This document discusses the role of leadership in cooperative management. It defines leadership as guiding and motivating people to achieve organizational goals. A good leader establishes a clear vision, shares this vision with others, provides knowledge to achieve the vision, and balances conflicting stakeholder interests. Key roles of a leader include initiating action, motivating employees through economic and non-economic rewards, supervising and guiding subordinates, building confidence, and building morale to encourage cooperation and create an efficient work environment.

1. Role Of Leadership in
Co-operative
Management

2. Leadership:-
 The action of leading a group of people or an organization.
 The ability of leading a group of people or an organization,
and getting work done by acting and getting others to act.
 Leadership is a process of guiding, directing and
motivating the people to achieve organization goals.

3. Leadership involves:
Leading the people.
Establishing a clear vision,
Sharing that vision with others so that they will follow
willingly.
 Providing the information, knowledge and methods to
realize that vision.
 Coordinating and balancing the conflicting interests of
all members and stakeholders.

4.  A leader steps up in times of crisis, and is able to think
and act creatively in difficult situations.
 The act of inspiring subordinantes to perform and engage
in achieving a goal.
 Co-ordinates with Manager and Plays an middle role
between Manager and employee
 Management do things right; Leaders do right things.

5. Major Role of Leadership:-
Initiates Action
Motivation
Supervision & Guidance
Building Confidence
Building Morale
Builds Work Environment
Co-Ordination

6. Initiating Action:
Leader is a person who starts the work by communicating
the policies and plans to the subordinates from where the
work actually starts.
Motivation:
A leader proves to be playing an incentive role in the
concern’s working. He motivates the employees with
economic and non-economic rewards and thereby gets the
work from the subordinates.

7. Supervision & Guidance:
The supervision includes observe and direct the work.
A leader has to not only supervise but also play a guiding role for the
subordinates. The way they have to perform their work effectively and
efficiently.
Building Confidence:
Confidence is an important factor which can be achieved through
expressing the work efforts to the subordinates.
It is also important to hear the employees with regards to their complaints
and problems.

8. Building Morale:
Morale as leader denotes willing co-operation of the employees
towards their work and getting them into confidence and winning
their trust.
Builds Work Environment:
Management is getting things done from people. An efficient work
environment helps in sound and stable growth. Therefore, human
relations should be kept into mind by a leader.

10. Prepared By,
Kumar N,
2016A92MBA