Pre-sessional course
Apply management structures described in Hannagan (2002) to the issues that have arisen among different groups of workers in a university as a result of government policy
Name : Ragini Rathod
Student Number: M00546730 Date of submission:
Portfolio Tutor: Linda Bahnan
This is an essay, not a report, so subheadings should not be used. In addition, I can see that you have not done ‘references inside another reference’ so please amend these. I also see that you have not given any references to the information in the case study. This will lower the mark considerably. I don’t need the details of the information about the different groups of workers but if you say what their issues are you also have to say where you read about them. For example: ……………………due to their low wages (in here should go the reference for the cleaners’ low wages). Do these and then send it again L
The central focus of this case study is solving the problems of each group of employees from an independent university by applying theories of leadership, and which style of leadership will be suitable for each group. In this essay I am going to use different theories and leadership styles in management of independent university employees. If manager can decide theory which is suitable for each group of organizational culture and each situation than he/she can manage organization effectively. According to Hannagan (2002) leadership means motivating people to do specific work by
“The approach to the study of leadership usually has been and perhaps always must be through the study of traits. Leadership obviously is not a simple trait but rather a complex of many traits fashioned together as a unity (Cowley, 1928, p. 144).” Leadership can be defined as the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group. Leadership is a process that occurs in a group setting. Leadership involves influence and goal attainment. Leadership styles and theories are vast in number and detail. This paper will examine leadership from the perspective of college and university presidents. Presidents of institutions of higher education are considered leaders. Each institution is different meaning that presidents have to be diverse in their leadership knowledge and style in order to effectively lead the institution. It is necessary to have a general knowledge of leadership theories and styles in order to properly examine the traits and behaviors of college and university presidents.
The essay classifies leadership into four key approaches: (1) trait approach, (2) behaviour approach, (3) the
We would enforce these policies through our handbook which will be given to each employee. To effectively lead, I will heavily rely on William Ouchi’s Theory Z management style, which is a combination of Douglas McGregor’s Theory X (“emphasized such tactics as control, threat, and coercion to motivate employees”) and Theory Y (“managers did not rely on control and fear but integrated the needs of the workers instead and those of the organization”) (Albarran 84). Theory Z cites employee participation and individual development as important components of organizational growth. Also, management makes the keys decisions in an organization, and a strong sense of authority must be maintained (Albarran
The contents and assignment in this course has helped me understand the various theories of leadership and how different leadership styles can have a negative or positive effect on followers and organizations. The leadership theories helped me understand the concept of leadership better because it educates me on the different leadership options that are available. Leadership and followership is not based on specific characteristics. Leaders must draw from things and approaches to find the right style. A follower’s attitude determines the way a leader leads. According to Johnson (2011) “Being a good follower means ensuring your boss is supported, but only if he is making optimum decisions”.
The University’s culture and staff and the wide and varied roles across the departments and Colleges, influence the leadership styles required. In teaching areas for example, leaders need to be creative and challenging and encourage their staff to be innovative, experimental and to express their opinions openly.
Leadership Theory versus Leadership Practice can be compared to as two whole different worlds. Leadership Theories are explained and built in an imaginary world by taking few real life factors that might affect decision making of a leader. Whereas leader ship in practice is decision making of a leader in an unpredictable world. This paper is all about the compare and contrasts between Leadership Theory versus Leadership Practice, give my personal opinion on this topic and come to a conclusion if Leadership Theory and Leadership Practice are same always or they are different sometimes. According to Lussier and Achua (2012) there is a leader in everyone and everyone plays a role of a leader. In practical life you are a leader for your life. There are hundreds of fine studies and theories are produced for the past multiple decades which studies the leadership styles, their traits and sorting procedures for an understanding of your personal traits and leadership style. These studies and theories are of a huge importance for a self as well as for an organization. For self, according to me these studies gives valuable information on yourself traits, know more about you and your hidden talents. This will be a huge help in improving your positives and your strengths and also correcting your negatives and your weaknesses. Coming to an organization, these studies and tools are like a power shields for the Human resources team and the management team to hire a new employee or promote a
This paper is going to discuss the influence of the domain of leadership strengths of managers to employee’s performances. The research question is that this paper seeks to answer on the question of what is the influence of domain leadership? This social influence can help to accomplish a common goal. This can be done by a single or more individuals that will apply their knowledge to improve their social benefit their group. As a hypothesis testing, it will be using a null hypothesis. This includes leadership styles are not impacting domains. It is because it will seek to find out if a leader can always help a certain group or a peer to be always productive because there is a motivational factor that is always responsible for keeping the group to be more valuable in the long run.
This report is to provide the ways in leadership and learning through organisational learning theories and examples of organisational, social and personal areas. Reflection of organisational theories to the leadership and learning is the main issue of the report and it will help to understand how the organisational theories will work in real circumstances.
This paper will focus on leadership styles Contingency Model, Douglas McGregor’s Theory X, and Theory Y and Robert Houses Leaderships based on traits and Path-Goal Leadership Theory. These theories focus on the qualities distinguished between leaders and employees, while other leadership theories looked at aspects like situations and skills. If you ask multiple people, their definition of what a leader is you will get multiple answers. Leadership is an action, being able to collaborate with others and surrounding yourself with people who have the mentality to do what is right. Leadership often means that you will deal with uncertainty and will have to make decisions hoping that other people will follow. A successful leader has a clear
The ability of a person to guide others, be it individuals or group, to get an activity done in a desired way is leadership. Leadership is an art by way of which a leader can mold, direct and inspire others with a vision to create either something new or to realize the goals in more efficient and smoother way. Innovation also plays an important part in case of good leadership. Leadership styles could be classified into different types such as autocratic, democratic, Laissez Faire, etc. The value leadership development has individuals pursuing leadership positions which could be analyzed through the study of various leadership theories. In the long run, these individuals can choose to opt for various positions by taking each aspect of the theory in consideration.
Leadership is the key issue in the development and advancement of groups, organizations, society and nations. The study of leadership plays a vital role in the behavioral and management sciences. It has also received a lot of attention, as well as is intensively explored even up to this day. This paper will be covering leadership proposed by Robert House which describes four styles of leadership, namely: (1) supportive leadership, (2) directive leadership, (3) participative leadership, and (4) achievement oriented leadership. This paper will be portraying the situations wherein each style would be appropriate, with the specific reference to the characteristics of the follower group and the nature of the
Leadership is the ability of an individual to Lead or guide the other team of individuals, or an entire organization. The leader should have research skills as well as Practical skills and should have high ability of managing and executing the tasks. The qualities of an effective leadership can be use of superior mental energies and motivational powers to make their teams encouraged and determined to perform. According to some, leadership is determined by distinctive characteristic present at birth, however, accordingly there is evidence to show that leadership can be developed by hard works and by developing skills. Thus effective leadership can be the result of nature or nurture. This is also validated that groups can be succeeded when guided by effective leader. Therefore, leadership can be a powerful tool for the success of the company. In this paper, we are going to discuss about the Microsoft, it’s an American multinational technology company headquarters in Washington. It develops, licenses computer software’s and also manufactures personal computers. Its best known for its windows operating systems and Office tools which are required in day to day businesses. The company is run by a board of directors which are formed from those who have an outstanding leadership qualities of managing the company. There are various committee formed within the board for specific matters. These boards of
Leadership and management must go hand in hand. They are not the same thing. But they are necessarily linked, and complementary. Any effort to separate the two is likely to cause more problems than it solves. A manager’s role characterize a more controlled, structured, rule oriented, analytical and orderly sequenced. Whereas, the role of a leader indicates a more visionary, experimental, impassioned, unstructured and flexible side. Thus, it can be said that leaders and managers are totally different as they behave the opposite externally and also think the opposite internally. The difference is also witness in the way the two, treat people and the way they spontaneously react to issues concerning their organizations. This can be explained by the difference in the way of work and organization between the leaders and the managers in relation to their importance in the organizations they head thus the worthiness of their time. This results to those below them to develop different focuses and also limits them in totally different ways. Such differences lead to varied cultures on the organizations and different reactions from the ones being led. Small business will operate more efficiently with managers who also serve as leaders .Workers need their managers not just to assign tasks but to define purpose. Managers must organize workers, to nurture skills, develop the talents of workers
Apply management structures described in Hannagan (2002) to the issues that have arisen among different groups of workers in a university as a result of government policy
In the first leadership lecturer, it discusses the idea of leadership in contemporary organizations. It is said that there is a shift in the leadership paradigm from a traditional paradigm to a new paradigm (Daft and Pirola-Merlo 2009, p.6). It is inevitable that the leadership concept in the twentieth century will be different with the leadership in past decades, in terms of the relationship between the leaders and the followers to share vision and to attain the goals of the organizations. In addition, the impact of internal and external environment of the organization on how the leaders should lead the followers.