Leadership Styles and Human Resource Management:: A Content Analysis of Popular Management Writings

Abstract

Management is one of the most challenging tasks of everyday life. It can be defined most simply as getting things done through people. But dealing with people presents many complexities due to differences in personalities, attitudes or motivational levels, learning styles, communication skills and technical competencies. Despite these differences, the mission of managers is to get the task accomplished. Additionally, managers are supposed to motivate employees to perform better. Managing an organisation is a demanding job. The question, then, is what constitutes effective management? And what are current themes of, and approaches to, management? This article seeks to answer these questions, first, by examining popular management books published in the US in the last decade, and then, in light of environmental changes, by discussing emerging leadership styles and human resource management implications.

Citation

Culpan, R. (1987), "Leadership Styles and Human Resource Management:: A Content Analysis of Popular Management Writings", Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol. 11 No. 8, pp. 11-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb002237