MGMT1021 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Charismatic Authority, Gender Equality, Corporate Social Responsibility
31 Oct 2016
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Leadership describes the process, whereby a leader enlists others to help achieve a change, vision, or goal. The contemporary study of leadership concerns itself with. Behaviors can further be divided into interpersonal and task related behaviors. Those being led, which include the interactions between the leader and the follow. Context, situation or contingencies that shape leadership. Leadership involves activities such as increasing organizational flexibility, helping others understand the most important things to get done, producing change, communicating, and inspiring. Managing involves creating order and efficiency, establishing plans, and allocating resources; associated with a formal position. Leadership can be demonstrated by anyone regardless of position. As long as there is a person that has the capability to influence, inspire, or carry out change through others they are considered a leader. Factors of extraversion, height and weight, cognitive ability. What leaders do and how they act. Actions are thought to form the basis of leadership.
