CHAPTER ONE
Introduction
Leadership
is a process by which a person influences others to accomplish an objective and
direct the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent. Northouse
(2001:3) defined leadership as a process whereby an individual influences a
group of individual to achieve a common goal.
An
effective leadership is generally someone that leads by example and other
people just tend to follow because they believe what they do is the right
thing. An effective leader can admit when they are wrong and by doing so,
allows people to feel comfortable asking them For help and advice.
Leadership
plays a crucial role in an organization on which the demand on the individual
employee and demand of the organization are balanced for an organization.
Leadership
is the human factor which binds a group together and motivates it towards
achieving organizational goals and objectives. An organization without quality
leadership will make the employee look like cocoons, it is leadership that will
trigger the power of motivation in people and guide them towards organizational
goal and objectives. Leadership is the driving force or state or need which
inclines a person to behave in a particular manner to develop a capacity of
certain types of behavior.
Leadership
is defined as the process by which an individual influences another individual
or a group to achieve a common goal. Implied that leadership involved the use
of interpersonal approaches to techniques with the intention to persuade
followers to accept a goal. Once accepted, leaders also motivate followers to
engage in the behaviours necessary to achieve the state or condition of the
followers, to a future state desired by the leader that can be accompanied by
achieving the goal.
When
a leader can cause a positive change within an organization, the leader can
make positive professional changes. There is difference between a leader and a
manager, a manager may be a person that is in control, because they are
appointed to a position and that position may have or give them authority. It
is that position may have or give them authority. It is more than having
technical training and following a list of proper procedures.
Leadership
has been as the process of “social influence in which one person can enlist and
aid, and support others in the accomplishment of a common task”. It is not out
of place repeat here that leadership is the ability to question one’s own
behavior.
To
be effective, a leader must be self-aware without being egocentric. Those
leaders who are egocentric are slave drivers rather than servant leader.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Management
is part of the organization, its culture and structure. Leaders and subordinate
are both influence by the organizational structure and culture, but leaders
probably have a greater possibility to shape and change it. An organization
must know who are its outstanding workers, those who need additional training
and those not contributing to the efficiency and welfare of the company or
organization. Also, performance on the job can be assessed at all levels of
employment such as: personal decision relating to promotion, job rotation ,job
enrichment etc.And in some ways, such assessment is based on objective and
systematic criteria , which includes factors relevant to the person’s ability
to perform on the job . Hence, the overall purpose of performance evaluation is
to provide an accurate measure of how well a person is performing the task or
job assigned to him or her which eventually becomes the basis for decision
making concerning the employees future.
However,
the incompetence of leaders influence and affects the organization
administration negatively. Incompetence in policy making where the leader feels
inconsistent in policy making on how best to run the organization. Most Leaders lack administration
knowledge and skills needed to run the
organization effectively. They forget that the effectiveness of staff
depends a great deal on the attitude of
management towards them and beyond
ethical framework that guards and guides its official conduct.
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The
broad objective of the study to examine effective leadership as a platform for
the realization of organizational goals
i)
To evaluate the impact
of leadership on achiving organizational goals
ii)
To examine the
relationship between leadership and workers performance
iii)
To examine the
challenges facing leadership
iv)
To make recommendations
on ways of improving organizational performance through effective leadership.
1.4 RESEACH QUESTIONS
The
research questions for this study are based on the following:-
1. What
is leadership
2. What
is relationship between leadership and worker performance
3. What
impact does leadership make in achieving organizational goals
4. What
is differences between leadership and management
5. What
various styles are leaders utilize in the course of leading
6. What
recommendation can be proffered in improving employees performance through
effective leadership.
1.5
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The
Study: Effective leadership as a platform for the realization of organizational
goals is relevant and important to the policy makers, public administrators,
researchers and the government policy makers will find the study relevant
because it will help on leadership and job performance and also in advising
government in an efficient and effective way by which policy formulated could
be implemented.
The
study will also benefit policy makers in further deliberations on leadership
and job performance issues in an organization and studying the current trends
of organizational performance in an organization. Business administrators will
find this study in their deliberations and discussions on leadership issues and
proffering possible recommendations that will help both the government and the
administrators of policies.
Government
will also benefit from the study because it will help to formulate and
implement effective policies in leadership and job performance in Nigeria.
1.6 DELIMITATION
This
study covers the effective leadership as a platform for the realization of
organizational goals and it is delimited to the
1.7 LIMITATIONS
The
major limitation of the study experienced by the researcher was the problem of
getting the relevant textbooks, journals and other materials which posed a treat
to the quality of this research and unavailability of some vital data from the
respondents.