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PROJECT TOPIC:  THE IMPACT OF LEADERSHIP STYLE ON ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
Department:  Public Administration
AMOUNT:  10,000
FORMAT:   MS WORD
PAGES:  71
 
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The continued success enjoyed by many organizations is derived from a balanced that are achieved in terms of goals of both the employees and the management of the organization through effective leadership. The major purpose of this study is to determine the impact of leadership qualities on growth and development of an organizations. Specially the private sector. In order to accomplish this objectives, research questions were formulated and data collected through the use of questionnaires that were distributed to staff of Grimard Hospital, Anyigba. The data analyzed using statistical techniques such as percentage and chi-square that were interpreted. In work organizations. The quality of management i.e top management often determine the quality of work output and margin of profit. When management of any organization harnesses the potential of available manpower in such a way that organizational effectiveness are achieved and sustained through effective leadership obviously, she utilizes leadership principles but different leadership styles are required for different leadership styles are required for different work situations and sometimes, they vary with the nature of ownership of organization.

CHAPTER ONE

1.0  BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY

Leadership is important in management function that involves harnessing of human and material resources for the attainment of organizational goals.

Leadership has been viewed by many authors as a process whereby an individual exerts influence upon others in an organizational context.

Bowlers and Seashore (1996) enumerated the basic functions of leadership to include;

Support enhancing others feelings of self-esteem and support

Facilitating of interaction such that group members develop close and mutually satisfying relationship

Goal emphasis for high performance and achievements

Work facilitation such that targets are easily achieved through such activities as scheduling, coordination, planning and the effective application of knowledge and prudent utilization of resources

It is expected therefore that in every organization, there should be a leader who will in addition to planning, organizing and coordinating work. Mobilize inspire and utilize available human and material resources optimally for effective organizational growth and development.

Leadership often emerges in a social context in that it does not exist in a vaccum but a phenomenon for people and by the people.

The objectives of leadership are products of clear vision and its actions are dictated by great focus and a sense of mission. The way and manner leadership is conducted in any given situation depends on the interplay of such factors as individual personality, work demand and the exercise of the environment.

The extent to which any of these factor dominates ones behaviour determines to a large extent the person accumulation of natural or situational leadership traits.

Several arguments have been raised over time about the relationship between leadership and employees attitude. However, most scholars caution against tendencies to propose a cause effect relationship because of the confounding of the interview variables.

For instance, leadership characteristics determines leadership behaviour and consequently the attitude of subordinates towards him and the work situatin. Katz (1949).

And in the view of Mlonick (1991), Democratic leaders tend to affect employees more positively than authoritative leaders, while authoritative leaders tend to achieve production targets than the former.

However, Petz (1952) theorized that what matters in the leader subordinate relationship is not just the imposing attributes or the leader but also the enduring characteristics of subordinates. He also advocated the principles of reciprocal influence and integration, according to him, subordinates expect their supervisor to exercise upward influence when dealing with problem, which affect workers themselves, but when this is perceived as being limited, they develop unfavourably reactions.

Consequently, this wills throat the attainment of organizational objectives and effectiveness. However, organizational effectiveness depends to a great extent on the ways the various group in the organizational hierarchy are structured and integrated.

Effective management should therefore develop effective group membership to which they owe loyalty.

That is why effective leadership is necessary in ay organization of all the activities that will promote productivity as organizational effectiveness is to a large extend measured by its productivity.

1.1  STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Leadership is considered as the bane of development in Nigeria organization. In political circle for instance, the problem of leadership is described with despicable terms as corruption, ineptitude, red-tapism and nepotism etc.

There is no gain saying the face that most of the socio-economic maladies which the nation face currently are product of poor management and bad or ineffective leadership. For over a decade now, the world bank has reported consistently in her annual bulletin and publication that Nigeria ranks amongst the six poorest nations of the world despite her abundant, human and natural resources.

In addition, capacity utilization of Nigeria industrial organization has been at a very low level since 1983, and many industries have since folded up.

This is an apparent failure on the part of those in leadership positions which the organizations operate and design practical and effective response strategies to cope with the prevailing situation the obvious conclusion in that they have serious leadership problems.

Many organizations which could have been economically viable are folding up even now and some which are surviving could hardly meet their targeted maximum production level even when such organizations have their required financial banking, enough raw materials and human resources. Therefore, leadership remain the problem militating against the growth and development of such organization. To curb this menace, there is need for an effective leader to effectively put those resources to proper use for maximum result.

Government organization never really get extinct by virtue of their ownership structure. This is not the case with private organizations which may be devastated to the point of folding up due to numerous problems amongst which is leadership. Their survival capacity is much less the former.

It should be noted that when leadership creates abundant work environment, Most of the studies conducted in Nigeria have focused on the relationship between motivation and productivity (e.g. Egwu 1991), but have rarely contemplates on the relations between leadership and organizational effectiveness.

Meanwhile, in most organization, the quality of management is often measured by the quality of work output and margin of profit. However, different leadership styles are required for different work situations and sometimes, they vary in the nature of ownership.

Leadership is to harness the potential of available manpower and material resources in such a way that organizational objective are achieved and sustained.

 

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