Effective Leadership in Health: Impact on Organisational Culture

EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
IN
HEALTH

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Contents
INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................... 1
Literature Review........................................................................................................ 1
Conclusion................................................................................................................ 5
References................................................................................................................ 5

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INTRODUCTION
Leadership is very much important in the modern day business. It drives the way an
organisation is going to move. In healthcare industry, there are people from different parts of
the world hence a leader needs to be versatile so as to make sure that they are dealing with all
the challenges in more efficiently and appropriately. At the same time it’s the leadership style
that defines the way in which mission and vision are going to get shaped (Reader, Flin &
Cuthbertson, 2011). This calls for the fact that organisational cultures are also shaped by the
way a leader thinks and the way its leadership acts. In a healthcare unit there are many
challenges that they are facing and the role of leadership becomes very much significant in
this. This is also because healthcare provisions are defined within the firm according to the
leadership approach. The most basic impact of leadership is on the service delivery both at
the organisational levels, team and at the individual levels. In this essay there will be
illustration of impact of leadership on the organisational culture by illustrating the fact that
organisational culture is informed by the nature of its leadership.
Literature Review
Leadership has a most significant role in defining the policies within the firm and at the same
time it also has impact on the way an organisation is dealing with the challenges that are
confronting their business. Sherman & Pross, (2010), Suggests that at different organisational
levels, different kinds of challenges arise. It’s the effectiveness of leaderships that allows the
organisation to deal with the challenges confronting the business. Depending on the
traditional leadership approach might not work for the organisation in such a manner like the
one that can be done through the fact that when employees at every level gets leadership
training. Organisations must take efforts to ensure that they have developed a training
program that inculcates developing leadership. This is essential because of the fact that
service-delivery in any organisation depends on the decision making skills of the individual.
It is not that every-time managers or leaders at the top level will take the decisions about the
things that are going on the ground levels. In this regards the most subsequent role will be
played by the employees that are skilled and have leadership qualities.
According to Duffield, Roche, Blay & Stasa, (2011), there are various parameters that needs
to be monitored within the healthcare units. For instance the service delivery which is critical
to the management of healthcare operations will be impacted by the way in which leaders in