AN APPRAISAL OF LEADERSHIP STYLES AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE

AN APPRAISAL OF LEADERSHIP STYLES AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE
 
ABSTRACT
This research on an appraisal of leadership styles and its effectiveness in organizational performance with particular references to Mr. Biggs Okpara Avenue Enugu, Enugu State was intended to determine and assess the leadership style operational n Mr. Biggs presently and its effectiveness as a means of achieving organizational and national goals. In carrying out the research therefore, references were made to source including some related literature. In addition, questionnaires method was extensively employed to gather the necessary data for the study. This supported with other forms of collecting data such as books and consultation to the school libraries. Although getting information through some of this source was not easy, the research therefore acknowledge some limitations which might in one way or the other affect the result of the research. After the collection of the data it was used to present analyze, and interpret the data.At the end, some finding based on the data were made which among other is that the most popular style of leadership operational in Mr. Biggs is participatory form of leadership although it was noted that this is subject to change due mostly to situational factors. It was also found out that most mangers in Mr. Biggs use to compensate their subordinate by giving additional responsibilities but failing to arrange such action with adequate incentives such as recommendation for promotion pay increases, and there is no proper provision for training of such workers to enable them carry out effectively the added responsibility.  Based on the major findings, some recommendations for improvement was derived which among other is that there is need for adequate provision of training facilities for both the workers and managers as this would go a long way in improving their performance. As also noted involvement of workers in taking certain decisions establishment of effectiveness communication.
 
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Leadership is generally defined as influence, the art or process of influencing people so that they will strive willingly toward the achievement of group goals. This concept can be enlarged to imply not only willingness to work with zeal and confidence zeal reflects order, earnestness, and intensity in the execution of work, confidence reflects, and experience and technical ability. To lead is to guide, conduct, direct, and proceed. Leaders act to help a group achieve objectives with the maximum applications of its capabilities. They place themselves before to accomplish organizational goals.
The relationship to leadership to the management crisis is intriguing as a case of the situational approach to leadership. There is much facts to consider. In times of prosperity well-developed hygiene factors supervision, interpersonal relations, working conditions, wages, policies and job security-may, to a variable degree, be used by the leader as reinforcing agents to provide a “set” that will produce good results. But if adverse conditions develop, such as a long, drawn –out depression or defect by an enemy in way be wage cuts and negative changes in working conditions. What, then is the preferred leadership style.