Leadership Essay

Leadership – 1 page

Definition; Theory

Various definitions for leadership has been proposed and most appear to be used for a specific purpose, in this context leadership can be seen as Cole (2004) cited in Milpark HCM 2010, says that leadership can be seen as a dynamic process, which implies that there is ‘no one best way' of leading – leadership is essentially about striking the right balance between the needs of the people, tasks and goals in a given situation

Application

This definition implies that the three elements namely; needs of the people, tasks and goals have a dynamic relationship in which one affect the other. If the goals must be achieved, certain tasks have to be performed by the people who have specific needs. Leadership can then be considered to be the change agent through which these elements have a relationship; it is therefore not unreasonable to say that if the relationship is good, sustained competitive advantage of the organisation can be assured.

This leads to the assertion that

Everything rise and fall on leadership… (Quote Maxwell)

Researchers agree that leaders shape things of the organisation and therefore generate great impact on success or failure. Followers are also important, as Draft says that leadership is a influence process between leaders and follower for desired outcomes.

Datacentrix is a company in the ICT industry that provide data centre solutions for the enterprise and public sector, certain tasks have to be performed by people in order to achieve the goals of sustained results.

Leadership's role needs to be assessed for its effectiveness to achieve this goal.

The survey conducted indicates various opinions that differ based on the level of the person in the organisation