THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP

GROUP 11
Definition of Terms
Leader - a person who leads or commands a group,
organization or country.
Leadership -is the ability of an individual or group of people
to influence and guide followers or members of an
organization, society or team.
Theory - the branch of a science or art consisting of its
explanatory statements, accepted principles, and methods of
analysis, as supposed to practice.
 Introduction
Leadership is the quality of an individual or group of individuals in an
organization to control and govern the team of that organization. in every society
or organization, leadership is required for the smooth functional that organization
and its growth. o
Theories of leadership tell an individual how to be a good leader. These theories
guide and motivate an individual to be a good leader.
Theories of Leadership help to improve the behavior and quality of the person
to perform the leadership task in an effective manner. The leadership theories
explain how and why some people become great leaders.
 Traditional Leadership Theory

Traditional leadership theory was created by Robert

House in the late 1960s. He was an American
management consultant who studied leadership styles of
various companies and developed a model to describe
their strengths and weaknesses. This theory is based on
the idea that a leader has to have charisma, intelligence,
and social skills in order to be successful.
 Continuation

• Traditional leadership is based on the traditional

method of appointing leaders from the top- down
bureaucracy of the institutions without consulting
its members.
• Encourages teamwork and cooperation, as
everyone is working towards the same goal.
• traditional leaders sets up rules for how people
should behave and also control over resources,
such as money, time and people.
ACCIDENTAL LEADERSHIP THEORY

• Accidental leaders are experts in their field with a

high level of education and experience who were
promoted into a leadership role based on their hard
work and expertise.
• They are those people that don't necessarily set out to
become leaders but through "good luck" or "being in
the right place at the right time" fall into the role.
 PRESTIGE LEADERSHIP THEORY
• According to this theory, the optimal form of leader-follower
relations evolved in human via a process of reciprocal
exchange that generated adaptive benefits for both leaders and
followers.
• A prestige leader influences people through their superior
personal attributes such as knowledge, wisdom and vision.
these leaders also are charismatic and use their skill at rhetoric
to win over their followers
• prestige-motivated leaders achieve their status by displaying
their knowledge and skills and convincing people they are
worth following .
 Group 11 Members

VIA E. MELANIE RUTH VILLADAREZ MAY JEAN

GENEVIEVE SHIELA
ALFORQUE ENDRICOSO PUJANES TORMIS ARENA

ANNIE MAE
CHRIZZLE ORDEZ MARIA EZABETH MIRA CARVAJAL
MARINO MYLOS
MAY HILAY
BAFLOR
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