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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
CLASS-12TH

BUSINESS STUDIES
CHAPTER -7 DIRECTING
TOPIC: LEADERSHIP

(LESSON - 23)

Leadership:

Whenever we hear the success stories of any organization, we are immediately reminded
of their leaders. Can you imagine Microsoft without Bill Gates, Reliance Industries

without Ambanis, Infosys without Narayana Murthy, Tata without J.R.D. Tata or Wipro
without AzimPremji? You would say it is not possible to achieve success without such
great leaders. The leaders always play a key role for the success and excellence of any

organization. Leaders and their leadership skills play an important role in the growth of
any organization. Leadership refers to the process of influencing the behaviour of people
in a manner that they strive willingly and enthusiastically towards the achievement of
group objectives. Leadership indicates the ability of an individual to maintain good
interpersonal relations with followers and motivate them to contribute for achieving

organizational objectives.

A leader should have the ability to maintain good interpersonal relations with the

followers or subordinates and motivate them to help in achieving the organizational
objectives.
Features of leadership

1. Influence the behaviour of others: Leadership is an ability of an individual to

influence the behaviour of other employees in the organization to achieve a
common purpose or goal so that they are willingly co-operating with each other
for the fulfilment of the same.
2. Inter-personal process: It is an interpersonal process between the leader and the

followers. The relationship between the leader and the followers decides how
efficiently and effectively the targets of the organization would be met.
3. Attainment of common organizational goals: The purpose of leadership is to
guide the people in an organization to work towards the attainment of common