Leadership and Cultural in Organizations

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Leadership and cultural
in organizations
Student’s Name
6/10/2019

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Introduction
Leadership is well-defined as the process of persuading and directing the people so that they
strive readily and enthusiastically towards the group objectives. It encourages people to
explore their capabilities and enthusiastically achieve the objectives of the organization. It is
a process of social inspiration to maximize the efforts of others towards the accomplishment
of the mutual goal (Antonakis and Day, 2017).
The nature of leadership is distinct from management. Leadership is essential for managing.
The manager must have the quality of effectively leading the team to manage the resources
and achieve the goals of the organization. Leadership and motivation are closely linked
because the leader understands the motivating factor of the employees and focuses on
creating a favorable working condition for the employees (Dubrin, 2015).
An effective leader motivates its employees to adopt the change in the process and accept the
challenges to attain the goals of the business. It directs the action of the employees and
ensures that the aims of the organization are achieved efficiently. A leader influences the
followers and consists the traits, ability and the power to change the behavior of the
individuals to achieve the goals of the organization. They are the real teachers to teach ethics
to their followers (Klenke, 2016). Leadership is considered as a process under which the
superior influences its subordinates and coordinates the activities to achieve the desired goal.
It inspires the subordinates to perform the task willingly, enthusiastically and competently. A
leader possesses the ability to influence, motivate, the ability of verbal assertiveness and
willingness to take the risk (Klenke, 2016).
In the following paragraphs, the report will reflect upon the concept of leadership and the
styles of leadership in relation to ethics, value, and beliefs. The report will also cover the

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leadership theories and the range of practical examples that describe the characteristics of a
leader.
Notion of leadership
Leaders are not born they are made. The leaders make an honest understanding of who they
are and what they want to become. They make the self-analysis and take education and
training to become a better leader. It helps in developing an organization that is more
coherent and coercive (Ruben and Gigliotti, 2016). It inspires others to pursue their visions
and integrate the efforts towards the achievement of the common goal. They focus on two-
way communication to motivate and develop good relations with the people. They possess
the quality of applying different leadership skills depending upon the prevailing situation. It
closely understands the situation and makes the judgments accordingly (Grint et al, 2016).
Leadership practices play a major part in the excellence of the organization. The effective
leadership focuses on motivating the employees, resolving the conflict and has the skills to
make the proper decisions and the abilities to create the vision for the organization. It ensures
that the functions of business are properly undertaken and analyses the weakness and the
strengths to implement the positive change in the organization (Western, 2019).
The globalization of the companies invites employees from different nations who have
different beliefs and values. The nation’s culture plays a major role in shaping the culture of
the organization. The behavior of the leader plays a major role in influencing the culture of
the organization. However, the leader applies the different style of leadership considering the
values and the beliefs of the employees. It becomes imperative for the leader to understand
the different nation cultural dimensions and shape the organization culture accordingly. It
develops the organizational culture that is favorable for all the members and avoids
absenteeism and conflicts and improves the performance of the company (Northouse, 2017).

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The leader understands the culture of its employees and makes the decisions in accordance
with the behavior of the employees. The culture of the organization influences the function of
the leader. It decides the conduct of the leader. If the culture is power oriented then the leader
receives the power to lead the actions of its employees but it the company has the informal
culture then the employees do not actively respond to the decisions of the leader. Therefore,
the culture of the organization plays a role in influencing the behavior of the leader and
shapes the skills and the styles the leader accepted (Fletcher, 2017).
Management of cross-cultural leadership becomes challenging for a leader because of the
cultural diversity among the workforce and the difference it values and the beliefs. Some
employees focus on individualism rather than collectivism so if the leader focuses on
adopting collective culture it creates dissatisfaction among the employees and changes in the
behaviors (Kempster and Parry, 2018). Changes in the values and the beliefs create resistance
of the employees to adopt change and difficulty for the leader in understanding the complex
and the changing behaviors. The unpredictable behavior of the employees creates difficulty
for the leader to implement positive change in the organization (Lawton and Paez, 2015).
Leadership Styles
The leadership styles reflect the values, beliefs, ethics and the characteristic behaviors that
the leader uses in directing, managing and motivating the employees in the organization. A
leader applies a different style of leadership based upon the prevailing situation and has the
ability to take the decisions that helps in motivating the employees and implement positive
change in the organization (Nawaz and Khan, 2016).
Authoritarian Leadership