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Reading 22: Identifying leadership (5 FORMS (Leadership as Purpose…
Reading 22: Identifying leadership
Grint et al, 2017
5 FORMS
Leadership as Position
Where?
Position within hierarchical power structure
Higher up = more effective
CEO holds leadership power
Fails to account for fact that leadership can be exercised at more than one level within an organisation = distributed leadership
Leadership as Process
4 key factors
Context
Followers
Outcomes
Leader
Pierce & Dunham (1989)
INFLUENCE
Leaders act differently to non-leaders
Leadership as Person
Personality & qualities
Charismatic
Motivational
Inspirational
Criticism
: organisations with charismatic leader can still fail
Scapegoat
Leadership as Result
How far can the collective results of an organisation be attributed to its leader?
Grint et al., 2017
Football managers
v Pariah
Leadership as Purpose
Purpose important despite meagre results ie, Malala Yousafzai
Ethical leadership
Influence on organisational standards
Public value initiative
Purpose is core to leadership within the public services (Moore, 1995 & 2000)
Transformational & transactional leadership
FOLLOWERSHIP
Role & behaviour of followers in relation to leadership
Performance
Good leadership is vital to organisational success
Challenge = context
