Leadership Style and Cross-Cultural Management

The provided document is a student's assignment on leadership style and cross-cultural management. The assignment involves a reflexive report where the student reflects on their experiences in team management and presentation skills. They have developed various thoughts and evaluated good and bad from the experience, analyzed situations, and concluded with different conclusions regarding leadership styles. The student has also made a plan to enhance their leadership style by working on confidence and presentation skills.

CROSS CULTURAL
MANAGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................2
TASK 1.................................................................................................................................................3
TASK 2.................................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES.....................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Cross cultural management means when a leader guide his employees of other culture as
they are working in different countries with different cultural ascpects. Leadership style of a person
differ according to there working environment as they apply different styles according to business
needs(Thomas and Peterson, 2017). There are organisations which guide there leaders according to
changes they need in there business. It is duty of a leader to coordinate with the workplace and
provide satisfaction to there employees so that they can work more effectively. In the given case
study Vice president of a US based Hydro Generation is confused that whether he should appoint
Brett Jones as project Liaison specialist or not. There are chances that Jone will take Tanzanian
work culture in the organisation and this can lead to bad leadership practices in the organisation as
US is having different work culture from that of Tanzania. According to past experience he has
given highly satisfied results and used to finish every task on time. Different leadership styles with
a scripted podcast on given case study is explained in the report. A reflexive report on experience
and learning by working in team is also briefly explained.
TASK 1
Scripted podcast on Leadership theory based on case study
Leadership is a undertaking by a person to impact others action and performance according
to organisations need(Thomas, 2015). It also include how an administrator guide others to work
hard for reaching the organisational goals by keeping visions in mind and motivating every member
to achieve it. According to case study leadership style of both the countries vary in many ways.
As a vice president of HG I am confused for our big dam project as firm is willing to invest
huge capital for successful completion of this project on time. This project is full of risk and include
both financial and human resource risk. Jone belong to Tanzania whoes culture is different from that
of US because of this reason his leadership style differ from our organisational work culture.
According to Great man theories leadership quality of a person is inborn and is not created
by anyone by learning about it(Bird and Mendenhall, 2016). As a CEO I will suggest you Streinberg
to hire Jone as HG is searching for someone who have both home country corporate perspective and
knowledge of the host country's economic and culture. Brett Jones is perfect for this, so hire him.
He is able to influence others as he is born with this quality to lead the people. Ok I'll go with you
sir and will influence Jone to work for our organisation.
Jone we are hiring you as a project Liaison specialist and you have to establish a new
business in Tanzania. For this you have to recruit new candidates according to there efficiency to

work in the organisation. This will require help of right technique at right time to support
business(Reiche, B.S. And et.al., 2016).
According to Trait theories people inherit different qualities from one another to become
better leader and have different identity as a person(Tjosvold, 2017). Jone is learning different
qualities as a leader from others to lead the organisation as it was different from the culture where
he comes from. When work culture differ of two persons there leadership styles also changes. This
is the reason why there is difference in leadership style of me and Jone.
Jone after reviewing your performance I am really concerned about practices you are following
which are not matching to company's culture. Practices you are using are unethical in US
organisation. Your hiring practices are not matching US laws they are illegal. You are increasing
Nepotism in the organisation.
Participative theories is a leadership style where leaders involve participation of all his
employees for contributing towards organisational goals(French, 2015). Jones work culture is like
that only where people never hesitate to give their views and he involve each and every person in
decision making. While Steinberg's leadership style is different as he wanted to work according to
some ethical conducts where leader is superior and all have to follow his decisions.
According to Management theory leaders focus on performance of there employees and
give rewards for good performance and punishes for unsatisfactory conductsz(Adekola and Sergi,
2016). My decision as Vice president for Jone's case is based on this theory only. Jones did not
followed company's culture and his hiring practices was not matching US laws. I have taken a
decision to transfer managers and engineers to Tanzania. But I am not sure whether this is a right
decision or Jones was playing a valuable role according to his perspective. In this case HG
negotiated with government to give them permission to resettle all issues related to the
organsiation(Noe And et.al., 2017).
TASK 2
Reflexive Report
Asper the view of Moon, (1999) Reflective is the type of report in which individual reflect
their own perspective and experience while working in the project.
Description: From the case I understood that HG is a US based company having different work
culture from that of Tanzania. Because of this reason Leadership style also get vary in both
countries. Company is searching for a subordinate who can help them to complete the project within
the budget and within the decided time. For the same Jone from Tanzania was the perfect match as

he has already given many satisfactory results by completing projects on time. HG's vice president
Steinberg after taking guidelines from CEO of HG, hired Jone as he could not found any better
leader for his project. His role was of a Liaison specialist who has responsibility to recruit new
candidates according to there efficiency to work in the organisation and apply right technique at
right time to support business. When I applied the Great man theory I Get to the point that
leadership quality is inborn and no one can create it by just learning about it. Jone was having this
quality as he was born with it and has capability to influence there workforce for working in right
direction to achieve the target. But as his work culture was different from that of US so he was
using Trait theories to enhance his leadership style as a person so that he can work more effectively.
Theobald (2011) argued that It also depends on the place where one is working because in Tanzania
Jones work was very effective but as the culture changed previous leadership style did not get
worked in UK. But then also he was that capability to lead the people and make them work
according to his perspective. This was the reason how it was easy for him to make people influence
for his work. The reason why leadership style of Jone and Steinberg differs is that they are from
different work culture and have different perspective for doing the things. Jone also have
Participative leadership style as he believe in involving other team members for decision making.
He believed each and every member of the organisation plays an important part for its growth.
While Steinberg believe in Management theories according to which leader should give punishment
for unsatisfactory conducts and give reward for good performance. Because of this reason only
Steinberg have taken a decision to transfer managers and engineers to Tanzania. But he was not sure
whether this is a right decision or Jones was playing a valuable role according to his perspective.
HG also negotiated with government to give them permission to sort out all the issues related to
unethical practices which were coming in front of organisational growth.
Feeling: While conducting the study I experienced that working in a group can enhance your skills
and it can help you to develop and learn new things which will help you out in near future. Before
this was made I was not at all good in communication and hesitate to speak in front of anyone. But
after working in team I am able to deliver my thoughts in front of anyone. As I learned to speak my
mind started working in all directions and helped me out to always come up with new ideas. My
over all personality developed and I learned to make postures while speaking verbally. I also
identified my strength and weaknesses and worked on both. I enhanced my strengths and improve
on my weaknesses by identifying reason of my weak points. According to Atkins and Lowe,
(2011) Working in a team can help you to learn how you can manage your time and can make your
work easy. This also helped me out in enhancing leadership quality in me. I came to know about
different leadership styles and how they influence people in real life. It depends upon work culture
of every individual that what their leadership style will be as it differ from person to person

according to there culture. I also learned how company work internationally irrespective of cross
cultural differences. This also helped me out to find the solutions related to problems faced by the
company during international businesses.
Evaluation: This give company a direction to work in any environment by considering their
leadership style and culture on top priority. It is actually a fact that employees that work according
to culture of the firm can retain for long period as not following it may lead to some of the legal
issues as different country have there own legal terms and conditions. Leadership style must be
based on the culture of the firm and for the same company have to train there employees as it
become tough for them take there culture in practice and work accordingly. If Jone was given a
proper training then changes of this dissatisfaction may not be there.
I faced the change of giving presentation of particular topic, I found that my presentation
skill is not good. According to Atkins and Lowe (2011)an individualmust have good presentation
skill that make them more presentable and individual can gain more success in their life. I learned
to work in team. Theobald (2011) stated that All tasks were equally divided to all the members
according to there capability so that they can complete there tasks on time. We all member's
communicate on what sup and discussed each and every thing before we actually implemented it. I
have learned about new ways of doing task and have increased my efficiency as now I am able to
finish my tasks on time. Atkins, S. & Lowe, S., (2011) argued that Having knowledge about
leadership quality and taking it in improving someone personality. in my personality will be
helping me out in near future. It was a challenge for me to deliver the presentation as I was very
nervous during the delivery of my presentation. It was my negative part but I work on it and in near
future I will be able to give my presentation with full confidence. I have also improved my
communication skills and pronunciation as I was not that much good it it. For all these things I have
taken help of my tutor. During presentation I was not able to make eye contact with the audience
but I have improved it by interacting with new people. My thoughts are expanding in all direction as
this interaction brings new thoughts to increase my knowledge. Many a times I practised in front of
the mirror and repeated my words that I have to use during my presentation. I have become more
calm and patient and easily handle the things. Previously all members were not satisfied with my
work and made complaints but I over come that as I listened to all the points of my tutor very
patiently and worked day and night to improve my weaknesses so that my team can become more
strong and we can complete our tasks on given period of time. If one makes efforts it is not that
much tough to change our personality. Now I have a good personality and people easily get
influenced with me and my work.
During the reflexive report I have use GIBBS CYCLE THEORY that is a structure that

tells what we have learned from our experiences. Here I have made a description of the experience
that I have during the report. I also have develop various thoughts and evaluated good and bad from
the experience. I have also analysed various situations and accordingly came out with different
conclusion with respect to leadership style and finally made a plan to enhance my leadership style.
Conclusion: It can be summarised as that I could defiantly work on my team management and
presentation skill, I will have to improve my confidence so that I can perform well in the
organisation. I hope that If I work on these skills then I would be able to perform my duties well in
the future.
CONCLUSION
From above study it is concluded that Leadership style of people of every organisation vary
from place to place. It also includes Cross cultural management which helps the managers to build a
team and work with there own leadership styles and cultural preferences(French, 2015). The
decision making of a leader also depends on what leadership styles they are using to work in an
organisation. This solve many problems related to international business as people can work
internationally with same leadership styles. From this study I have developed various skills in me
and it helped me out to have good leadership skills. Now I have enhanced all my skills and worked
on all my weaknesses as a person. Working in team helps in developing Personal skills, problem
solving skills, communication skills, and brings innovative ideas to build your strong.

REFERENCES
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