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Leadershipandpower 130831072256 Phpapp01
Leadershipandpower 130831072256 Phpapp01
GBARGAYE
COURSE Lecturer/Facilitator
AUGUST 22, 2013
Reporters
1.MICHAEL S.WOODS
2.EMMANUEL S. NANOON
3.SELBATU SEKOU
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Leadership is about
leading people. Power
means many different
things to different people.
For some, power is seen as
corrupt. For others, the
more power they have, the
more successful they feel.
For even others, power is of
no interest at all.
Leadership Defined:
Is simply defined as the actions of leading a
group of people or organization.
Leadership is the art of getting people to do
something because they want to do it. (Sal F.
Marino) 1936
Peter Druker is quoted as saying,
the leader who work most
effectively, it seems to me, never
say “I.” And that is not because
they have trained themselves not
to say “I.” They don’t think “I.”
They think “we”; they think
“team.”
LEADERSHIP STYLE
According to Norman H. Schwarzkopf, a German
Nazi’s General in 1936, “he said leadership is the
combination of strategy and character.”
Leadership Styles :
The two most commonly
seen and leadership styles are:
Transformational Leadership
Transactional Leadership
TRAITS THEORY:
Trait theories assume that
people inherit certain
qualities and traits that
make them better suited to
leadership. Trait theories
often identify particular
personality or behavioral
characteristics shared by
leaders.
EARLY THEORITICAL ASSUMPTIONS OF LEADERSHIP
CONTINGENCY THEORY :
Authority:
Derived from the Latin word auctoritas, meaning influence,
or command.
In English
Authority can be used to mean power given by the state (in
the form of Members of Parliament, Judges, Police Officers,
etc.) or by academic knowledge of an area (someone can be
an authority on a subject).
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AUTHORITY & POWER CONTINUES
Authority is often used interchangeably
with power. However, their meanings differ
power is defined as "the ability to influence
somebody to do something that he/she
would not have done“
Authority refers to a claim of legitimacy,
the justification and right to exercise that
power.
With authority comes power. The two go
hand in hand. If you have authority but no
power, you cannot expect to be respected
or even acknowledged as an authority
figure. To have power without authority is
pointless. Even if you show dominance and
power, it does not mean that you have the
respect or the ability to enforce.
BASES OF POWER
There are five bases of power that can be divided
into two:
• Power of position (President,
CEO)
Formal • vested by the position he or
she holds.
Referent power
is based upon the individual's personal
qualities, such as innate charisma, the
respect and admiration.
SUMMARY