Essay on organisational behaviour and leadership PDF

AN ESSAY ON ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR AND LEADERSHIP
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Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction:..............................................................................................................................3
2.0 Philosophy of leadership statement:..........................................................................................4
3.0 Application and Analysis related to leadership:........................................................................6
3.1 Key leadership issue in Woolworth:......................................................................................6
3.2 The issue in context of organizational behaviour and leadership principles:........................7
3.3 Recommendation:..................................................................................................................7
4.0 Conclusion:................................................................................................................................9
References:....................................................................................................................................10
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1.0 Introduction:
Organizational Behaviour (OB) may be considered to be one of the most crucial and success-
critical aspects of the studies of human resources in the business organizational context. OB may
help to scrutinize the impact of the organizational structure, corporate culture and the
behavioural approach of the organizational leaders for the purpose of improving organizational
effectiveness. It has been viewed that the informal hierarchical system, poor communication
style can result as a poor presentation of motivational techniques. As a result, maintaining a
healthy employee orientation process and resilient commercial ethos has become problematic
towards the organization leaders. Considering the fact, the current study intends to identify some
core issues of organizational behaviour and leadership traits exist in the Australian high-street
retail chain, Woolworths. In the beginning of the study, the philosophy of leadership statement
has been analysed followed by the application and analysis related to leadership. The subsequent
sections of the paper describe the key leadership issues in Woolworth in context of
organizational behaviour and leadership principles. In this regards, several pieces of evidence
and facts have been analysed to link up the issues and its prospective solution. Finally, the
researcher concludes the discussion and analysis by way of recommendation with ending note.
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2.0 Philosophy of leadership statement:
The leadership philosophy is the principle that creates the clarity to adopt decision making
matrices and actions to inspire and empower the followers to support the shared vision. Several
studies on strong and weak leaders have influenced my leadership thoughts. I worked as a part-
time employee of Woolworth where I gathered knowledge of teamwork as a part of the customer
service team. I had to take care of the other team members’ activity from which I learned
overcoming hardship and genuine commitment to meet the shared goals. This experience helped
me to critically think about the leadership attributes.
My preferred leadership style is ‘Empowering leadership’ which is the subpart of the ‘Catalyst
leadership style that is the Stewardship’. As a leader, I believe in action and learning, with
foundations on my past experiences. Based on that I would define the action goals and finally
communicate with the followers. I believe in the well-being of the stakeholders and a balanced
life. Thus, for a greater good of the company I would like to take the risk in the organizational
change process.
I would not violate strong relationship building and the welfare of employee, organization, and
society. Also, I believe in open communication. Hence, I will never violate this principle in my
leadership career. As a practice of continuous learning and taking actions based on the learning, I
always make decisions based on the evidence. However, intuitive decision making is also
essential in a crisis situation. I would take the decisions related to the short-term financial
planning and overcoming a crisis situation individually, as these decisions have to be taken in
nick of time and cannot be reversed easily. In the decision concerning cross-organisational
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