Leadership in the Catering Industry

Running head: LEADERSHIP IN THE CATERING INDUSTRY
LEADERSHIP IN THE CATERING INDUSTRY
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LEADERSHIP IN THE CATERING INDUSTRY1
Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Discussion........................................................................................................................................2
The concept and importance of leadership......................................................................................2
Leadership in the catering industry..................................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................7

LEADERSHIP IN THE CATERING INDUSTRY2
Introduction
Leadership refers to an individual’s ability to lead others towards achievement of a
common objective and goals. Therefore leadership includes providing proper guidance and
direction to a group of people to help them achieve the organizational objectives. There are
different theories of leadership that are aimed at highlighting different skills of a leader such as
the theory of a transactional or transformational leaders, the concept of a laissez faire leader and
other similar theories and concepts (Barrington, 2010). The concept and theories of leadership
can be applied all the fields or sectors such as health care, hospitality, business and also other
fields. Leadership in the catering industry includes a leaders who focuses on innovation and
creativity and shows adaptability to changes. The main aim of the paper is to discuss about the
concept of leadership and also about the importance of leadership and also discusses about the
concept of leadership in the catering industry. Therefore the paper will discuss about the concept
of leadership and the importance of the same concept. The paper will also discuss about the
importance of leadership in the catering industry.
Discussion
The concept and importance of leadership
The concept of leadership discusses about the ability of a leader to lead other in such a
way that they can achieve the common goals and objectives. The leaders ensure the achievement
of the end goals or results through proper guidance and support to the employees or members.
Therefore according to the concept of leadership it can be understood that a leaders is a person
who is capable to having a social influence over his followers through support for
accomplishment of the common task and objectives (Bass, 1990). Moreover different scholars