Community Leadership Theory Research

A plurality of economical mode and the complex social background make the original centralized organizational structure change. The power of leaders devoluted and dispersed in various members of the organization. It is difficult to achieve organizational effectiveness rely on the traditional hierarchy.traditional management theory is challenged. Organization members tend to Cooperative work based on the objectives of the organization work. Leadership matches projects and people do their best. More and more experts pay attention to this model of leadership and community leadership theories emerge as the times require. Community leadership is an informal organizational leadership based on the interpersonal relationship. It serves as a kind of new theory of leadership. It is rooted in the western community context, and improves gradually in the long-term development process. It greatly improve the organizational leadership. The theory gains great promotion in the western countries, at the same time, Related research is weak in china. So there is an urgent need to Summary the community leadership theory systematically and introduce it to china. And then use it to guide our management practice and improve our school leadership and management level.This artical clears the intension and extension of community and community leadership by researching on documentation, theory practice and projects applications. The distinction between community and tradition leadership are made, and also shortcoming of the theory of community leadership is studied based on the researching of the main representative viewpoint, the development background and context. The way of application in our domestic school education is given in this paper at last.The article is divided into five sections. The introduction, include selecting reason, concept definition, literature review, research methods, etc. The second section summarizes community leadership theory’s connotation, research classification, and the main ideas of scholars at home and abroad. The factors influencing community leadership is analyzed in the third section. They include the right differentiation, the complication of social environment.etc. The fourth section will compare community leadership theory and the traditional theory, analyzes the theoretical contribution and defects. The fifth section gives out the inspirations aimed at the leadership of the headmaster in china. The enlightenments include sharing the vision, establishing good communication environment, developing the principal dialogue community, building the nets of the principals and the school community. Those ensure all the members of the community leadership play a great role on development of our school.