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Department of Human Resource Management Leadership and its contribution to our understanding of Managing Organisations Module No: 41936 Managing Activities in Context Module co-ordinator: Dr. Chris Moore Student: Ian Smyth 20125100422089 Full-Time PgDip (2,952 Words) Leadership and its contribution to our understanding of managing organisations Sandra Dawson (1996:216) offers the following definition of what is involved in leadership Leadership exists when someone (the leader) exercises influence over others (the followers) in their group or organisation. Their influence may be wide ranging or narrowly focused but within formal organisations particular emphasis is given to influence over: - Values which are espoused - Directions in which future developments are guided and - The manner in which everyday tasks are accomplished This is something of a summary of the many definitions of leadership and it is indeed hard to define leadership effectively - James MacGregor Burns (1978) in his book Leadership, cites one study with 130 definitions of the term. One can point to examples...

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