Organizational Behavior

COMPARE AN CONTRAST THE LEADERSHIP STYLES FOR THREE BUSINESS LEADERS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

These report is part and partial of our organization behavior course. The report is about leadership style of three business leaders where we are supposed to compare and contrast their leadership style. I have chosen 3 business leaders of technology industry. i.e the late Steve Jobs( Former CEO of Apple) , Bill Gates ( CEO of Microsoft) and Narayan Murthy ( Chairman and CEO of Infosys). I have given a brief introduction on leadership and given the various types of leadership styles. On literature review I have discussed on various literatures written by various scholars on the leadership styles of the three business leaders that I chose.

In addition I have analysed the various literatures and discussed the leadership styles of the chosen business leaders and compared them.

Finally I gave a conclusion on what I found about the topic and came up with a conclusion on what I found helpful on leadership style for a company to be successful.

INTRODUCTION

Leadership is very vital for every business which has made it today to be a highly sought after and a valued commodity by various business leaders who seek for effectiveness of their business. But the questions that still arise is what makes good leaders and why some leaders succeed and others do not. Many people believe that leadership is a way to improve their personal, social and their professional lives. On the other hand organizations seek those with leadership ability because they believe they bring special assets in their businesses. Various scholars have defined leadership differently whereby some view it as a trait while others as a behavior. According to Jago he describes leadership as a trait, as a set of properties processed in varying degrees by different people while leadership as a behavior (process) is observed in leaders behavior and is learned.

Having discussed on leadership we will now have a look at our...