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International Journal of Social Science & Interdisciplinary Research__________________________________ ISSN 2277 3630
IJSSIR, Vol. 2 (3), MARCH (2013)
Online available at indianresearchjournals.com
TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP APPROACH IN
ORGANISATIONS
-ITS STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
SURESH. A*; RAJINI. J**
*RESEARCH SCHOLAR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT,
KAKATIYA UNIVERSITY, WARANGAL AND WORKING AS A FACULTY IN COMMERCE & BUSINESS
MANAGEMENT IN UNIVERSITY ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE, SUBEDARI, WARANGAL .
**WORKING AS A FACULTY IN COMMERCE & BUSINESS MANAGEMENT IN UNIVERSITY ARTS AND
SCIENCE COLLEGE, SUBEDARI, WARANGAL .
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Introduction
Leadership has been described as “a process of social influence in which one person can enlist
the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task". Leadership is
"organizing a group of people to achieve a common goal". The leader may or may not have any
formal authority. Students of leadership have produced theories involving traits, situational
interaction, function, behavior, power, vision and values, charisma, and intelligence, among
others. Somebody whom people follow: somebody who guides or directs others.The role every
manager must fill in the workplace is leadership. Managers often make the mistake of assuming
that because they are the managers, they are also the leaders and that their associates will
automatically follow. In reality, position only denotes title, not leadership. Peter Northouse
(2001) defines leadership as a process whereby one individual influences a group of individuals
to achieve a common goal. To be an effective leader, the manager must influence his associates
in a positive way to reach the goals of the organization. There are three types of leadership
approaches. They are
1) Transactional Leadership: It focuses on the exchanges that occur between leaders and...