L E A D E R S H I P L E C T U R E
READING IN PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
AT THE END OF THIS LECTURE YOU SHOULD
• Understand the meaning of leadership
• Understand the behavioral theories
• Understand recent theories
• Understand contingency theories
WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?
Leadership is the ability to influence a
group toward the achievement of goals
OHIO STUDIES
People-oriented Production-oriented
It is the degree to which a leader acts in a friendly and
supportive manner towards other staff
It is the degree to which a leader defines his/her roles
and staff roles towards achieving the goals of group
There are two dimensions of leader behaviors;
consideration (people-oriented) and initiating
structure (production-oriented) :
OHIO STUDIES
1.1 Impoverished: low concern for people and jobs
1.9 Country Club: high concern for people but low concern for jobs
9.1 Task: low concern for people and high for jobs 9.9 team: high concern for people and jobs
5.5 Middle of the road
ATTRIBUTION THEORY
Leadership is merely an attribution that people make about other individuals.
People tend to characterize leaders as having these
traits: Intelligence, outgoing personality, verbal skills,
aggressiveness, consistency, determination ..etc
CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP
CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIPS
Charismatic leaders:
• Have a clear vision of where they want to go and how to get there.
• Sensitive to their surroundings and to the needs of their followers and potential followers.
• Often risk-takers
• Know their own strengths and capitalize on them
Are charismatic leaders born or could they be
trained ?
TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Transactional leaders Transformational Leaders
It is a style of leadership that is based on the setting of clear
objectives for the followers as and use of either punishments or
rewards in order to encourage compliance with these goals
It is a style of leadership in which the leader identifies the needed change, creates a vision to guide the change through inspiration, and executes the change with the commitment of the members of the group.
