Case study on Making a great Prime Minister

1. LEADERSHIP
THE MAKING OF A GREAT PRIME MINISTER

2. Group Members
• Abhijeet Singh (1021001)
• Ananya Mohanty (1021006)
• G. Ravindra Nag (1021012)
• Kaushal Kumar Singh (1021015)
• Kaustav Chaki (1021016)
• Rohit Ranjan (1021022)
• Saurav Mangal Murti (1021023)
• Saumya Shree Panda (1020033)

3. Who is a Leader ?

4. Managervs.Leader
The differences

5. Leader: Works with his sub-ordinates
Boss: Directs, like a BOSS!

6. Influential Prime Ministers of India

7. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
• Was the 10th prime minister of India
• He was a true man of honour, an idealist at heart, and a true
leader on the outside.
• He became prime minister because of his oratorical abilities.
• After the success of Kargil War he was hailed across the
country for his bold and strong leadership.
• He was very courageous and had the ability to take action.
• He was very true to his words. He stated “Being in power or
out of power is the same for me.”
• He had the qualities of taking initiatives.
• Vajpayee was a popular intellectual leader seeking to expand
his political power.

8. LalBahadurShastri:MoralLeader
• Lal Bahadur Shastri was the 2nd prime minister of India.
• Successor to Father of Nation and Architect of Free India.
• Original name was Lal Bahadur Shreevastava.
• His famous slogan “Jai Jawan , Jai Kisan”.
• Important Leadership Roles
•As a responsible leader when part of
cabinet in charge of railways there were
frequent accidents, despite of the
modernization
•As a diplomat when Kashmir was in a
state of turmoil over the genuineness of a
holy relic.
•As a protector of interest when Pakistan
attacked India in 1965 for several weeks.
• Strengths
•Can withstand opposition
•Control emotions
•Integrity is unquestionable
•Committed to what is right
•Own internal standards of
correctness
•Extremely detail-oriented
• Examples
Called the true disciple of Gandhiji
Presided Jansevak Sanghatan after Lala Rajpat Rai
Arrested for 30 months during Salt Satyagrah March
to Dandi
o Profile:
• Teamwork – Team pusher
• Flexibility – Inflexible
• Self-direction – Constant self-improvement
direction
• Strategy – Principle-centered
• Decision-making – Ideal centered
• Managing Change – Rule-bound
• Delegating – Workaholic delegator
• Communication – Reforming
Communicators
• Negotiation – Uncompromising negotiator
• Power- Authority power

9. Indira Gandhi
• Indira Gandhi was one of the most charismatic leaders of modern
India whose ideas and activities touched different spheres of India's
public life and politics and left an imprint on world
affairs, especially, the Non-alignment Movement.
• She was the Prime Minister for over fifteen-and-half years.
• During the liberation war in Bangladesh including Humane handling
of refugees and winning of 1971 war against Pakistan.
• She was able to make a significant contribution to the practice of
inter-national relations.
• Signing Shimla Pact with Pakistani under her leadership.
• Signing of Indo-Soviet Treaty of peace, Friendship and Cooperation
took place.
• She nationalized Banks.
• She abolished privy purses of maharajas.
• She conducted the first nuclear tests at Pokhran.
• The imposition of emergency rule in 1975 proved to be a major
mistake that she realized later.

10. Rajiv Gandhi
• He believed in taking the problem up directly and this was reason for
the Punjab and Assam Accord.
• He was taken up several new programmes and was gearing up the
rural and district administration .
• He was 6th Prime Minister of India, serving from 1984 to 1989.
• He is the creator of the new education policy of 1985 in which the
complete
• development of human beings was emphasized. He made primary
education widespread and of giving employment to everybody.
• He was a supporter of good and clean administration to be
answerable to the people.
• He had started the computer revolution in India, initially with 486
computers.
• Under his regime Panchayati Raj was also taken.
• He used to consider the youth as the future of the country and
wanted to make women self sufficient.

11. Jawaharlal Nehru
• Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India from 1947 to
1964
• He played a major role in shaping modern India's government and
political culture along with sound foreign policy.
• He was central figure in Indian politics for much of the 20th century.
• Nehru is considered to be the architect of the modern Indian nation-
state; a sovereign, socialist, secular, and democratic republic
• He is praised for creating a system providing universal primary
education , reaching children in the farthest corners of rural India.
• Against the background of the Cold War, Nehru developed a policy
of 'positive neutrality' for India.

12. Do you think leaders in other
contexts (business, sports, religion)
exhibit the same qualities as great
Indian Prime Minister?

13. • I think leaders in the other contexts may not exhibit all
the same quality’s as a prime minister.
• They may exhibit a few selected behavior such as
charisma, extraversion ,flexible , creativeness etc.
• A leader in religion may exhibit unconventional
behaviour but which way not a good quality for a
prime minister to exhibit.
• A leader in sports may take a decision which involves a
risk factor but a prime minister may not because of the
involvement of a countries economy.

14. How important do you think
charisma is to a Prime
Minister’s greatness?

15. Charisma is very important to a Prime Minister’s greatness.
• Prime Minister is a leader. A charismatic leaders has
influence over followers.
• A charismatic leaders sets an example for followers to
imitate.
• A vision statements by charismatic leaders imprints an
overarching goal and purpose on followers.
• A charismatic leader reads their surroundings and being
skilled at detecting the moods of the audience and adjust
his or her behaviors and speech to suit the situation at
hand.
• They are geniuses at helping people to see possibilities
and potentials.

16. Do you think being at the right place
at the right time could influence
Prime Minister’s greatness ?

17. • Yes, being at the right place and the right time can be
influential for a prime minister.
• Consider two candidates for the post of prime minister.
A nation wide tragedy befalls the people and one of
them is present to console the people and offer them
the vision to get them out of the tragedy.
• Situational Leadership Theory justifies this statement
that the Leaders prove to be successful by selecting
correct style.
• Depending upon the Readiness and Willingness of the
followers, the Leaders exhibit their qualities.
• They provide Support and directions to the followers.
• This can be more beneficial when the leaders are
present at the place at the time when their qualities
are required.

18. Do you think common people
can be biased in evaluating a
P.M.’s greatness? If so, how?

19. • Yes, biasing is FUN!
• People associate the Leader with the party he belongs
to.
• A member of Congress/B.J.P. has more brand value than a
member of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK).
• Thanks to Communism.
• Potent leader like Narendra Modi is feared by certain
communities.
• Geographical affiliations.
• He’s from MY state, will do something good for ME!

20. Thank You