LEADERSHIP STYLES AND ITS EFFECT IN ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE

LEADERSHIP STYLES AND ITS EFFECT IN ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE

CHAPTER ONE

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

1.0   INTRODUCTION

Leadership is a means of directing a group to attain its objectives. Leadership is the ability of management to induce subordinates to work towards group goals with confidence and keenness. Leadership also implies that the leader accepts responsibility for the achievement of the group objectives and it is therefore essential for trust and cooperation of both sides to be in evidence all the time.

It must be noted that leadership is not synonymous to administrative ability and that numerous attempt have been made to analyses the nature of leadership one is to contrast authoritarian and democratic leadership.

Leadership, many opine is the problem facing the Nigeria economy, especially the public (government) sector. It is not that the nation lacks trained and competent leaders and administrators. The bulk of the problem is in the attitude of the leaders and administrator when schedule with the responsibility of managing public (government) enterprise for benefit of the taxpayers and the nation generally.

The skill and ability to manage properly and profitably may be there, but intrinsic interests and commitment to the success and survival of outfit or project is often not adequately demonstrated by the public office holders. This is why so many government enterprises are wound up and public companies like banks, declared bankrupt and have distressed. It is of course a common knowledge that when these enterprises are properly privatized they spring up and start functioning effectively.

Leadership on the other hand is a tool for management, also a technique for influencing the people in an organization. Effective leaders are not necessarily effective managers. A successful leader influences others. An effective leader sometimes can be hindrance to the organization for instance when a powerful informal leader gets the work group to resort its output or produce quality goods.

An example of an extremely effective leader who eventually proved to be a poor manager was Adolf Hiltor, while he managed to convince million to follow him, he did not manage well enough to attain his organizational objectives of world supremacy for Germany.

Finally, the managerial human resources planning, organizing and human resources less in the absence of effective management.

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LEADERSHIP STYLES AND ITS EFFECT IN ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE