Introduction
Chapter 1
LEADERSHIP THEORY AND PRACTICE SIXTH EDITION
Overview
Importance of Leadership
Leadership Defined
- Ways of conceptualizing leadership
- Definition and components
Leadership Described
- Trait vs. process
- Assigned vs. emergent
- Leadership and power
- Leadership and coercion
- Leadership and management
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Conceptualizing Leadership
Some definitions view leadership as:
The focus of group processes
A personality perspective
An act or behavior
A skills perspective
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Leadership Defined
Leadership
is a process whereby an individual
influences a group of individuals
to achieve a common goal.
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Leadership Described
Trait vs. Process Leadership
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Leadership is a
property or set of
properties possessed
in varying degrees by
different people
(Jago, 1982).
Observed in
leadership behaviors
Can be learned
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