Leadership Theory
The word leadership can refer to:
1. Those entities that perform one or more acts of leading.
2. The ability to affect human behavior so as to accomplish a mission.
3. Influencing a group of people to move towards its goal setting or goal achievement. (Stogdill 1950: 3) A leader is simply someone who has followers.
Types of leadership styles
The bureaucratic leader (Weber, 1905)[1] is very structured and follows the procedures as they have been established. charismatic leader
The charismatic leader (Weber, 1905) leads by infusing energy and eagerness into heir team members
The autocratic leader is given the power to make decisions alone, having total authority.
The democratic leader listens to the team's ideas and studies them,.
The laissez-faire ("let do") leader gives no continuous feedback or supervision because the employees are highly experienced and need little supervision to obtain the expected outcome.
The people-oriented leader is the one that, in order to comply with effectiveness and efficiency, supports, trains and develops his personnel, increasing job satisfaction and genuine interest to do a good job.
The task-oriented leader focus on the job, and concentrate on the specific tasks assigned to each employee to reach goal accomplishment.
The servant leader facilitates goal accomplishment by giving its team members what they need in order to be productive
The transaction leader is given power to perform certain tasks and reward or punish for the team’s performance.
The transformation leader motivates its team to be effective and efficient. environment leader The environment leader is the one who nurtures group or organisational environment to affect the emotional and psychological perception of an individual’s place in that group or organisation.
1. Those entities that perform one or more acts of leading.
2. The ability to affect human behavior so as to accomplish a mission.
3. Influencing a group of people to move towards its goal setting or goal achievement. (Stogdill 1950: 3) A leader is simply someone who has followers.
Types of leadership styles
The bureaucratic leader (Weber, 1905)[1] is very structured and follows the procedures as they have been established. charismatic leader
The charismatic leader (Weber, 1905) leads by infusing energy and eagerness into heir team members
The autocratic leader is given the power to make decisions alone, having total authority.
The democratic leader listens to the team's ideas and studies them,.
The laissez-faire ("let do") leader gives no continuous feedback or supervision because the employees are highly experienced and need little supervision to obtain the expected outcome.
The people-oriented leader is the one that, in order to comply with effectiveness and efficiency, supports, trains and develops his personnel, increasing job satisfaction and genuine interest to do a good job.
The task-oriented leader focus on the job, and concentrate on the specific tasks assigned to each employee to reach goal accomplishment.
The servant leader facilitates goal accomplishment by giving its team members what they need in order to be productive
The transaction leader is given power to perform certain tasks and reward or punish for the team’s performance.
The transformation leader motivates its team to be effective and efficient. environment leader The environment leader is the one who nurtures group or organisational environment to affect the emotional and psychological perception of an individual’s place in that group or organisation.
