approaches to leadership

New approaches to leadership: Cognitive resources and organizational performance.

Of the three approaches to leadership, contingency-focused approaches have been the most prevalent over the past 30 years.

Alternative approaches to leadership theory have been developed over tie years, and some of these will be described under the headings of:

We shall examine the different theoretical approaches to leadership and apply these approaches to public sector organisations as well as asking a number of questions.

Staff Course members undertake a comparative study of military and civilian sector approaches to leadership, and greater emphasis is placed on the responsibilities of command.

There are a number of models which seek to explain the components and implications of different approaches to leadership which may actually serve to compound the problem:

We have, however, conducted a number of studies of the impact of similar leadership programs on participants and organizations, as well as studies of the effectiveness of different approaches to leadership development.

The Sarum College education programme ranges from short courses to postgraduate level, including certificates, diplomas and masters degrees courses in Christian spirituality, theology, imagination and culture, liturgy and Christian approaches to leadership.

Fiedler, F. E. and Garcia, J. E. (1987) New Approaches to Leadership, Cognitive Resources and Organizational Performance, New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Headteachers from Mexico visited in St Neots in June as part of a major British Council project to improve education for hundreds of thousands of children across Latin America, the Caribbean and in the UK by developing new approaches to leadership in schools.