1) What do you think are the essential features of public leadership?

 Influence the behavior of others: Leadership is an ability of an individual to influence

the behavior of other employees in the organization to achieve a common purpose or
goal so that they are willingly co-operating with each other for the fulfillment of the
same.
 Inter-personal process: It is an interpersonal process between the leader and the
followers. The relationship between the leader and the followers decides how efficiently
and effectively the targets of the organization would be met.
 Attainment of common organizational goals: The purpose of leadership is to guide the
people in an organization to work towards the attainment of common organizational
goals. The leader brings the people and their efforts together to achieve common goals.
 Continuous process: Leadership is a continuous process. A leader has to guide his
employees every time and also monitor them in order to make sure that their efforts are
going in the same direction and that they are not deviating from their goals.
 Group process: It is a group process that involves two or more people together
interacting with each other. A leader cannot lead without the followers.
 Dependent on the situation: It is situation bound as it all depends upon tackling the
situations present. Thus, there is no single best style of leadership.

2) Is there any difference in the leadership practice and features between public and
private organization ? yes if so what are they?
The following point indicate the difference between leading private and public sector
 private goals are less ambiguous they can be calculated in economic out comes
 public organization must administered by civil service rule.
 there are higher level of accountability in the public sector than private sector
 public organization must accept goals set by other organization but private sector
set their goals by themselves
 operating structures in public organization are set by other organization but in
private sector their structure set by themselves
 Public leadership and private leadership

No Criteria Public Leadership Private leadership

1 Relation to Subject to public work for public demand Less exposed to public
environment it has political pressure inspection, internal process are
kept from public, response to
public guided by market
dynamics
2 Accountability Accountable to public ,transparence in Management accountable to
transaction is expected owner’s firms
3 Measure of General public satisfaction is the gauge in Profit is bottom line
performance the improvement quality of life
4 Nature of goods Open to all Avaiilment based on once
and service ability to pay
5 Cooperation and Collaboration among organization that Competition among
competition offer a given service expected organization that offer a given
service
6 Data availability Performance and intelligence data limited Performance and intelligence
data available
7 Political Political influence stems from authority Political influence indirect and
influence network and from user internal
8 Constraints Mandates and obligations limit autonomy Autonomy and flexibility
and flexibility limited only by law and the for
internal consensus
9 Ownership Citizens act as owners and impose their Ownership vested in
expectation about organization activities stockholder whose interests are
and the conduct of this activities interpreted using financial
indicators
9 Organizational Goal shifting, complex, conflicts ridden Goals often clear and agreed
process goals and difficult to specify, equity dominant upon, efficiency dominant
concern concern
10 Authority limits Stockholders beyond the authority leaders Power vested in authority
,control influence the search for ideas figures who have the authority
to search .
11 Leadership style Change oriented style after ideas about new Relationship style shows regard
and different ways of doing things pushes for for his/her colleagues as
growth initiates new project give thought and individual is considered is
plans for the future friendly trusts his/her
subordinates allows his/her
subordinate to decided
12 Decision making Institution -seeks to exploit the possibilities
style oriented to wards the futures tries to discover
new possibilities and new solution ,gets
carried away with new idea and possibilities
and ignores practical realities
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Ethiopia