Case Study of Boston Leadership Assignment

STUDENT DETAILS
LEADERSHIP AT ORGANISATION
CASE STUDY OF BOSTON ICA

LEADERSHIP 1
Executive Summary
The case study is focused on the transformation of the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art
and the effectiveness of Jill Medvedow in the transformation of the organisation. The analysis
is focused on the leadership power and influence abilities through which they can establish an
effective leader-follower relationship so that the organisation efficiency can be ensured. The
result indicated that the Medvedow effectively utilised the power abilities within the
organisation to establish a team that was focused on the developed vision and through the
influential power she was able to influence the employees and followers to follow the
strategies and policies developed by her.
The re-establishment of the Boston ICA reflects that the leader-follower relationship within
the organisation results in the implementation of the strategies as per planned and ensures that
the strategic goals and vision can be achieved. The strategies developed by Medvedow helped
the organisation is procuring the required resources through which the organisation was able
to attract visitors within the industry. Also, the results indicated that the organisations are
required to focus on adapting leadership skills and approaches so that the employee's needs
and requirements can be fulfilled and they can be retained within the organisation.
Therefore, it is required that the leaders within the organisation focus on the goals and
objectives and accordingly utilise their skills and competencies to achieve set goals and
objectives while operating within the industry.

LEADERSHIP 2
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Power and Influence...................................................................................................................3
Relationship between Leaders and Followers............................................................................5
Reflection...................................................................................................................................7
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
References..................................................................................................................................9

LEADERSHIP 3
Introduction
The management of the organisation is required to focus on different aspects so that the
efficiency of the organisation can be achieved. Among the aspects, the management is
required to establish effective leadership so that the employees can be guided and maintained
and the operational effectiveness can be ensured. Leadership plays an important role in
ensuring the development of the organisation. The leaders possess certain skills and
competencies that help in developing strategies and policies to guide and motivate the
employees (Tannenbaum, et al., 2013).
The report is focused on the analysis of a case study that is based on the Boston art centre,
which is facing the risk of sustainability due to the losing interest of the societies towards the
art forms and moving towards politics and sports. Therefore, Jill Medvedow was appointed as
a leader and through her effective skills and competencies, she was able to sustain the art
centre and to promote the interest for art within the industry. The report effectively analyses
the leadership skills and capabilities possessed by Medvedow and analyses the leader-
follower relationship impact over the organisational effectiveness and the achievement of the
strategic goals and objectives.
Power and Influence
The entrepreneur or the leader is required to focus on the power that he/she holds to change
the activities and the level of influence through which he will be able to guide and influence
the employees or subordinates. As the vision is being effectively established by the superior
which may be the manager or the leader of the department, therefore it is required that it
possess a certain level of power as well as effectively influential capabilities to adapt the
changes within the industry and ensure the success and sustainability of the organisation.
Such power or influence can either be inherited or self-learned but it defines the effectiveness
of the leader within the organisation (Oc & Bashshur, 2013).
Jill Medvedow effectively contributed towards the development of the Boston Institute of the
Contemporary Art. The leadership capability within the Jill was developed from her early age
as her parents were political and social activists, through their guidance Jill was able to
understand the basic aspects of the leadership at her early age, and learnt the skill of
organising and managing things at work. Such skills helped Jill in reshaping the art centre
when she became a part of the ICA. She was effectively trained as an art historian, which
reflected her interest in the art and the development of the Boston centre (Reavis, 2010).