Introduction to Management and Leadership

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Another leadership style that is also part of the contingency theory called situational leadership model. The theory shows the needs of leading subordinates (maturity and autonomy). The reference in term employee competence and level of commitment to the defined spots that can summarize in four leadership situations: directs, conducts, supports, and delegates. The standard of skill and responsibility of subordinates are high commitment to great skills, high-low mobilization techniques, skills medium-low engagement, strong skills weak commitment, so the head adapts by choosing the style appropriate to the situation in the level of subordinates.

The needs are changing, and human resources are increasingly the primary factor in the organization. However, the traditional school remains incomplete by these radical changes; so the variables of yesterday are not the same as today. The modern school was born with new theories focusing increasingly on the employee behavior.

The first charismatic leadership theory is based on the award to the leader of the heroic skills, this type of leadership has a very significant degree of influence within the company. It has four qualities; a charismatic leader with self-confidence, he/she has a clear vision that ensures the future of the organization, he/she guarantees the achievement of the objective and by his/her courage and determination stimulate some coordination between charismatic leadership and performance of subordinated.

Secondly there is the transactional leadership theory used to guide and encourage subordinated through the clarification of tasks to ensure the achievement of objectives. The transformational leadership promotes the development of a sense of trust among employees and serves the personal interests of everyone for the benefit of the company.

The importance of a leader in the life of a group

The team leader is based on a variant of his/her capabilities responsibility manifested by solving problems. He/she handles conflicts between staff and clarifies roles and objectives that can motivate his/her employees. His/her attitude, signs of attention, his/her brands consideration towards his staff are so many ways to create team spirit. Without team spirit, there is no real leader. Confidence appears as one of the fundamental attributes of leadership and a dash of the central feature around which the right relationship within an organization articulate. The leader stimulates, coordinates and supports the development of his/her employee skills (career management). He/she makes decisions to employees, assigns tasks, implement timely responses to requests from customers and the environment. He/she brings out the ideas of the group and helps the employee to solve problems and make their revolution, and finally animates a team.

The difference between the work of a leader and a manager

The job of a Manager focuses on achieving his/her mission in the short term, and his/her work bears directly on the individual by providing decision-making power that can motivate or punish people. Also, a formal authority achieves the performance desired by the company to implement his/her personality and his/her scientific capacity.

As against a Leader seeks to achieve his/her objective in the long term and his/her work is focused on the whole group to motivate and adhere to a shared vision. He/she can communicate his/her confidence to all his/her crew and obtain active membership and intelligent, not to mention the need to meet the challenge of excellence and react quickly. The manner of driving a team or group of people to join a vision.

Conclusion

To be a good leadership is a result of good qualities of the leaders. The leader should have the traits like; discretion, morality, good communication skills, decision making, accountability, being focused among others. We keep in mind that leadership is the influence of an individual on the group. It is personal, non-coercive and based on the communication. Seems it does not support on the social position and authority of the protagonist. We define a leader as a person of trust, whose his/her destiny is linked to that of the group. This is a person who has charisma and oratorical skills.

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