Good Leaders Make A Good OrganizationAny successful organization depends a lot on the kind of leadership qualities it inculcates in its employees. A good leader will be able to get the best out of the members of the organization, and help even the weakest links into giving their best. The study of organizational behaviour places a lot of emphasis on cultivating leadership and in the various kinds of leadership qualities that are perceived to be of importance. It is not just individual leadership that is of importance, it is also the leadership that the organization as an entity, espouses which influences the behaviour of its employees or members. Some organizational behaviour studies have claimed that the quality of leadership has been one of the most significant factors in the success of an organization. In 1999 Fulop and Linstead had emphasized that the Human Relations movement had proved that organizational leadership was one of the most important factors in improving the performance of the employees and in motivating them. Many HRD training courses have been focused on teaching people how to become effective managers, mainly by teaching them how to lead the other employees. Organizational leadership in these days is becoming more and more complex. It has to deal with employees at an individual level; with the groups of employees that work as a team; and with the kind of management style that the organization follows.
Some group theories have developed various kinds of parameters by which the leadership style can be determined or quantified. Most organizations follow a combination of one or two styles, and often they adapt to the kind of people they are dealing with. Some follow the “directional” style of leadership, where the behavioural patterns and the processes are very clearly laid out and are followed and supervised carefully. Others may follow the “coaching” system in addition to the “directional” system. They coach, supervise and actively involve their subordinates in most decisions. They may “support “ them further by letting them accomplish the tasks on their own, and by making them active participants in the decision making process. Often after these systems have been followed and the organization has developed confidence in its subordinates it moves over to “delegating”, thereby imparting leadership to its employees, and laying the foundations for the next level of leaders. This is a rather simplified explanation of the role of leadership in any organization, for as we have said earlier, leadership is a very complex process. The study of organizational behaviour is incomplete without a study of how to lead an organization, and without understanding the implications of various styles of leadership on the motivation and productivity of the members of the organization
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