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leadership

vr.tr.leadership · ACT.ACT

Let an agent explain leadership as an activity and a field of study, relay theories and research findings with attribution, distinguish leadership from management and authority, and describe forms in specific domains such as education and design.

Thing Registry Activities and processes

Research draft, second pass

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain leadership as an activity and a field of study, relay theories and research findings with attribution, distinguish leadership from management and authority, and describe forms in specific domains such as education and design.

The activity of guiding, directing or influencing a group toward shared goals, exercised through position, expertise, example or persuasion in organisations, communities, politics, education, religion and creative work; leadership is studied in management, psychology and political science, taught in programmes and described by many theories, and it is distinct from formal management though often combined with it.

What it is for: Guiding groups toward goals.

It can be explain the concept and forms; relay theories and research with attribution; distinguish leadership from management and authority; describe domain-specific forms.

Distinguishing features

Influence toward shared goals

Exercised with or without formal position

Many competing theories

Domain-specific forms

What it looks like

Not a visible object; seen in the behaviour of leaders and the response of groups.

How it is recognised

Guiding a group toward goals

Formal or informal, in any domain

Management is administration of resources; authority is the right to command

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

activity

is contrasted with - a related but distinct activity

management

is studied by - and management science

organisational psychology

is related to - the right to command

authority

In practice

Families and kinds

organisational and business leadership

political leadership

educational leadership

spiritual guidance and religious leadership

design and creative leadership

informal and shared leadership

leadership as an academic field

Standards and regulation

No regulation; professional standards for school leaders and similar roles in some countries

Failure modes and hazards

Presenting one theory as fact

Confusing leadership with position

Uncritical leadership literature

Also called

educational leadershipspiritual guidancechancellorshipdesign leadershipdirecting motionKpop Hamtransformational leadershipyouth leadershipArt of Hostingopinion leadershipE-leadershipDeep Leadershipcollaborative leadershipservant leadershipkatokuethical leadershipIslamic leadershipnarcissistic leadership

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.leadership-cognition

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Concept What leadership is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition and distinctions.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is leadership, and how does it differ from management and authority? definition
  2. Is the question about leadership as an activity or about a specific office? boundary

Forms

Forms.

Forms

Forms.

  1. What forms does leadership take across domains? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific domain? action
Theory Theories and research.

Attribution.

Theories

Theories.

Theories

Theories.

  1. What do trait, behavioural, contingency, transformational and other theories claim, with attribution? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary

Evidence

Evidence.

Evidence

Evidence.

  1. What does research say about the effects of leadership styles, with findings attributed? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance
Practice Practice and development.

Practice.

Development

Leadership development.

Development

Development.

  1. How is leadership taught and developed, and what evidence supports methods? provenance
  2. Which entry fits leadership development? action

Ethics

Ethics.

Ethics

Ethics.

  1. What ethical questions arise in leadership, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits business ethics? action
Context History and culture.

Context.

History

History of ideas.

History

History.

  1. How have ideas of leadership changed from classical writings to modern theory? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of management thought? action

Culture

Cultural variation.

Culture

Culture.

  1. How do expectations of leaders vary across cultures, with findings attributed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits cross-cultural management? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should domain-specific leadership be separate entries?
  • How should research references be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming a chancellorship, film directing and an unrelated term; should they be split off?
Draft as JSON