LEADERSHIP THEORIES AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE NIGERIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM BY MAUREEN MARRIS DINZEI
THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE NIGERIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM BY: MAUREEN MARRIS DINZEI dinzeimaureen@gmail.com Introduction Leadership can be defined comprehensively as an art or process by which a member of a group or organization perseveres, inspires influences the attitudes, behaviors and actions of others and direct their activities so that the group or organization members work willingly, co-operatively and enthusiastically toward the accomplishment of goals and a new improved position. (Perotomode, 2012). This definition implies that the boss may not necessarily be the leader. This, however, does not preclude the fact that the boss who is the head by virtue of the position he or she occupies cannot transit to become a leader. It points, though to one basic fact of life, that the leader could be a person who does not necessarily occupy a position of pioneer or authority. Such a person may be regarded as the informal leader in the organizati