Leadership Styles And Their Impact On Organization Effectiveness A Study Of Selected Indian Companies

Abstract

Leadership is among the major driving forces which helps to improve the efficiencyof the employees and thereby the effectiveness of the organization. It is assumed that the leadership style influence the overall results and performance of the organizations. This thesis provides an insight to the nine different styles of leadership which are Trait leadership style Authoritarian Leadership Style Managerial Leadership Style Paternalistic Leadership Style Democratic Leadership Style Laissez fair Leadership style Transformational Leadership style and Transactional Leadership style which were observed in different industries. newlineThe role of leadership styles towards the attainment of organizational effectiveness is also discussed in the study. It was observed that the leadership styles has a strong relationship towards organization success as the way the leader manages his subordinates will decide their efficiency and in all effectiveness of the organization. When a leader is engaged in putting the subordinate idea as input for better decision making then the employees feel motivated and there by improves the performance of the organization too. Leadership is basically dependent on the human behavior and various traits possessed by the leader which help the organizations to successfully achieve their goals and objectives.To test the effectiveness of leadership style in the organizations various dimensions of leadership style like Managerial behavior scale MBS which had 8 dimensions Task orientated, Bureaucratic, Personal relation, Nurturant, Authoritative, Participative, Assertive, Participative and Nurturant, Nurturant Task, MBS Comp. and Organizational Effectiveness Scale OES measures with nine dimensions were used Consensus, Legitimization, Need for Independence, Self control, Job Involvement, Innovations, Organizational Commitment, Organizational Attachment and Job Satisfaction.OES Comp. newline newline