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How does Leadership influence Organisational Performance? In this essay, I am going to look at what leadership involves and how this can affect an organisation's performance from both a positive and negative viewpoint. It will also involve investigation into issues such as power, management and motivation and other important areas of an organisation that may be affected by leadership. I will define various types of leaders and characteristics, which make them a good or indifferent person with power, and link them back to whether they are effectively influencing the organisations performance. To begin my essay, I am going to define a leader. There have been many interpretations and definitions of the term 'leadership' throughout the years. It is a subject we know quite little about compared to a subject such as management theory. The definition I have chosen to use is from Laurie J Mullins, he defines leadership as: "A relationship through which...

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