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This 8 page paper looks at the development of leadership theory, considering different approaches that have been adopted. The review starts with the great man and trait theory, moving onto the behavioral theory and ending with contingency theory including path-goal theory and the Hersey-Blanchard model. The bibliography cites 11 sources.
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success, form the military leaders of the past such as Alexander the Great, through to the leaders that have shown the ability to save firms, such as Steve Jobs who
is credited with saving Apple. The question that have been asked by many as to what makes a good leader, and how can this be developed into theoretical approach that
can be applied to leadership in general in order to help other leaders improve their leadership skills and the results that they achieve.
This is not a new area of consideration and within the business environment has been subject to study for over a century. Looking at the evolution of leadership theory,
form the study of great men to the acceptance of complex interdependent influences there are different ideas concerning what will make a good leader and how they can be measured.
The development of leadership theory may be seen as starting with the concept of personality as a key influence. This is an
area of study that may be divided into two parts; great man and trait theory. The study of headship started by the study of great men in order to identify
their behavior patterns, with the belief that of these were emulated it may lead to great management, this stage of leadership study goes back to the nineteenth century with the
work of Galton and extended into the twentieth century (Borgotta et al, 1954). However, although the study was popular at the time may great leaders were observed as having very
different personality types so the theory was constrained. Trait theory was built on this, but took an approach looking at the traits in general rather than individual leaders. The aim
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