Leadership is an essential part of the organizational management, which has been studied from different perspectives. Therefore, this article shows the theoretical approach of these aspects from the perspective of organizational theories, with a historical, analytical and critical analysis of the contributions, taking as reference the methodology proposed by Fink, through a literature review. The above, allows to affirm that the existence of leadership in the organizations, is dependent on the coexistence of motivation, communication, power, authority, among other elements, that give it life, presence and essence in all types of organizations thus contributing to the permanence of the same.

Leadership is an essential part of the organizational management, which has been studied from different perspectives. Therefore, this article shows the theoretical approach of these aspects from the perspective of organizational theories, with a historical, analytical and critical analysis of the contributions, taking as reference the methodology proposed by Fink, through a literature review. The above, allows to affirm that the existence of leadership in the organizations, is dependent on the coexistence of motivation, communication, power, authority, among other elements, that give it life, presence and essence in all types of organizations thus contributing to the permanence of the same.

Las organizaciones han procurado conseguir éxito y un buen funcionamiento para destacar antesu competencia, convirtiendo a la administración en una tarea fundamental dentro de ellas; A mediados del siglo XIX con la época industrial y la creación de máquinas, las empresas fueron creciendo y a su vez, necesitando de trasformaciones para sobrevivir, por lo que a través del tiempo se han destacado diversas teorías acerca de las organizaciones y del funcionamiento de estas. Las organizaciones se han destacado por mantener diversas estructuras organizacionalespermitiendo conseguir rentabilidad y productividad a lo largo del tiempo, por lo que Pertuz (2013) establece que las estructuras organizacionales definen como las empresas se coordinan y se dividen las tareas del trabajo con la finalidad de poder alcanzar y lograr cada uno de los objetivos que tienen propuestos, también, las estru...