Contrasting Leader and Leadership Development - Implications for Human Resource Management

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Leadership and Human Resources - Management Styles, University of Southampton, course: Human Resource Management, language: English, abstract: A large variety of approacheshas been suggested to the topic ofleadership, which in organizationalsciences, is positioned among themost explored and discussedtheories (George, 2000); andindeed, leadership has been foundout to have considerable effects oncompanies’ performances, playinga major role in organisationaldevelopment, change, andrejuvenation (Clarke & Higgs, inpress). Mehmood and Arif defineleadership as the talent to affectindividuals to act differently basedon their own will (2011).