Leadership and Managerial Skills

This chapter explains the place of leadership and management in twenty-first century businesses and organizations, the role of leaders and managers, leadership styles as well as their levels of efficacy. Every organization needs effective leaders and managers as well as competent and reliable followers. It also posits that the place of leadership and management in today’s organizations is changing because leaders and managers require a practical approach to leadership and management to substantially influence and motivate their followers to enhance their performance to achieve set organizational objectives.