THE DEVELOPING MANAGER

The Developing Manager



The Developing Manager

Introduction

Hilton Hotels are one of the finest hotels in the world; the group has many operating franchises of hotel brands in the world. Hilton group current is operating 3750 hotels in 84 countries around the globe. By the end of the year 2013, Hilton group expecting to expand their operation of Home2 suites by 100 across the United States, Mexico, and Canada (Equality, 2008, p.n.d).

The Hilton group was formerly known as Hilton hotels Corporation (HHC) that has its position as the leading position in the hospitality industry. Hilton Hotel has numerous brands catering the needs of mid-priced, luxury, leisure and business segments (Hilton Hotels, 2012, p.n.d). The company's key services and brands are listed below.

a)Hilton Hotel and Resorts

b)Hilton Garden Inn

c)Hilton HHonors

d)Hampton

e)Doubletree

f)Hilton Grand Vacations

g)Embassy Suites

h)Waldorf Astoria

i)Home 2 Suites

j)Homewood Suites

k)Conrad

Task 1

Leadership Styles

There are many aspect of the leadership, according to which leadership can fall under many styles. These are the styles which are adopted by the Hilton hotel in order to keep the situation clean, and be on the side of the success (Raelin, 2003, p.n.d). The basic leadership styles are as follows:

Autocratic Leadership

This is a form of transactional leadership in which the leader has the authority and power over their employees. The staff and employees of any organizations have no or very less authority over making suggestions. The main benefit of this style of leadership is its efficiency. Decisions are made on a very quick basis, and thus the work gets done effectively and efficiently. The drawback of this type of leadership is that people are being resent, and thus this leadership causes a high level of absenteeism and employee turnover. However, the style can be effective in some point; in the same scenario the advantages of control may outweigh the disadvantages. This type of leadership is best suited for crises management, where the decisions are to make quickly. If we critically review the autocratic leadership, then it is found that many organizations are using this style.

Charismatic leadership or Action oriented leadership

This style is a form of transformational leadership where the leaders have enough enthusiasm in themselves and their teams as well. These leaders are energetic in motivating their subordinates to come and move forward. This ability to encourage people and create and raise the level of excitement is an enormous benefit. There is a very little difference in transformational leadership and charismatic leadership, where transformational leaders wanted to transform their teams, while the charismatic leaders puts their focus on themselves and do not intend to change anything. There are also some of the drawbacks in this type of leadership where the leaders put all their focus on themselves and thus a risk can be produced in projects. The leaders believe that they are right in their decisions and can never be wrong, even when warnings are given by others. This leadership is not using by organization mainly.

Democratic Leadership

In this type of leadership, the leaders have the power to take the ...