by the leader.”


4) In the words of peter F.Drucker, “Leadership is the
lifting of man’s visions to higher rights, the raising of man’s
performance to higher standards, the building of man’s
personality beyond its normal limitation.”
5) Ordway Tead asserts, “Leadership is that combination of
qualities by the possession of which one is able to get
something done by others, chiefly because through his
influence, they become willing to do so.”
6) Robert C. Appleby defines, “Leadership is a means of
direction, is the ability of the management to induce
subordinate to work towards group ideals with confidence and
keenness.”


7) Alford and Beatty Opines, “Leadership is the ability to
secure desirable actions from a group or followers voluntarily
without the use of coercion.”
8) R. T. Livingston believes, “Leadership is the ability to
awaken in others the desire to follow a common objective.”
9) George R. Terry says, “Leadership is the activity of
influencing people to strive willingly for mutual objectives.”


IMPORTANCE OF LEADERSHIP

1.) Perfect organization structure : An organization structure can not
provide for all kinds of relationships. That is why, informal
relationships are made to exist within the framework or formal
organization structure. But the organization structure is complete
or perfect with the help of effective leadership.

2) Directing group activities : The personal conduct and behaviour of
a leader can direct others to achieve organizational goals. The
main responsibility of a leader is to get the work


• done effectively by the followers. The followers can not work
hard and effectively without leadership. A leader alone can
consolidate the efforts and direct them towards the goal.

3) Technological, economic and social changes : There is frequent
change in technology, economic and social structure in the
present computer world. So, the organization should change
its operation and style. This is possible only with the help of
effective leadership.


Conti…

• If the changes do not take place, the organization can not
survive.
4) Better utilization of manpower : A leader treats with equal
importance, plans, policies and programmes of an
organization. The plans, policies and programmes do not
work themselves. There is a need for a leader. The leader
implements the plans, policies and programmes to utilise
the available manpower effectively and get highest
production with minimum human cost.


Conti…
5) Avoiding imbalances : An organization grows in size and complexity with
the imbalances. Complexity arises due to the introduction of new
functions. The reason is that the introduction of new functions resulted
in increased levels of management. So, there is a problem of
command, co-ordination and control. A leader can tackle these
problems and maintain balances.

6) Source of motivation : Simply, the existence of leadership does not
motivate the workers. The leadership style should be utilised to
motivate the workers according to the situations prevailing. The
achievement of goals is doubtful in the absence of leadership.


Conti…

7) Developing good human relations : Human relations represent the
relations between the leader and the followers. An efficient leader
can develop the skill of the followers and promote self-
confidence apart from motivation. Next, the leader creates
opportunity to show their abilities and induces the followers to
work towards the accomplishment of goals. In this way, the
leader promotes the co-operative attitude of workers and
maintains better relations with them.


Conti…

8) Reconciliation of goals : An organization has its own goals. The
employees of the organization have their own goals. They are
working mainly for achieving their goals instead of achieving
organizational goals. An effective leadership can reconcile the
goals of organizations and employees. It is necessary for the
success of an organization.


Conti…

9) Promoting the spirit of co-ordination : A dynamic leader can co-
ordinate the activities of the subordinate. In an organization,
workers are working in groups, so there is a need for co-
ordination among the group members. A leader promotes the
spirit of co-ordination among the workers.


Conti…

10) Fulfilling Social responsibilities : Social responsibilities refer to the
high standard of living to workers, higher productivity and
income to the organization, more revenue to the government,
reasonable price to consumers and fair return on investment to
the investors. These could be achieved with the help of effective
leadership. Only an efficient leader can get work done to fulfill
social responsibilities.


Qualities of Leadership

• A leader should have some leadership qualities in order to
provide effective leadership. According to Henry Fayol, a leader
should have the qualities of :
1.)health and physical fitness,

2) mental vigour and energy,

3) steady, persistent thoughtful determination,

4) sound general education, and

5) management ability embracing foresight and the art of handling
men.


Conti…

• The important qualities of a leader are discussed :

1) Physical appearance and strength : The leader has to put in hard
work physically. He should have a capacity to work for long
hours than others. It proves the diligence of the leader to his
followers easily.


Conti…

2) Mental vigour : The leader is also strong mentally. It means that
the leader is expected to withstand strain in finishing the work
properly.

3) Emotional stability : The leader should not be moved by emotion or
sentiment. He should analyses the problem rationally and take a
decision without bias. The leader should not have short temper.
Besides, he should show firmness in his decision and not show
despair or indecision on his face.


Conti…

4) Sense of judgement : A leader should know the human psychology.
He should understand the behaviour, needs, thoughts, movies etc.
of his followers. This will help him to take a strategic decision
and get it recognized by his followers. Besides, he can set right his
actions.

5) Goodwill : A leader should be able to understand the feelings of
others. He takes decision on the basis of expectation of his
followers. If he does not do so, he will not win the goodwill of
his followers.


Conti…

6) Motivation : A leader should know the motivation techniques and
how to use them. If a person is forced to do his job under the
threat of getting punishment , he will not perform his work
properly. At the same time, if she same person is motivated, he
will perform his job more than the expectations of his leader.

7) Communication skill : Whatever the information needed to workers,
it should be passed through the leader. So, the leader should
communicate the information to the workers. Now, the leader is
acting as an effective speaker


Conti…

• and writer. If the leader has communication skills, he will direct
his followers effectively.

8) Guiding ability : The leader acts as a teacher to new workers.
So the leader helps his followers to learn their work. He should
train the workers by work and deed to complete the job
effectively.


Conti…

9) Sociability : An able leader can easily mingle with the workers.
The workers should be encouraged to discuss their problems
and difficulties with their boss. The workers frequently. The
leader should show his keen interest to develop the ability of
workers.

10) Technical knowledge : A leader should possess a through
knowledge of the theory and practice of his job. Besides, he
should know the


Conti…

• Current developments in his job along with technical knowledge. For
example, a computer department manager should know all the
latest developments in computers.
• These are some qualities of a leader. Besides, he should be
honest, sincere and fair. Sincere, fair and honest people are mostly
liked by others and their leadership is accepted by one and all.


Summary

• Leadership may be defined as the ability to influence and
direct the task-related activities of the members of group. A leader
is a goal-setter, planner, executive, expert, group representative,
administrator of rewards and punishments and a symbol of the
group.
• Three approaches to the study of leadership are: The traits
approach, behavioural approach and contingency approach.
• The traits approach has not proved useful since no major
traits have been identified that


Conti…

• constantly distinguish leaders from non-leaders. The behavioural approach
has focused on leadership styles. Studies of leadership styles have
distinguished between a task-oriented, authoritarian or initiating structure
and an employee-centered, democratic or participative style. These
studies seem to suggest that there is one best leadership style-one
which combines democracy with high production. But this is refuted by
the contingency approach which says that leadership is situational. This
means that there are a number of factors peculiar to a situation which
determine the effectiveness or otherwise of a leadership style.

• According to Douglas McGregor, an effective leader is the one who
creates conditions in which his subordinates feel secure and
independent.


Review Of Topic

 INTRODUCTION
 MEANING OF LEADERSHIP
 DEFINITION OF LEADERSHIP
 IMPORTANCE OF LEADERSHIP
 QUALITIES OF LEADERSHIP
 SUMMARY


Bibliography

1) Essentials of management ,
P. N. Reddy, P. C. Tripathi, H. R. Appannaiah,
Himalaya publishing House.
2) Principle Of management,
T. Ramasamy,
Himalaya publishing House.
3) Students’ Guide to management ,
Dr. Neeru Vasishth,
Taxmann Allied services pvt. Ltd.

4.) Principles of management ,

P. C. Tripathi, P. N. Reddy,
TATA McGraw – HILL Publishing company Limited,
New Delhi.


Thank you

vaghela_manisha13 BY: MANISHA VAGHELA 29
@yahoo.com

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