Palawan State University Graduate School

LEADERSHIP
MARIEL V. PAJARILLA
Master in Public Administration
 OVERVIEW
Nature of Leadership
Leadership process
Types of Leaders
The trait approach to leadership
Characteristics transactional,
transformational, and
charismatic leadership
Leadership needs in the
21st century
NATURE OF LEADERSHIP

Leadership
Leadership is frequently defined as a
social (interpersonal) influence
relationship between two or more
persons who depend on each other to
attain certain mutual goals in a group
situation.
NATURE OF LEADERSHIP
NATURE OF LEADERSHIP

LEADER MANAGER

A leader is someone who always A manager is completely

takes the initiative and invests a
great effort to accomplish the
company’s vision.
A leader requires a vision to
guide change
leaders are more concerned with
how to align and influence
people than how to assign work
to them
responsible for carrying out the
four important functions of
management: planning, organizing,
leading, and controlling.
managers focus on achieving
organizational goals through
process implementation
Managers achieve their goals by
using coordinated activities and
tactical processes.

Both require establishing objectives, coming up with strategies to get there, and tracking
the development. Both demand collaboration with others, effective communication, decision-
making, problem-solving, strategic thinking, and accountability in order to succeed.
LEADERSHIP PROCESES

LEADER CONTEXT FOLLOWER

take charge of or guide the
activities of others
provide the group with what is
required to fulfill its maintenance
and task-related needs
the situation (multidimensiona) that
surrounds the leader and the
followers
the most critical factor in any
leadership event
perceives the situation and comes to
define the needs that the leader
must fulfill

CONSEQUENCE
the leadership process unfold between leader,
follower, and situation
Have the group’s maintenance needs been
fulfilled? Have the group’s task needs been met?
TYPES OF LEADERSHIP

Formal Leader Informal Leader

appointed by the individual whom
organization to serve in a members of the group
formal capacity as an acknowledge as their
agent of the organization leader
leaders in organizations roles of informal leaders
will be those who “best
have not included the
sell” their ideas on how
2. Informal Leader
to complete a project—
total set of management
responsibilities because
persuasiveness and
an informal leader does
inspiration are important
ingredients in the not always exercise the
leadership equation, functions of planning,
especially in high- organizing, directing, and
involvement controlling
organizations
TYPES OF LEADERSHIP
LEADERSHIP STYLES
Directive autocrat retains
power, makes unilateral
decisions, and closely
supervises workers’ activities.
Permissive autocrat mixes his or
her use of power by retaining
decision-making power but
permitting organizational
members to exercise discretion
when executing those decisions.
Directive democrat
encourages participative
decision-making but retains
the power to direct team
members in the execution of
their roles.
Permissive democrat shares
power with group members,
soliciting involvement in both
decisionmaking and
execution.