Leadership Class 12 Notes | Business Studies

Leadership Class 12 explains the meaning of a leader and how the process of leadership influences employees’ behaviour in a desired manner. Leadership help in maintaining harmony in the organization. All the concepts related to leadership are given below, you can scroll down to get a detailed explanation.

Leadership is a skill of an individual by which he can influence people to do a particular task by instilling motivation and guiding them through the way till the task is completed. It is an important element of directing process.




It is a process which will bring change in the behaviour of employees who may be indifferent to the tasks and may not put their efforts to the maximum and may sometimes put the efforts in the wrong direction. Guidance and good interpersonal relationships are very important for an organization’s peaceful environment.

There is a major difference between a leader and a manager. A leader is a person who works with the followers and a manager is a person who makes other people work for him. In an organization, there is a need for a person who is both a leader and a manager so that the organization is successful.

Features of leadership under Leadership Class 12 

  1. Leadership is a quality of an individual to guide and influence people to work in the right direction.
  2. A leader will have a good interpersonal relationship with the followers.
  3. Leadership is a continuous process which helps in the achievement of objectives.
  4. Leadership is a process which brings about change in followers’ behaviour and makes it productive.




After going through the content we will have understood how Leadership Class 12 helps the organization by influencing the behaviour of the employees and making them work efficiently towards organisational goals.

Chapter 7 – Directing

  1. Directing – Introduction, Meaning, Importance & Principles
  2. Motivation – Element of Directing
  3. Incentives – Types of Incentives
  4. Maslow’s need hierarchy theory of motivation
  5. Leadership
  6. Communication
    1. Barriers to Communication