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Introduction:
"Against a backdrop of increasing globalization, deregulation, the rapid pace of technological innovation, shifting social and demographic trends and the growing knowledge workforce, few would dispute that the primary task of management today is the leadership of organisational change" (Graetz, F., Rimmer, M., Lawrence, A. & Smith, A. 2003, Managing Organisational Change, Wiley, Milton. p. 206)
Nowadays times and science and technology are very fast to development. So many companies will change at the twenty-fist century. Effective educational leaders know change is inevitable and necessary for learning, growth, and achievement. The organization’s goal is success. So change is the only way to get success for any organizations. So the leader’s job is making plan to lets organization get successful changed. So the leader will personate some different roles when the company makes change process. That is a difficult job to do for leader, because leader needs to think about every last likelihood that can influence the change.
Change is difficult, because the change will influence someone’s profit. Maybe the leader will face some problems. So the leader must address problems related to change such as resistance, appease emotion. I know a Chinese traditional saying ‘the boat on the water, the water can support the boat and the water also can overthrow the boat.’(SiMaQian, 2000, p2) So the change is also dangerous for the leader.
There are many definitions for the leadership “Leadership has been defined in terms of traits, behavior, influence, interaction patterns, role relationships, and occupation of an administrative position” (Stogdill 1974, p.259) Barker (2002, p.51)