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The Roles Of Leadership In Management Of An Organisation
[A CASE STUDY OF MICHAEL IMODU INSTITUTE OF LABOUR STUDIES, ILORIN]
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1.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS
Leadership: There are divergent views to the definition of leadership, but leadership in this context has to do with that of an organisation.
According to Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, leadership is a group of leaders of a particular organisation. The definition centers around those at the helm of managerial affairs on an organisation as in the case of leadership at the Michael Imodu Institute of Labour Studies, Ilorin. The essence of leadership evolves on certain qualities or abilities that distinguish a leader from his subordinate. Leadership emphasized a position that put one in situation to give out instruction order to one’s subordinates.
Leadership can be defined also as the process of influencing the activities of an individual or a group in efforts towards goal achievement in a given situation.
Management: This is the act of running and controlling a business organization. It could also be defined as the process of planning, organizing, coordinating, budgeting, reporting, controlling and staffing to accomplish organizational goal through the coordinated use of human and material resources.
Oxford Advance Learner’s Dictionary define management as the act or skill of dealing with people or situation in a successful way. It means that management is the ability to carry others along and coordinate the variety of ideas in an organisation.
Organisation: An organisation can be defined as too or more people working together in a coordinated manner to achieve group results.
According to dictionary meaning of organisation, it can be described as a group of people who form a business in order to achieve a particular aims. This definition points the fact that organisation which is the coming together of different people for a reason which can either be for profit maximization, break even, to provide social services at a reasonable rate which does not necessary emphasize profit – making organisation also means the way in which different parts of something are arranged. Business set-up consist of different part, the arrangement of these different parts in logical manner to suit the motive for setting it up, gives it the organisation status.
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