This week's textbook readings include Chapter 1 and Chapter 5. Chapter 1 helps introduce the book and course by presenting a number of different perspectives into thinking about leadership and posing...

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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
LEADERSHIP STYLE
Table of Contents
Chapter 1    3
1.Defining Leadership    3
2. Leaders versus Non-Leaders    4
4. Credit received by a Leader    5
Chapter 5    6
5. Impact of Human Nature on Leadership    6
6. Reason Behind Conflict among Leaders and Followers    7
References    8
Chapter 1
1.Defining Leadership
For running any entity, which might be an organization, or local council, state or even a nation requires a person or a group of people with certain characteristics which enables them to manage everything properly. These characteristics as discussed by Rudolph et al. (2018) is known as leadership characteristics, which is a process of social influence, and maximizes the efforts of other in order to achieve the goals. Leadership basically apprehends the essential of being able and also be prepared in order to inspire others. The effectiveness of leadership is basically based upon both original instinct and also borrowed from someone else, which are later effectively communicate to other people in a manner that keeps them engaged. Further supported by Leithwood et al. (2020) that there some leadership researches who have focused on various aspects of the leaders such as personality trait, physical trait or the behaviour trait.
Leadership can be defined in many different ways as described by the researchers of leadership, such as:
· The process through which a subordinate is induced by an agent to behave in certain manner
· The group members are directed and coordinated accordingly
· The formation of an interpersonal relationship in which the employees comply because they want to rather than they have to out of obligation
· Process through which an organized group can be influenced to achieve certain goal
· The opportunities are created because of the focus towards utilisation of the resources
· Conditions are created in order to ensure the effectiveness of the team
· Quality or ability to keep the employees engaged and also to build teams. Also, the ability of achieving the desired result, which are also most important trait of leadership
Hence, these leadership traits will enable a person to properly guide and manage the team or group of persons. With the proper management of the group the accomplishment of goal will be ensured along with the minimization of failure.
2. Leaders versus Non-Leaders
Differentiation can be made between a leader and non-leader because of the presence of certain traits in leader, however, the trait is missing in a non-leader. As discussed by Olar and Jitea (2021) that there are six major traits that differentiate between the leader and a non-leader. A leader is an effective communicator, because they are able to clearly convey and also concisely explain the problems and the solution. A leader can calculate properly that when to speak and when to keep quite and listen. A leader is capable enough to effectively select the communication channel (Hughes, Ginnett & Curphy, 2006). On the other hand, a non-leader is not capable enough to communicate properly with others and because of that they cannot able to convey any message in a proper manner. A non-leader is impatient and he/ she does not listen to what others have to say, rather they are much more focused on what they have to say and they hardly pay attention to other...