ORGANISATIONS AND BEHAVIOUR

Organisations and Behaviour



Organizations and Behaviour - Case Study

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Leaders are the basic and scarce resource of any company. Majority of the business failed due to the lack of leadership. The situational approach used by the Stephen was very effective which cause them capture large market share. This capturing of large market share was impossible of the leaders did not motivate to their employees in order to increase the productivity and efficiency of the company. The principle of the situational leadership possesses that the employees goes through four stages of development. Hence, Stephen was successful in adjusting these stages and each of them uses means in order to direct subordinates. The effectiveness of leadership depends on the interaction between the leader, subordinates and other situational variables. Bureaucracy is an organization characterized by explicit and regularized procedures, division of responsibilities and specialization of labour, hierarchy and impersonal relationships. This approach is not so much effective.

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An alternative leadership style for Stephen can be the transformational leadership style i.e. "transforms" subordinates by challenging them to rise above their immediate needs and interests, emphasizes individual growth, both personally and professionally and in the enhancement of the organization. This style allows the leader to benefit from the skills and knowledge of experienced subordinates that might have better ideas regarding how to accomplish a mission. You also get outstanding results when organizations are facing a crisis, instability, mediocrity and disappointment. It is not recommended if subordinates are inexperienced. For its part, the transactional leadership style and techniques used to motivate subordinates to work by offering rewards or threatening punishments, assign the writing tasks, outlining all the conditions for a mission to complete and give manage by exception, i.e., revealing only what the subordinate has done incorrectly (www.thetimes100.co.uk).

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Other management style that Stephen might consider is the transformational leadership style. The above theory states that a team can achieve success by working together with a clear vision. They should have the capability to; properly communicate their passion into their work. It also includes the ability to transmit the vision to the team members. This must clear regarding what he want to accomplish and what help, whether it is technical expansion, career growth, objectivity, creativity, connections, etc. A leader should examine him and should be honest about what you need to keep doing, stop doing, and start doing to get there. There are many strengths and weaknesses of leaders.

The leader who relies solely on the transactional style, combined with the transformational not only get short-term commitment of their subordinates but also make people afraid to take risks and innovate, as well as feeling that their efforts might seem selfish. Thus, the most effective is to combine both techniques to fit the situation. The famous transactional leader who inspired me a lot is none other than the CEO TIMES 2009, Steve Jobs. At the top of the giant technology and innovation, Apple computers, Steve Jobs was known for his down to earth and nature-oriented task of ...