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Download Solution PDF'Leadership is the activity of influencing people to strive willingly for mutual objectives'. This was said by
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Download Solution PDFLeadership definitions vary among scholars.
Key Points
- Leadership is the capacity to persuade a group of people to pursue a vision or a set of objectives.
- According to Chester Bernard, “leadership is the ability of a superior to influence the behaviour of subordinates and persuade them to follow a particular course of action”.
- Whereas George R. Terry defines it as “Leadership is the activity of influencing people to strive willingly for mutual objectives."
- Later on, Koontaz and O’Donnell defined leadership as “the ability of a manager to induce subordinates to work with confidence and zeal”
- So, there is no common definition of Leadership.
Thus, G.R. Terry said that 'Leadership is the activity of influencing people to strive willingly for mutual objectives'.
Additional Information
- Theories related to Leadership:
- Great Man Theory/Trait Theory
- Behavioural Theories
- Contingency/Situational Theories
- Transactional Theory of Leadership
- Transformational Theory of Leadership
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