Leadership & Team building

Chapter 1

Define what leadership is.

It can be viewed as a dynamic process which involves a number of combined factors. The outcomes if effective leadership are behaviours and achievements that are in line with vision and strategies.

Five main variables can influence leadership behaviour:

1. The tasks and goals of the organisation

2. The leader’s knowledge, skills & attitudes

3. The followers’ skills, attitudes & motivation

4. The context or situation

5. The resources available

Leaders Vs Managers

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Theories of Leadership

Leadership issues

¡Leadership & Gender: The gender issue needs to be examined objectively and stereotyping needs to be avoided

¡Leadership & cultural factors: Cultural factors have the potential of impacting upon leadership behaviours. So both the value systems of leaders and followers can shape the leadership relationships in given contexts

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¡Leadership and organisational life cycle: The leadership behaviour will have to take into consideration the demands of the specific stages of the organisational life cycle and adopt the leadership style that is most suitable

¡Leadership & globalisation: Organisations will have to train leaders for global operations by focussing on cross-cultural and language skills