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www.ckundan.com.np 1 Unit III: Leadership - Organization Management Concept of Leadership: Leadership is an important aspect of management. A manager should have some leadership skills to effectively manage an organization. Leadership and motivation are closely connected. To motivate some people there should be leaders. Leadership is the process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task. It is the ability to get people to do what they don’t want to do and what they don’t like to do. It is the influence so that people follow willingly and enthusiastically towards the achievement of goals. According to Stephen Robbins, “Leadership is the ability to influence a group toward the achievement of goals.” Need and Importance of Leadership:
www.ckundan.com.np 2 1. Initiates Action: A leader is a person who starts the work by communicating the policies and plans to the subordinates from where the work actually starts. 2. Motivation: A leader proves to be playing an incentive role in the concern’s working. He motivates the employees with economic and non-economic rewards and thereby gets the work from the subordinates. 3. Providing Guidance: A leader has to not only supervise but also play a guiding role for the subordinates. Guidance here means instructing the subordinates the way they have to perform their work effectively and efficiently. 4. Creating Confidence: Confidence is an important factor which can be achieved through expressing the work efforts to the subordinates, explaining them clearly their role and giving them guidelines to achieve the goals effectively. It is also important to hear the employees with regards to their complaints and problems. 5. Building Morale: Morale denotes willing co-operation of the employees towards their work and getting them into confidence and winning their trust. A leader can be a morale booster by achieving full co-operation so that they perform with the best of their abilities as they work to achieve goals. 6. Builds Work Environment: Management is getting things done from people. An efficient work environment helps in sound and stable growth. Therefore, human relations should be kept into the mind by a leader. He should have personal contacts with employees and should listen to their problems and solve them. He should treat employees on humanitarian terms.
www.ckundan.com.np 3 7. Co-ordination: Co-ordination can be achieved through reconciling personal interests with organizational goals. This synchronization can be achieved through proper and effective co-ordination which should be the primary motive of a leader. Qualities of Effective Leadership: 1. Physical Appearance: A leader must have a pleasing appearance. Physique and health are very important for a good leader. 2. Vision and Foresight: A leader cannot maintain influence unless he exhibits that he/she is forward-looking. He has to visualize situations and thereby has to frame logical programmers. 3. Intelligence: A leader should be intelligent enough to examine problems and difficult situations. He should be analytical who weighs the pros and cons and then summarizes the situation. Therefore, a positive bent of mind and the mature outlook is very important. 4. Communicative Skills: A leader must be able to communicate the policies and procedures clearly, precisely and effectively. This can be helpful in persuasion and stimulation.