The Great Man Theory refers to the belief that leaders are born with innate qualities rather than being made through experience or education. It suggests that certain individuals possess inherent characteristics that make them exceptional leaders, a concept that has resurfaced in modern leadership research.

May 1, 1996 · The Editor's Chair / Dennis W. Organ, Editor Leadership: The Great Man Theory Revisited Jn the early 1980s, a doctoral candidate at Indiana University, teaching/or the first time an undergraduate course in organi- zational behavior, was casting about for some device with which to rouse his students' interest in "leadership.

Dec 1, 2018 · The trait theory of leadership, known as “Great Man theory’, was one of the first systematic efforts to study the concept of leadership in the early 20th century (Northouse, 2004, Northouse, 2007). The notion of great men theory states that, there are some rare individuals who have the ability to revolutionize the history or bring a real ...

Jan 1, 2013 · Great Man theory This suggests that leaders are born, not made, shaping history through their personal attributes, such as charisma, intelligence and wisdom. This theory of leadership is highly restrictive and exclusive, and certainly has no …

May 1, 1996 · The fashionable party line in those days was “leadership is not a trait, it is learned behavior and has little to do with innate personal qualities. ” The Great Man (or Woman) notion of leadership was said to be anecdotal and “unscientific.”

Jan 1, 2013 · Such traits include adaptability, ambitiousness, assertiveness, decisiveness, dependability, dominance, persistence, self-confidence, intelligence, creativity, and social skills. However, trait theory, like Great Man theory, has tended to focus on historical high-status leaders, and again risks being unrepresentative of leadership in healthcare.

Jan 1, 1999 · At the beginning of the 1980s Libya decided to to develop the Great Man-made River Project (GMRP) to provide water to its population. The GMRP is one of the largest civil engineering projects in the world, involving the abstraction of ancient groundwater from the Sahara Desert and the transportation of water over hundreds of kilometers to the ...

Jan 1, 1999 · Conclusions The Great Man-made River Project is an unconventional method to secure Libya's present and future water supplies. The project has shown the technical feasibility of a large scale water transfer using an extensive pipeline system, built under extreme conditions.

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