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Are Leaders Born or Are They Made?

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true reason for failure. Indeed, the first point of blame is often cast toward ineffective leadership, provoking the questionable claim that all is required is a good leader.  How true that statement may or may not be is based upon the presumption that effective organization depends upon the skills of a single individual; in fact, there are a  number of considerations above and beyond acquiring a good leader that determine successful organizational tactics. "...Solidarity provides the basis for extraordinary organizational cooperation and teamwork" (Police Organizational Culture).  II. LITERATURE REVIEW It can readily be argued that the workplace is not the same as it was just ten years ago, and it will not be the same ten  years from now. In the ongoing quest to make the workplace a more effective environment, it has also become an ever-changing one in relation to its modifying climate. In  The Ambiguity Of Leadership, Jeffrey Pfeffer attempts to demonstrate how ineffective leadership can actually be, insofar as people have come to depend on its ability to address an organizational crisis.  The authors article helps to define exactly what a leader means, and whether or not the masses place far too much emphasis upon success that is based on the  abilities of one persons attributes. In his discussion on what defines true leadership, Pfeffer addresses several problems with the overall concept, including the extent of ambiguity in relation to  definition and assessment. Barkdoll notes that there has long been resistance to define this ambiguity, contending that "the way we do things around here is an efficient and frequently  cited common sense definition of culture. Although this is an expedient definition it misses many powerful underlying concepts..." (Individual Personality And Organizational Culture). How is an effective leader