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cont… 5 Quotes on Leadership ? In any case, leadership is finally a collaborative endeavour. (Warren Bennis, author and leadership scholar) ? To lead the people, walk behind them…As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honour and praise. The next, people fear。 Vision。Lesson 12 LEADERSHIP 1 Overview ? Introduction: What is leadership? Why study leadership? ? Historical Developments of Leadership Approaches ? Traits Approaches ? Behavioural Approaches ? Contingency Approaches ? Transformational Approaches Power: The leader’s Source of Influence ? Summary and Conclusion 2 WHAT IS LEADERSHIP? ? Leadership is the ability to influence a group toward the achievement of goals (Robbins). ? Leading is the process of creating vision, inspiring mitment and directing humanresource efforts toward anisational objectives (Schmerhorn). ? Key Words: Influencing。 Organisational Objectives。 Inspiration。 and the next the people hate…When the best leader’s work is done, the people say, “ We did it ourselves!” (LaoTse, Chinese sage) cont.. 6 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF LEADERSHIP APPROACHES ? Trait Approach (19001946) ? Behavioural Approach (19481965) ? Contingency Approach (19671975) ? New Leadership Approaches ? Theory of Charismatic Leadership (House, 1977) ? Theory of Transformational Leadership (Burns, 1978。 ? Argues that presence or absence of these characteristics distinguishes leaders from nonleaders. ? Personal factors that distinguish the leader, such as intelligence and appearance. Cont… 8 Traits Approach ? Physical characteristics ? This refers to the looks, appearance, grooming of the managers. ? Social characteristics ? These traits are related to the ability to be sociable, munication skills and ability to get along with others. ? Personality ? Personality traits are associated with the individual’s character. Effective leaders usually exhibit an outgoing, aggressive personality. Cont… 9 Traits Approach ? Intelligence characteristics ? These characteristics refer to the ability of the individual to use his mental abilities to assess issues, make decisions and solve problems. ? Work related characteristics