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PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF LEADERSHIPMANAGEMENT1

Table of contentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................3Body.................................................................................................................................................3Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7Reference List..................................................................................................................................82

Introduction The vision of the leaders often ensures success of organizations by leading a team towardsdesired direction fulfilling all the prerequisites. The leader is the key personality to lead a groupof people ensuring right deeds, setting direction and framing inspiring vision. Avolio et al.(2009) noted that leaders map out the things need to be done to attain the set goal. There isalways a debate whether trait theories or the contingency theories are more useful while applyingthe same in the organization. On this note, it must be mentioned that trait theories put more stresson assessing characteristics (creativity, intelligence) of the leaders (either born or made).Conversely, contingency theories focus on the situation based upon which capabilities of theleaders are determined. The current study mainly aims to develop a critical analysis illustratingthe applicability of trait and contingency theories. In addition to that, discourse on comparative(critical) analysis will be made to assert the applicability of theories on situations withinorganizations. Body Trait theories of leadership Trait theory of leadership deals with the mental, physical and social characteristics common inall the leaders. The theory points out the common traits among all the leaders and elucidatesthose are necessary characteristics a leader needs to possess to be efficient and successfulenough. Bennis (2007) stated that capabilities are rooted among the leaders that they usuallypossess in organization. Over the years, many researchers and scholars have conductedresearches to point out the catalysts (variables) behind success of the well-known leaders.Research conducted by Boies et al. (2015) assessed that there is a significant link between thesuccessful leadership and personality traits. Characteristics such as openness, self-efficacy,introversion and intelligence are some of the traits that ensure success of the leaders. However,argument put forward by Certo and Trevis Certo (2014) depicts that leaders are made based upondivergent situations and tasks they perform. At the initial stage, the theorists used to believeleadership to be an instinctive quality however; the conception has been altered by modern ideas3

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