Leadership And Management

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what a leader should be. Leadership is described by Covey as:

Leadership focuses more on people than on things; on long term rather than short-term; on developing relationships rather than on activities; on mission, purpose, and direction rather than on methods, techniques, and speed. Developing a personal and organizational mission statement-through special processes to achieve maximum effectiveness-is a lay implementation tool for applying this principle. (Covey 1992, 270)

No matter what the role of the leader or manager, one thing is certain; being an effective leader is crucial. “The Human Resource Institute found leadership to be the number 1 issue for effective people management” (Ulrich, Zenger, Smallwood 1999, 1).


THEORIES ON LEADERSHIP
Fiedler’s Contingency Theory

Fiedler’s Contingency theory was first introduced in the 1960’s. This theory is based upon contingency factors that indicate there is a relation between favorableness and leadership requirements. His study suggests that the way to measure t...