Leadership styles in the context of overall managerial competence : the Lithuanian company case

Nowadays, all over the world, organisations need managers/leaders to be able to work both efficiently and effectively. In J. P. Kotter’s opinion (1999) most organizations today lack the managers/ leaders they need. And the shortfall is often large. The lack of managerial competence maybe considered as one of the essential causes deciding the situation. Therefore, it is not without a reason that the issue of managerial competence, as a subject of scientific research has been in the centre of debate over management development. R. Boyatzis (1993, 1982), J. P. Kotter (1999, 1982), R. Mansfield (1999), P. Rutherford (1995), A. Zaleznik (1987), G. Yukl (2002), G. Bergenhegouwen (1996), M-I. Cheng, A. Dainty and D. Motore (2005), as well as many others set exceptional attention on different issues of managerial competence. It should also be noted that a unanimous opinion on a number of decisive aspects of managerial competence has not been reached yet. It is not argued, though, that managerial competence is a multipartite phenomenon, namely a complex of qualities – knowledge, skills, experience and personal characteristics. [...]Ekonomikos ir vadybos fakultetasVadybos katedraVytauto Didžiojo universiteta