Leadership and Management Theory and Practice

LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT THEORY
AND PRACTICE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Leadership is both aN area of research and a practical skill which encompasses the ability
of an individual, organisation or group to influence, lead and guide other individuals, team or
whole of organisation (What is Leadersip, 2019). It is simply the art of motivating group of
employees to act towards achieving the common goal of the company. Jeff BeZos is the owner
of Amazon group and the richest man on the earth according to the latest records. Present essay
will brief into the effectiveness of Bezos leadership qualities from the perspective of leadership
theories such as trait theory and other with various leadership styles.
MAIN BODY
There are being various theories which are being related with leadership qualities of Jeff
Bezos such as
Trait and behavioural theories- The trait theory seeks to determine the personal traits, features
and characteristics of a successful leader such as Jeff Bezos. A successful leader is being
supposed to possess the following traits such as good personality, intellectual ability, quality of
imagination, initiatives, emotional stability, flexibility. Leader also posses desire to accept for
the responsibilities of the organisation, sincerity, integrity, ability to make favourable decisions,
courage, power which is being persuasive and various other. This is being stated that this traits
are being adopted by Jeff Bezos to be one of the most successful leader (Offermann, Coats,
2018). However, this theory of leadership has drawbacks such as it considers only the personal
traits of the leader and does not leads to consider the situation or the environment in which they
have to applied. It assumes that leadership is in born quality and cannot be acquired by the one. It
assist that there is being no objective criteria to measure the trait of leader such as Jeff Bezos.
But, in spite of negative criteria the trait theory of leadership is not completely invalid.
This theory indicates that a leader should have certain personal traits. This will helps the
management to have qualities in leader by its various activities of training and development,
The behavioural approach, emphasis on the actual behaviour of leader Jeff Bezos and
action of the same (Fiaz, Su, Saqib, 2017). It not focuses on the traits and characteristics of
leader. This state that strong leadership is the result of effective role behaviour. It includes use of
leadership qualities such as human which is being related with the ability to interact with people