KIRIT P. MEHTA SCHOOL OF LAW, MUMBAI.

ORGANISTIONAL BEHAVIOR

TOPIC : GURUDAS KAMAT AND HIS LEADERSHIP QUALITIES

TITLE : WHAT IS LEADERSHIP & ITS ROLE IN A LEADER

SUBMITTEB BY:

ADITYA TANWAR - A047

YASH BAJORIYA – A061

ANIRUDDH KAMATH – A067

SUBMITTED TO:

Prof. NAFEESA KATTARWALA

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SR. NO TOPIC PAGE NO.

01 Introduction 03

02 Leadership 04

03 Democratic Leadership 05

04 Indian National Congress 06

05 Questionnares‘ To Leader 07

06 Conclusion 09

INDEX

Introduction:

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Gurudas Kamat , born 5 October 1954 is an Indian politician from the Indian
National Congress (INC).
An advocate by profession, Kamat is a commerce graduate from R.A. Podar
College, Mumbai and has a law degree from the Government Law College,
Mumbai.
He was a Member of the Parliament for the Mumbai North West constituency
of Maharashtra in 2009 and Mumbai North East constituency of Maharashtra in
1984, 1991, 1998 and 2004. He served as the Minister of State for Home Affairs
with additional charge of Minister of Communications and Information
Technology, Government of India during 2009 to 2011. In July 2011, he
resigned as minister. In 2013, Kamat was appointed General Secretary All India
Congress Committee and given charge of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar
Haveli, Daman and Diu and was also appointed as a member of the Congress
Working Committee, the highest decision making body of the Indian National
Congress. In 2014, he lost the Lok Sabha Election. In 2017, Kamat resigned
from all positions that he held at the Indian National Congress. Despite his
insistence on resignation the Party continues to acknowledge him as the General
Secretary of AICC.

Leadership

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 The individuals who are the leaders in an organisation, regarded
collectively.

 The activity of leading a group of people or an organisation or the ability

to do this.

 A leader steps up in times of crisis, and is able to think and act creatively
in difficult situations.

 Unlike management, leadership cannot be taught, although it may be

learned and enhanced through coaching or mentoring. Someone with
great leadership skills today is Bill Gates who, despite early failures, with
continued passion and innovation has driven Microsoft and the software
industry to success.

 The act of inspiring subordinates to perform and engage in achieving a

goal

Leadership involves:

 establishing a clear vision,

 sharing that vision with others so that they will follow willingly,

 providing the information, knowledge and methods to realise that

vision, and

 coordinating and balancing the conflicting interests of all members

and stakeholders.

Democratic Leadership

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Democratic leadership in an organization involves the redistribution of power
and authority between employees and managers to provide employee
involvement in decision making.

Features of Democratic Leadership

Let's start by noting that there is a conceptual difference between leadership and
authority.
Authority is formalized power conferred upon an individual to engage in
certain activities sanctioned by some person or institution with the power to
confer the authority.
For example, if you are elected to the Senate, the citizens of your state have
conferred upon you the power to represent them. In the private sector, a board
of directors confers upon the CEO certain powers to implement board policies.

Indian National Congress & Its History

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 Founded in 1885
 Objective-Obtain greater share in government for educated Indians.
 First President-Comes Chandra Bannerjee
 First Session-28-31 December 1885
 Actively involved with the independence movement.
 Post independence ,Indian National Congress remained in power for
thirty continuous years(1947-1977).
 Nehru(1947-1962) embraced secularism ,socialist economic policies and
a non-aligned foreign policy.
 Indira Gandhi(1966-1977, 1980-1984)
 State of Emergency (1975-1977)
 Operation Blue Star (1982)

 Ideology
 populism, social liberalism, secularism, and free enterprise system
with government regulations
 believes in eradicating poverty, illiteracy
 supports the weaker section of the society.
 Social Policy
 Sarvodaya-upliftment of all sections of the society.
 Reservations for weaker sections of the society in education and
employment , emphasis on employment generation for rural
population.
 The party supports family planning
 Economic policy
 Free market policies
QUESTIONNARES’:

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Q.1 What style of communication do you use in General meetings to influence
the people towards your goals for the party ?

Ans: An Interactive style is generally preferred in the meetings so that we get to

know the problems of the people and according to it, we try to make promise in
the direction of the capability to fulfil it. Mostly this type of communication is
accepted by people, as they get a personal attachment and belief towards the
party is raised.

Q.2 How often do you feel it is necessary to meet with the members of the
team?

Ans: I feel that I should meet with my team at least once a week on a set time
and day of the week. Communication among team members is critical, and this
will give the team an opportunity to get together on a regular basis and talk
about their challenges and best practices. Also, when our team reaches a
milestone, a new project begins, an award or promotion is given, or when there
is a challenging situation, I would want to bring the team together. Everyone
will get the same message that way, and we can celebrate successes or come
together in challenging times.

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Q.3: Describe a time you took a leadership position when you did not have the
title of a leader?

Ans: In 1982, I got the chance to represent the Indian Youth Congress at
International Convention in Bucharest, Romania. In 1986,
I represented International Youth Festival in Moscow and USSR.
In 2003, I was one of the four member delegation representing India at the
United Nations in New York City along with Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Dr. Inder
Kumar Gujral and Dr. Farooq Abdullah.
Mr. Kamat also represented the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh,
at the UN Convention at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
This where some of the opportunities that I grabbed and was able to fulfill the
expectation’s of the people.

Q.4 Describe a time you took a leadership position when you did not have the
title of a leader?

Ans: In 1982, I got the chance to represent the Indian Youth Congress at
International Convention in Bucharest, Romania. In 1986,
I represented International Youth Festival in Moscow and USSR.
In 2003, I was one of the four member delegation representing India at the
United Nations in New York City along with Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Dr. Inder
Kumar Gujral and Dr. Farooq Abdullah.
Mr. Kamat also represented the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh,
at the UN Convention at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
This where some of the opportunities that I grabbed and was able to fulfill the
expectation’s of the people.

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 Conclusion:

This is how we three candidates post his interview understood his

view and tried concluding the same. We understood that leadership is
not just about leading a sect or a group by actions and words but it is
also about the thinking and managing level of public issues and more,
one can must be a democratic and cumulative in leadership to be at
such level.

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