PRZYWÓDZTWO I PROCES DECYZYJNY. INTERDYSCYPLINARNE WPROWADZENIE DO ANALIZY PONTYFIKATU JANA PAWŁA II
LEADERSHIP AND THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY INTRODUCTION TO THE PONTIFICATE OF JOHN PAUL II

Summary/Abstract: The problem addressed in the article is which of the models of leadership best describes John Paul II. The aim of the study is to answer the question whether the analysis of the Pope's decision-making process makes it possible to reconstruct his manner of responding to dilemmas and choices and to propose it as a tool to support the development of contemporary leaders. In terms of leadership style, John Paul II embodies several well-known and defined models: servant, charismatic, transformational, authentic, and values-based. For the purpose of better diagnosing John Paul II's leadership model, the author proposed the concept of integrity, but not as an indication of the unity between the person and their environment, but taking into account the entire complexity of the studied individual. The considerations must be interdisciplinary in nature, based on scholarly literature in the fields of management, political studies, and communication, but also theology, because it is impossible to analyse the leadership of Karol Wojtyła--John Paul II without including all the levels of integrity in the reflection. In the author's opinion, to describe the nature of the Pope's leadership, it is necessary to examine, in a broad context, the relationships between the facts of his life and the political and cultural situation at the time and today, and to develop a language that describes reality in the aspect of theology, as well as in that of management and political studies.

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