Analysis of Management Styles and Approaches in DHL

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Contents
INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................................3
Overview of the company – history and its organisational structure.................................................3
Evaluate the management styles and approaches adopted and access the impact these have on their
corporate culture................................................................................................................................3
Pestle Analysis..................................................................................................................................4
The organisation’s ethical and sustainable perspective......................................................................5
The strategic approach to future development...................................................................................6
CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES....................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
This report gives a brief analysis on the decisions and approaches adapted by the
organization. This is done in order to respect the importance of harmful measures that are
affecting environment and that can help them to save their costs. DHL International GmbH is
an international courier, package delivery and express mail service, which is a division of the
German logistics firm Deutsche Post. The company delivers over 1.5 billion parcels per year.
Overview of the company – history and its organisational structure
DHL was founded in 1969 in San Francisco and they expanded their operations with
time and incorporated it by DHL Air Cargo. They served as international package delivers
and express mail service. They have reached beyond their point of expectations as they
deliver more than 1 billion parcels yearly. Earlier company only used to serve in
intercontinental areas but it is the success of Fedex in international borders that made them
realize an opportunity to explore other markets so that they can increase their scale of
operations. Apart from that DHL has implemented divisional structure in their organizations
and the reason behind that it is it helps them to assess the smooth functioning in every
department there is. For instance, company deals in only the line of cargo but in order to
manage the work there are different process and department involved and with the help of
this they will be able to look towards a greater output (Joseph and Gaba, 2020).
Evaluate the management styles and approaches adopted and access the impact these have on
their corporate culture
There are some approaches of management which is adopted by DHL as it helps them to
assess the impact it leaves on their corporate culture.
Authoritarian management style-
This style of management involves managing on the basis of clear direction and
control. Another name for this aspect is directive management style. This style of
management requires hierarchies and roles on strict basis. This does not give employees in
business to state their responsibility. It is necessary for them to stay up to date and make
decisions on it. Management of DHL adapted this style because leaders of company had clear
plans for this business. That plan could not be followed by everyone but leaders of company
made it possible by achieving success.
Visionary Management Styles-