Leadership Styles

Psychologist Kurt Lewin developed his leadership styles framework in the 1930s, and it provided the foundation of many of the approaches that followed afterwards. He argued that there are three major leadership styles: Autocratic leaders make decisions without consulting their team members, even if their input would be useful. This can be appropriate when you […]

AN EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT STYLES, ON GRADE 12 LEARNERS’ PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED SCHOOLS, IN THE PHILIPPI AREA, CAPE TOWN. BY M HOHO THESIS IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE DEGREE MAGISTER TECHNOLOGIAE IN THE FACULTY OF BUSINESS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AT THE CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY […]

With globalisation and related intensification of trade and commerce effective leadership has become indispensable in the business world. Where traditionally the business leader took the role of commanding “the troops” towards effectiveness and efficiency this has changed dramatically over the last decades. The service industry rise, knowledge management trends, increased workforce diversity combined with international […]

In the fast pace environment of health care, organizations must realize the importance of using organizational structures (models) to benefit and improve the overall success. Organizational structure is defined as “A guided process for integrating the people, information, and technology of an organization, and serves as a key structural element that allows corporations to maximize […]

Introduction Leaders are fast becoming recognised as the key to success for organisations across the globe and as such studies on how leaders are created and how leaders interact with others are becoming much more prevalent (Chemmers, 1997). That said, the area of leadership in the Oman context has been largely overlooked when it comes […]