Examination of leadership in terms of human resources management and a field survey

Leader is the one who influences and arouses individuals to reach a certain goal. On the other hand leadership is a process related with the acts of the leader, and the leader is affected by; him/herself, his/her followers and environmental conditions through this process. These three variables are the essential factors that define the styles of leadership and in terms of these factors the leadership approaches are developed.The basic approaches about leadership are; Traits Approach, Behavioral Approaches and Situational Approaches .Other than these; there are also studies about Transactional, Transformational and Charismatic Leadership. Although each and every study about leadership has contributed to the process, it is not possible to define a most efficient way of leadership valid under all circumstances. For this reason, leader should be able to analyze the situation and act properly.Leader and manager are different conceptions. In organizational terms managers are supposed to have leadership qualities. Moreover, in todays conditions, it is accepted that leadership is the sine qua non quality of the manager.Human resources are the most important resource in an organization and Human Recources Management deals with the subject; how human resources could be more effective in achieving organizational objectives. Leadership is needed for human resources to be much more effective. Because of this; managerial leadership is on the foreground in organizations and the way the managerial leaders behave has become extremely effectiveA field survey has been made to define the leadership behaviour of the managers in organizations and determining the managers, leadership qualities. By this research it is concluded that managers? leadership behaviours are between authoritarian and democratic leadership; transformational leadership is much more common than transactional, right along with these employees want much more to work with demokratic, participating and transformational leadersManagerial leadership, which is a conception of doing the right things right, is effective on the functions of human resources management oriented to humans. It is especially seen in obtaing, orienting, educating and improving processes of human resources. This field survey shows that employees predominantly want to work in organizations which have succesful leaders and employes themselves wish to be trained about leadershipKey Words1.Human Resources2.Human Resources Mangement3.Leader4.Leadership5.Managerial leader