Concepts and frameworks of leadership in various

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Lessons I II Concepts and frameworks of
leadership in various cultural and business
environments

• Defining Leadership
• Leadership and Competitive Advantage
• Principles of Leadership
• Frameworks of Leadership
• Case Study

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Defining Leadership

• There is no one definition of leadership. The
  reason is that people and business environment
  are constantly changing.
• There is no one best formula for leading to
  business success. Many organizational leaders
  have successfully managed to bring in superior
  financial results to their businesses. There are
  just a few true leaders managing successfully
  to overcome major burdens by using their own
  leadership capabilities.
• Leadership means dealing successfully with
  sudden, unprecedented and major changes in the
  business environment.

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• The leadership is a unique capability. It cannot
  be replicated by any other entity. A true
  leadership capability cannot be successfully
  adopted by others.
• Good leaders are made not born. If you have the
  desire and willpower, you can become an effective
  leader. Good leaders develop through a never
  ending process of self-study, education,
  training, and experience.
• (Source Donald Clark, www.nwlink.com/donclar
  k/leader/leadcon.html)
• A true leader is someone who has followers. A
  leader is someone who successfully manage to
  mobilize all organizational capabilities towards
  achieving competitive advantage.

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Leadership and Competitive Advantage

• Competitive advantage is all about doing better
  than your competitors in the long run. An
  organization is advantaged in terms of
  competition and development if it successfully
  managed to stand out from its competitors.
• True corporate leaders contribute to the
  developing and achieving competitive advantage.
  They manage to mobilize those unique
  organizational capabilities for achieving any
  organizations main aim, i.e. competitive
  advantage.

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• The ultimate aim of any corporate strategy is
  achieving sustainable competitive advantage
• The Corporate Strategy is the plan and the
  Corporate Leaders are the driving force for
  accomplishing the desired goal, i.e. achieving
  sustainable competitive advantage.
• Leadership is not only a unique capability but,
  also, a strategic goal for any organization.
• Many organizations want to achieve leadership
  position in the market.
• Matalan plc is one of the UK's leading clothing
  and homewares retailers. It offers quality
  products at low prices. By buying direct from the
  manufacturer and having convenient outoftown
  stores with low overheads, Matalan is able to
  offer unbeatable value for money.
• (Source http//www.us.capgemini.com/services/ser
  v_casestudy.asp?ServID9CSID112)
• Matalan has, actually, signaled improved results
  through a low-cost structure by selling from
  out-of-town stores. Matalan has proved its cost
  leadership capabilities.
• Case Study A New Strategic Architecture at
  Matalan plc in The Vertical Boundaries of the
  Firm. A Strategic Approach. Summarize those
  factors that contributed to the development of
  Matalans cost leadership capabilities.

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Principles of Leadership

• Be technically proficient
• Seek responsibility and take responsibility for
  your actions
• Make sound and timely decisions
• Set the example
• Know your people and look out for their
  well-being
• Keep your workers informed
• Develop a sense of responsibility in your
  workers
• Ensure that tasks are understood, supervised,
  and accomplished
• Train as a team
• Use the full capabilities of your organization
• (Source Donald Clark, http//www.nwlink.com/donc
  lark/leader/leadcon.html)
• Were adding one more principle
• Use those unique organizational capabilities for
  achieving competitive advantages.

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Frameworks of leadership

• Four Framework Approach, Bolman and Deal
  (1991)
• Structural Framework Structural Leaders focus
  on structure, strategy, environment,
  implementation, experimentation, and adaptation.
  Building and implementing a certain strategic
  architecture at organizational level provides the
  foundation for a leadership structural framework.
  Structural leaders are key players in building
  and implementing successfully the chosen
  strategic direction(s).
• Human Resource Framework
• Political Framework
• Symbolic Framework
• (Source Donald Clark, http//www.nwlink.com/don
  clark/leader/leadcon.html)