GENESIS, DEVELOPMENT AND MODERN FEATURES OF MAJOR LEADERSHIP THEORIES
Nowadays, the problem of leadership is becoming of major importance in the analysis of both theoretical and practical aspects of increasing the efficiency of management systems. Such an increased attention to this problem is caused by the increasing role of human factor in management, complication of the management process and its growing dependence of personal factors and values of both the leader himself and the group under his leadership. This article provides a comparative analysis of various theoretical approaches in order to reveal the essential features of leadership - structural, behavioral, situational, value etc. Their positive and negative aspects in the context of practical applicability have been revealed. It has been pointed out that, due to the theories of leadership within the concept of «the new management», a new image of a totally different manager or leader is being formed. Besides, both the manager and the leader are different types of chiefs, wherein the leader has the ability to make employees work and the manager is good at inspiring them.