MANAGAMENT LEADERSHIP
OMAR ALALI
16/8/2004
[Compare and contrast two theories of management]
Introduction
During the last few years, leadership has emerged as an important subject all over the world. This in fact is not just because of the substance of leadership in life, but also because leadership is a very complex process. Therefore, there are many theories which aim to recognize and analyse the concept of leadership. However, the great majority of these theories have both advantageous and disadvantages. As Stogdill, M (1973) said: 'There are almost as many definitions of leadership as there are persons who have attempted to define the concept' (p.7).Now, what is the best or the perfect concept of leadership?
The answer without any doubt is very difficult. However, we will try to move through the most widespread definitions around the world. First, according to Donald Clark (1997), 'Leadership is a complex process by which a person influences others to accomplish a mission, task, or objective and directs the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent'.
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English: Al From, Founder of the Democratic Leader...This definition of leadership based on the effect of a person on a group to achieve the organization goals. Yes, it is clear and simple; nonetheless, it is not complete. This in fact because Donald Clark believe that effective leaders are made not born, and thus he endeavoured to avoid the substance of the personal ability, individual skills and inborn factors for the leadership in his definition. Second, 'Leadership is the process of motivating other people to act in particular ways in order to achieve specific goals' (Hannagan, T 2002 pg.37). This definition is somewhat accepted but it is not perfect. This because motivation is one element of leadership and it is not the leadership as Hannagan defined. Stuart Palmer clearly highlighted the definition of leadership:...