Aspects of leadership

Leadership is the idea of how the leader leads.
Several aspects to look at for leadership when analyzing an organisation are:

• History 
• Authority: Social right to exert power in certain situations
• Legitimacy: Culturally appropriate
• Support/Backing: Various groups wanting limited resources for their agenda
• Decision-making: The rules of the decision-making process, the appropriate timing.
• Exercise of power: Power is the participation in the making of decisions, it can be used or abused.