Civics Leadership Guide for Students
Civics Leadership Guide for Students
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TOPI
C1:PROMOTI
ONOFLI
FESKI
LLS
Li
feski
ll
s:i
sthewaywhi
chanabl
eaper
sont
oli
vewel
li
nthesoci
ety
.
A.LEADERSHI
P
Whoi
sal
eader
?
Aleader:i
sapersonwhoi nf
lunceorleadagr
oupofpeopl
e,acountryoran
or
ganizati
on.Aleadercaneitherbeelect
edbypeopl
eorappoi
ntedaccordi
ngt
othe
l
awsoft hecountryororgani
zation.
Leader
shi
p:i
stheabi
l
ityofani
ndi
vi
dual
per
sont
oinf
luence,
mot
ivat
esandl
eadot
her
s.
Goodleadershi
p:i
sthestuat
ionwher
ebyal
eadercanl
eadbyconsi
der
ingt
he
pr
inci
plesofgoodl
eader
ship.
Agoodl
eader
:isal
eaderwhol
eadbyconsi
der
ingt
hepr
inci
plesofgoodl
eader
shi
p.
PRI
NCI
PLES/
QUALI
TIES/
CHARACTERI
STI
CS/
ATTRI
BUTESOFAGOODLEADER
Qn:Br
ief
ly,
expl
ainsi
xat
tri
but
esofagoodl
eader
?
1.Agoodl
eadershoul
dhav
eav
isi
on:
Nor
mal
l
yanygoodl
eadershoul
dhav
eav
isi
onof
achi
evi
ngt
hecommongoal.
2.Agoodleadershoul
dhavesel
fsacr
if
ice:
Anygoodl
eadershoul
dbeatf
rontl
i
net
o
fi
ghtf
ori
nterest
sofmajor
it
y.
3.Agoodl eadershoul
dhaveconfi
dence:Anygoodl
eadershoul
dhaveenough
confi
denceonmaki ngdeci
sion,
he/
sheshouldnotbei
nfl
uencedbyext
ernalpr
essur
e
duri
ngthedecisionmarki
ng.
4.Agoodleadershouldbearol
emodel
:Thi
smeanst
hatanygoodleadershoul
dbe
soci
etal
screen.Ther
eshoul
dbegoodexampl
etot
hesoci
etyonhi
s/heracti
ons.
5.Agoodleadershoul
dhaveimagebuil
ding:Thismeanst
hatanygoodl
eadershoul
d
havewel
lrecogni
zedimagef
orfut
ureexpectati
onsaboutt
hedevel
opment
.
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7.Goodleadershoul
dhaveabi
li
tyt
ocontr
olpr
essur
e:Thismeansthatanygood
l
eadershouldhaveabi
li
tyt
ohandl
estr
essandemoti
onsinfr
ontofhi
s/herpeopl
e.
8.Agoodleadershouldberefr
ainfr
om theabuseofpower:Thi
smeanst
hatanygood
l
eadershoul
dfightagai
nstmisuseofpowerli
kecorr
upti
on.
I
MPORTANCEOFAGOODLEADER/
LEADERSHI
P
Qn:Bygivingsi
xpoi
ntsexpl
aint
hei
mpor
tanceofhav
inggoodl
eader
shi
ptowadr
sthe
soci
ataldevel
opment
.
1.Ithel
pstomaintai
npeaceandsecur
it
yint
hesoci
ety
:Thr
oughsol
vi
ngdi
ff
erent
confl
ict
sinthesoci
ety
.
2.I
thel
pstopromot
eunit
yinthesoci
ety:
agoodleadercanenabl
etouni
tet
he
fol
l
owerssoastof
acil
i
tat
eachiev
ementsoft
heobjecti
ves.
3.I
thel
pstosolveconfl
ict
sinthesociet
y:Agoodleaderhel
ptofor
mul
atepr
obl
em
sol
vi
ngstr
ategi
esinordertobr
ingeconomicchangetopeopl
e’sl
i
fe.
4.I
thelpstopromot
esocialandeconomicdevel
opment
:anygoodleaderhast
het
ask
tomobili
zethecommuni
tyincreat
ingandi
mplementi
ngvar
iouspr
oject
sf or
dev
elopment.
5.Ithel
pstoenhanceposit
iver
elat
ions:
Nor
mal
l
ygoodl
eaderhel
ptopr
omot
eposi
ti
ve
rel
ati
onshi
pamongt hesoci
ety.
6.I
tpromotescooperat
ionamongt
hesoci
ety
:Agoodl
eaderenabl
etopr
omot
e
cooper
ati
onamongt hesoci
ety
.
7.I
thelpsonachiev
ingt
hecommongoal
:goodl
eader
shi
ppr
omot
est
heachi
evement
oft
argetedgoal
s.
THEROLE/
FUNCTI
ONS/
RESPONSI
BILI
TIESOFAGOODLEADER
Qn:Out
li
neanyf
iver
esponsi
bil
it
iesofagoodl
eeader
.
1.Topr
omot
espeaceandhar
monyi
nthesoci
ety
.
2.Toencour
agesuni
tyi
nthesoci
ety
.
3.Topr
omot
essoci
alandeconomi
cdev
elopment
.
4.Topr
omot
esandpr
otecthumanr
ight
s.
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5.Toencour
agescooper
ati
oni
nthesoci
ety
.
6.Tobui
l
dst
rusti
nthesoci
ety
.
7.Toencour
agesposi
ti
ver
elat
ionsi
nthesoci
ety
.
CHARACTERI
STI
CS/
ATTRI
BUTESOFABADLEADER
Abadleader:
isleaderwhocannotablet
oinf
luencepeopl
eeff
ecti
vel
ybyusi
ngt he
pr
inci
pleofavoi
dleadershi
p.Nor
mallyabadleaderhast
hefol
lowi
ngchar
acter
isti
cs.
1.Abadleaderhe/
shei
snotar
olemodel
:Anybadl
edercannotabl
etol
eadby
exampl
e.
2.Abadleadershe/
heisnottr
ustedtohis/
hermaj
ori
ty:becausehe/
shehav
ebad
act
ionsorat
ti
tudestowar
dsthesociet
y.
3.Abadl
eaderhasnoconf
idence:dur
ingt
hedeci
sionmar
king.
4.Abadl
eadercannotabletopromot
epeacei
nthesoci
ety
:Abadl
eaderi
sonewho
canbeasour
ceofconfli
ctsi
nthesoci
eti
es.
5.Abadleaderacceptmi
suseofpower
:anybadl
eadercannotav
oidmi
suseofpower
l
ikecor
rupt
ion.
6.Abadleaderhasnoi
magebuil
ding:I
saonewhocannotpr
omot
efut
ure
expect
ati
onsaboutt
hedev
elopmentint
hesoci
ety
.
7.Abadleaderhasnovisi
on:Normal
l
yanybadl eaderworkf
orhi
s/heri
nter
est
srat
her
thanst
ruggl
i
ngf ort
hebenefi
tsofmaj
ori
tyhi
s/herpeople.
I
MPACTSOFBADLEADERSHI
P
Qn:Br
iel
fyexpl
ainf
ive(
5)consequencesofhav
inngbadl
eader
shi
pint
hesoci
ety
.
1.I
ncr
easei
nconf
li
ctsi
nthesoci
ety
.
2.I
tcanl
edt
ohumanr
ightabuse.
3.Decl
i
nei
nsenseofsoci
alandeconomi
cdev
elopment
.
4.Decl
i
nei
ncooper
ati
oni
nthesoci
ety
.
5.I
tdi
scour
ageposi
ti
ver
elat
ionsi
nthesoci
ety
.
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6.I
tdi
scour
ageuni
tyi
nthesoci
ety
.
TYPSOFLEADERSHI
PSTYLES
Ther
ear
efourt
ypesofl
eader
shi
pst
yleswhi
char
e:-
1.Democr at
icl
eadershipstyl
e:ist
heleadershipstyl
ewher ebytheleadersareobtained
thr
oughdemocr at
icprocesses.I
sthetypeofleadershipstyl
ewheret heleaderhold
l
eadershipposi
ti
onthroughf r
eeandfairel
ections.Al
sosomet imesundert hi
scategory
aleadercanbeobtai
nedt hroughappoi
ntment sasstipul
atedintheconstit
ution.
2.Dictator
shipleadershipstyle:Istheleadershipstylewher ebyleaderscomei nt
o
powerbyusi ngfor ceandsuppor tedbyar medf orces.Somet imesadi ctator
shi
p
l
eader shi
ptakepl aceafterel
ection.Exampl e:AdolfHilt
tl
ergoti nt
opowerbyel ecti
on
andhechangedi ntoadi ct
atorev enthedemocr aticleadershipcanv i
olatedemocrat
ic
pri
nciplebygoingagai nsttheconst i
tut
ionort helawsoft hecount r
y.
3.Aut
ocrat
icl
eadershi
pstyl
e:Thisref
erstot
hetypeofl
rl
eadershi
psty
lewherebythe
powerandaut
hori
ti
esisconcentr
atedtooneindi
vi
dual
/l
eader
.Normall
yunderthe
aut
omaticl
eader
shipstyl
ealeaderisonl
yonewhocaninfl
uenceeachandeveryt
hing.
4.Laissezfairleader
shipstyl
e:Thisist
hel eader shipstyl
ewhichisnotmuchst ri
ckl
yto
theciti
zens.Nor mall
yworkersonthiscategor yarenotwel lcommitedont hei
r
responsibi
li
tuesbecauseofhighfreedom pr ovidedbyt hei
rleader
s.Howev erundert
his
l
eader shi
pstylepeopeandwor kersarechar acterizedbypoorperformanceinthei
r
responsibi
li
ti
esduet othepresenceofhighf reedom ofdoi ngwherevertheywants.
B.TEAM WORK
Ti
mewor
ks:
ist
hesi
tuat
ionowor
kingt
oget
heramongt
hesoci
ety
.
At
eam spi
ri
t:meanswi
l
li
ngnesst
oactf
oragr
oupr
athert
hanani
ndi
vi
dual
benef
it
.
TEAM WORKTHEORI
ES
Qn:Expl
ainmai
nfour(
4)t
heor
iesofbui
ldi
ngt
eam wor
k.
Ther
ear
efourcommont
heor
ieswhi
chgui
det
heef
fect
ivenessoft
het
eam r
oles.
1.Thi
nker
s:Areasetofpeopl
ewhotendt
opr oducecar
eful
l
yt houghts,
ideasand
soberl
yweighupthecont
ri
buti
onofot
her
s.Theyareusef
ulplannersandhelptocur
b
theimpet
uosit
yofthedoer
s.
2.Doer
s:Ar
ethet
askor
ient
edandcanbeexhi
bit
ed‘
’
funnel
visi
on’
’wher
eal
ltheycan
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seeisdri
vingonandget ti
ngjobstheyareuseful
asti
mecontroll
ersandkeepi
ngthe
team f
ocusedont heobjecti
ves.Botht
hinker
sanddoersconcentr
ateupontheworki
n
handwithoutnecessar
il
yappr eci
ati
ngtheimport
anceoft
hehumandi mension
3.Car
rier
s:Arepeopl
ewhohav eabiastowardspeopleandt hei
rneeds.They
under
standtheimportanceofpr oduct
iver
elat
ionshi
psbet weent hei
rmember scarr
ier
maint
ainharmonythroughsmoot hi
ngcheeri
nguppeopl epromot inghumor,hel
ping
peopl
eindif
ficul
tandeasyt ensionwit
hinthegroup.Hencecar r
iersareneededtokeep
upmoralstomaximum ef f
ectivenessandtocoor di
natetheroleofal eader
.
4.Leader s:Ar
epeoplewhocreateandmaintai
nt heenv i
ronmentwher
epeoplecan
maket heircontr
ibut
ionsi
nordertomaxi
mi zetheireff
ectiv
enessoft
hewholeteam.
Hencet heyareli
ketheconductoroft
heorchestrawhot hroughst
andi
ngtheexper
ience
andappr oachcreatethewhol
eofwhichisgreaterthanthesum ofpart
s
PRI
NCI
PLESOFBUI
LDI
NGEFFECTI
VETEAM WORK
Qn:Bri
elf
lyout
li
nethef
ivei
mpor
tantt
hingst
obeconsi
der
edbyt
eam member
son
bui
ldi
ngeffect
ivet
eam wor
k.
Normallyanyt
eam wor
kinor
dert
obeef
fect
ivel
yshoul
dbeconsi
sti
ngt
hef
oll
owi
ng
pr
inci
ples:-
1.Ther
eshoul
dbepr
esenceofgoodl
eader
shi
p.
2.Ther
eshoul
dbegoal
set
ti
ngt
oal
lteam member
s.
3.Ther
eshoul
dbepr
esenceofgoodcommuni
cat
ionski
l
lsamongt
het
eam member
s.
4.Ther
eshoul
dbepr
esenceofst
rongcommi
tmentamongt
het
eam member
s.
5.Ther
eshoul
dbeef
fect
ivecol
l
abor
ati
on/
cooper
ati
on.
6.Ther
eshoul
dbeconf
li
ctr
esol
uti
ons.
THI
NGSTOBECONSI
DEREDBYTHELEADERONPROMOTI
NGEFRECTI
VETEAM
WORK
Qn:Outl
ineanyf
ivepr
inci
plest
obeadher
edbyt
hel
eaderonbui
ldi
ngef
fect
ivet
eam
work.
Al
eadercanmakeat
eam ef
fect
ivebypay
ingat
tent
ionont
hef
oll
owi
g:
i
.Al
eadershoul
dunder
standt
heobj
ect
ivesoft
het
eam.
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i
.Al
eadershoul
dknowwel
lhi
/sherpeopl
e/t
eam member
s.
i
i
i.Akeadershoul
dassi
gnt
her
esponsi
bil
i
tiest
othet
eam member
s.
i
v.Al
eadershoul
dhav
egoodcommuni
cat
ionski
l
ls.
v
.Agoodl
eadershoul
dhav
egoodpl
ans.
v
i.Al
eadershol
udhav
eenoughconv
ersi
ngpowert
owar
dthet
eam.
v
ii
.Al
eadershoul
dhav
egoodl
i
steni
ngski
l
ls.
v
ii
i.Al
eadershoul
densur
ebal
anceofcont
ri
but
ions.
i
x.Al
eadershoul
dsol
veconf
li
cts.
x.Al
eadershoul
dhav
eabi
l
ityondeci
sionmar
king.
I
MPORTANCEOFTEAM WORK
Qn:Bygi
vi
ngsi
xpoi
ntsexpl
aint
hei
mpor
tanceoft
eam wor
kint
hesoci
ety
.
1.I
thel
pst
opr
omot
eequal
i
tyi
nthesoci
ety
.
2.I
thel
pst
ost
imul
atei
nnov
ati
onsi
nthesoci
ety
.
3.I
thel
pst
opr
omot
ehar
dwor
king.
4.I
thel
psi
nachi
evementoft
hecommongoal
.
5.I
tencour
agesposi
ti
ver
elat
ionsamongt
het
eam member
s.
6.I
tsav
eti
meonaccompl
i
shedofacer
tai
ntasks.
7.I
tencour
agesuni
tyandcooper
ati
oni
nthesoci
ety
.
C.POSI
TIVERELATI
ONS
Relat
ionshipisawayinwhichpeopl
e,gr
ouporcountr
iesbehavetowardsordealwi
th
eachother.therel
ati
onshi
pcanbeeconomical
,cul
tur
al,pol
it
ical
orevensocial
rel
ati
onship.
Posit
iverel
ationships:i
stheanyki
ndofrwlati
onshipbet
weenpeopleorcount
ri
es
whichhasposi ti
vegain.Ori
sthesi
tuat
ionofhavingmeaningf
ul,
lov
ing,
support
iveand
cooperat
iverelati
onshipbwtweent
wopart,peopl
eorcountri
es.
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PRI
NCI
PLESOFDEVELOPI
NGPOSI
TIVERELATI
ONS
Qn:Out
li
neanyf
ive(
5)i
mpor
tantt
hingst
oconsi
deronbui
ldi
ngposi
ti
ver
elat
ionshi
p.
1.Thereshoul
dbeenought i
me:t
heposi
ti
ver
elat
ionshi
pamongpeopl
eneedampl
e
ti
met ostudyf
rom eachot
her.
2.Ther eshoul
dbePati
ence:Normall
yonbuil
dingposit
iver
elat
ionshi
pneedenough
toleranceamongpeopl
ebecausether
earesomechallengeshenceeverper
sonhas
his/herownweakness.
3.Thereshoul
dbeavoi
dingsour
ceofconf
li
cts:bot
htwopar
tsshoul
dber
eadyon
confl
i
ctmanagementwi
ll
ingl
y.
4.Ther
eshouldbestrongconfi
dence:buil
dingposi
ti
ver
elat
ionshi
pneedt
oshow
str
ongconf
idencesondoingsomedecision.
5.Thereshouldbeknowingpeople:
Nor mall
yonbuildi
ngpositi
verel
ati
onshipa
someoneshouldunderstandt
heindi
vidualdi
ffer
encesthatpeopl
earediff
erenti
n
percept
ions,
react
ionsandatt
it
udes.
6.Under
standi
ngtheobj
ecti
ves:Normall
ybeforeestabl
i
shmentofanyr
elat
ionshi
p
mustsomeoneident
if
ytheobject
ivesofsuchrel
ati
ons.
7.Thereshoul
dbeeffect
ivecommuni
cat
ionski
l
ls:
bot
htwopar
ts/
peopl
eshoul
dbe
caref
ull
yonusingpol
i
telanguage.
I
MPOTANCEOFPOSI
TIVERELATI
ONSHI
P
Qn:Bygiv
ingsi
xpoi
ntsexpl
aint
hei
mpor
tanceofhav
ingposi
ti
ver
elat
ionshi
pint
he
soci
ety
.
Nor
mal
l
yposi
ti
ver
elat
ionshi
phast
hef
oll
owi
ngi
mpor
tance.
1.I
tencour
agest
eam wor
kbui
l
ding.
2.I
thel
psi
nachi
evi
ngt
hecommongoal
.
3.I
thel
pst
oreduceconf
li
ctsi
nthesoci
ety
.
4.I
thel
psst
udent
stoper
for
m wel
li
nthei
rst
udi
es.
5.I
tpr
omot
espr
operbehav
iouri
nthesoci
ety
.
6.I
tenhencesgoodcooper
ati
oni
nthesoci
eti
es.
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D.SELFWORTHANDSELFCONFI
DENCE
Sel
fworth:I
sthesit
uationofani
ndivi
dual
tofeeli
ngandtrust
ingt
hathe/ sheagood
andusef
ul i
nthesociet
yonwhateverki
ndofwhatisdoing.Howeversel
fworthi
sthe
val
uewhichanindi
vidualsper
songiv
eshimsel
f/hersel
f.
Selfconf
idence:I
sthesit
uat
ionofbel
ivi
nginyourabi
li
tyi
ndoi
ngthingsand
successi
ful
ly.I
tnormal
lyi
nvolv
estheabil
i
tyofbeli
evi
ngandtr
ust
inginyourabi
l
iti
es.
PRI
NCI
PLESOFBUI
LDI
NGSELFWORTHANDCONFI
DENCE
1.Ensur
epr
operdr
essi
ng.
2.Changet
hef
eel
i
ngs.
3.I
nter
actwi
thot
her
s.
4.Pr
act
ici
nggoodpost
ure.
5.Wal
ki
ngf
ast
.
6.Li
steni
ngt
omot
ivat
ional
speech.
7.Makeef
for
ttospeakupt
othepeopl
e.
8.Si
tt
ingi
nthef
rontr
ows.
I
MPORTANCEOFSELFWORTHANDCONFI
DENCE
1.I
thelpsani
ndivi
dualpersont
oprotecthi
s/herl
if
e:Selfwort
hski
ll
senabl
esyouand
i
ndi
vidual
stoprot
ectthei
rli
febynotengagi
ngindangerousthi
ngsl
i
kedrugsal
cohol
bev
eragesandmarij
uana
2.I
tst
imul
atesaccount
abi
li
tyandcr
eat
ivi
ty:amongpeopl
ethusi
ncr
easet
hei
ncome
toani
ndi
vi
dualfamil
yandcommunit
y
3.Itenabl
esapersontocr
it
ici
seacert
ainnegat
iveconduct:I
tgi
vespowert
o
cri
tici
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