MODULE 4

Module 4 - Case: Leaders and Leadership

Module 4 - Case: Leaders and Leadership

Background

The ideas of leadership growth, such as the 11 capabilities of leadership, were officially integrated into Timber Logo in 1971 and into Younger Innovator Coaching in 1973. The Troop Innovator Development Employees Information (for the Younger Innovator program) and the Timber Logo Information Employees Information (for adults) were tailored to include much of the material initially designed as aspect of the White Stag system. The traditional qualifications of it were provided in the first version of the TLD Employees Information in 1974.

Back in the 1930's social researchers started to analyze leadership. Through this research, it was identified that leadership is something individuals do, and therefore the assumption was designed that it is possibly something that individuals can learn to do. One of the more famous research recognized leadership in three areas:

Laissez-faire

Authoritarian

Democratic

This research increased the idea that over a long time the most effective categories were those recognized with the democratic style of leadership. That is, the individuals had an aspect in the decision-making and in the growth of a venture, and the group was increased through this process. This, of course, facilitates the basic plan that we have had in Seeking since the days of Baden-Powell, known as the patrol method.

On the other hand Researchers have analyzed leadership capabilities from a variety of viewpoints. Early studies of leadership, from the 20th century to the nineteen fifties, classified between leader and fan features. Finding that no single feature or mixture of characteristics fully described leaders' capabilities, researchers then started to analyze the impact of the situation on leaders' capabilities and actions. Following leadership research tried to differentiate efficient from non-effective management. This research tried to determine which leadership actions were shown by efficient management (Scouller, 2011, n.d) .

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