Diary Reflections

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Reflection
Individual diary reflections
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3/4/2019

Diary Reflection 1
Contents
Individual Diary Reflections 4000.............................................................................................2
Reflection week 1-8...................................................................................................................2
Reflection Week-I..................................................................................................................2
Reflection Week-II.................................................................................................................3
Reflection Week-III...............................................................................................................5
Reflection Week-IV...............................................................................................................6
Reflection Week-V.................................................................................................................7
Reflection Week-VI...............................................................................................................9
Reflection Week-VII............................................................................................................10
Reflection Week-VIII...........................................................................................................12
References................................................................................................................................13

Diary Reflection 2
Individual Diary Reflections
Reflection week 1-8
Reflection Week-I
During week-I of the module, I gained a detailed knowledge about development as
well as contextualization of leadership. In addition, I learnt what leadership is with the help
of some core and important readings like (Alvesson & Sveningsson, 2003), (Grint, 2010) and
(Nohria & Khurana, 2010). In this way, during the seminar-1 I came to know with the
concept of leadership. As per my reviews after reading (Grint, 2010), leadership is an
essential skill among all employability skills. Besides, leadership is not only important for the
professional development and success but it is an important practice to be successful in
personal life also. In addition, (Alvesson & Sveningsson, 2003) addressed ideas as well as
talked about leadership within a research and development (referred as R&D) firm. It means
that middle or senior managers impute to effective leadership is discovered in the piece of
paper. I read the journal over difficulties while doing leadership and found initial claims
related to leadership values and important styles. The paper has raised strong doubts
associated to leadership. Moreover, this journal has also argued that critical thinking about
leadership requires taking seriously for understanding organizations and professional
relations in the workplaces.
Furthermore, when I read the journal written by (Grint, 2010), my views about
leadership has built as leadership is an art of motivating a bunch of people for achieving a
shared goal. In a business context, leadership is used to direct workers as well as colleagues
with a strategic leadership for meeting the company's requirements. According to me, a true
leadership occurs when someone is able to motivate others and prepared to do former. Based
on (Australis College, 2018), I also learnt that an effective leadership is based on ideas be
original or borrowed. True leadership requires those ideas to be communicated among others
so that it aligns them well to act as the leader desires them to perform (Bassos, 2016). During
this first seminar narrating introduction about leadership, I got to know that an effective
leader is the stimulus and director of the achievement. In addition, I understood definition of
leader as the person in the group who possesses the blend of personality as well as leadership
skills which makes others wish to follow his or her way. While I was studying the module I
went through the journal (Nohria & Khurana, 2010) and critically reviewed it. As per my

Diary Reflection 3
evolved opinion about what the leadership is, a good leader is one who knows the path and
goes the path as well as leads the path for others. In this way, my reflective writing above
leadership concept provided me a sorted life-long learning so that I can utilise it for future
career development. By knowing true leadership challenges and barriers I will leverage this
learning to be a good leader at my future workplace (Cooren, Kuhn, Cornelissen, & Clark,
2011).
Reflection Week-II
During week-II seminar 2 held on 26th January which has covered the bright and dark
side of leadership with the help of illustrating Case: GE & Jack Welch available at (Barlett &
Wozny, 1999). I read the case study, assessed as well as evaluated that critically to see the
both sides of effective leadership. Furthermore, I also reviewed the readings like (Rosenthal
& Pittinsky, 2006) and (Oke, Munshi, & Walumbwa, 2009). I gained the knowledge about
influence of leadership on innovation activities. Hence, after reading (Oke, Munshi, &
Walumbwa, 2009), my views have evolved as leadership plays an important role while
promoting innovation at an organization as taking risks and leveraging opportunities are the
characteristics of a true leader. In (Barlett & Wozny, 1999), GE was confronted with Jack
Welch's imminent retirement and described whether an individual can survive the blistering
speed of change and development characteristic of the Welch decade. In addition, post
describing GE's heritage as well as Welch's transformation of the organization's business
portfolio of the era 1980s, the case study recorded Welch's renaissance wits by the later
1980s and 1990s. Moreover, I analysed that the case has focused on 6 of Welch's main
change programs include Globalization, The "Software" Initiatives, Redefining Leadership,
Service Business Development, Stretch Objectives, as well as Six Sigma Quality.
In this way, after critically reviewing the case (Barlett & Wozny, 1999), I could easily
find that jack welch faced too many challenges being a CEO in the year 1981 and he took the
charge in an effective manner. First foremost challenge faced by Welch was economy in
recession; second important challenge was high interest rates in 1980s. In addition, during the
year 1981 the unemployment rates were the highest since depression.