Running Head: Leadership in workplace Leadership in workplace Research report
Leadership in workplace1 Contents Introduction......................................................................................................................................1 B. Literature review.........................................................................................................................1 Importance of leadership in an organization................................................................................1 Leadership styles..........................................................................................................................2 Primal.......................................................................................................................................2 Democratic...............................................................................................................................2 Coaching...................................................................................................................................3 Charismatic...............................................................................................................................3 Authoritative.............................................................................................................................4 Coercive....................................................................................................................................4 Leadership traits...........................................................................................................................5 C. Theory vs. Reality.......................................................................................................................5 Biasness........................................................................................................................................6 Miscommunication.......................................................................................................................6 Misuse of authority......................................................................................................................6 D. Learning conclusion....................................................................................................................6 Leaders maintain a positive attitude.............................................................................................6 Leaders know their team well......................................................................................................7 Leaders better the environment....................................................................................................7
Leadership in workplace2 Leaders build the next generation leaders....................................................................................7 References........................................................................................................................................8
Leadership in workplace3 Introduction The entire process of leading or guiding a group of people in any organization is referred to as leadership in a workplace. Leadership is an essential aspect of every organization as it provides base to the organizational culture, learning of employees and effective functioning of everyday tasks at workplace. A leader is very different from a manager (Bryman, 2013). A manager is a person who manages a group of people by the virtue of his or her position in the workplace. While a leader may or may not be a manager as per the designation in the organization. Managers have subordinates who report to the manager while leader has followers. Effective leaders can bring about a positive change in the organization by motivating employees to work harder and assist them in achieving their goals (Day, 2014). The reason for selecting this topic for the research is because leadership is a vast subject and extremely crucial to every organization. The performance of the employees largely depends upon on the qualifications, nature, behavior, personality and style of the leader they follow. It has also been noticed that various leaders have different styles of working and it largely impacts the employee’s work satisfaction and performance. Many organizations actively invest in leadership development trainings for the same purpose (Hargreaves, 2014). The report predominantly throws light on the importance of leadership in an organization and how leaders impact the growth and development of their followers. Every leader has certain traits and the traits of a good leader are emphasized upon in this report. Leadership styles of different leaders greatly impact the performance and attitude of the followers. Various prominent leadership styles are also defined below. This report draws a clear picture about the difference between theory and reality with practical examples. At last, the report draws conclusion upon various learnings of the author in the process of writing this report. B. Literature review Importance of leadership in an organization Leadership is a crucial aspect of every organization. Leaders provide base for accomplishment of goals and setting of the organizational culture. Leaders have a set of followers. Leaders guide,
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