Leadership and Cultures in Organizational Contexts

Running Head: LEADERSHIP AND CULTURES IN ORGANISATIONS
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Leadership and Cultures in Organizational Contexts
12/8/2018

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Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................1
Leadership and culture in Organisations................................................................................................2
Challenged faced by organisations (Micro and Macro).........................................................................3
Macro level challenges......................................................................................................................4
Micro-level challenges......................................................................................................................4
Concept of character, ethics, value, and belief dimensions....................................................................5
Leadership theories relevant in Organisations.......................................................................................6
Theories of Motivation and employee engagement...............................................................................8
Coaching and Talent management and leadership.................................................................................9
Belbin Team Roles – Hard and Soft Management – Rethinking International Management.................9
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................................10
References...........................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
The report brings about the discussion the concept of leadership in the organisations, and the
challenges faced by them which include macro and micro challenges. Leadership is an
important phenomenon because it contributes to the organisational effectiveness and success
in the long-run. Leadership includes several aspects and the role of a leader is crucial to any
organisation in determining the progress of the business. In other words, it is an important
function of management established to maximize the efficiency of organisation, and attaining
organisational goals. Leadership is the process which effectively determines the action of
employees to attain organisational goals, as a good leader guides the employees to increase
productivity and performance in the organisation. However, an organisation faces many
challenges, which include micro and macro challenges, in context to various parameters.
Thus, the report will state various leadership theories relevant in the modern organisations,
and other issues related to it. In addition, in the later part of the report the readers will gain an
understanding of the vital role of leader in the execution of talent management amongst
employees in the organisation. These concepts will be supported well with the help of some
suitable examples in context to the contemporary organisations.
Leadership and culture in Organisations
Leadership plays an important role in defining and shaping the success of any organisation.
To define leadership, it can be stated that it refers to the process of influencing behaviour of
others in the organisation towards attaining common goals in the organisation. The process of
leadership is exercised in the organisations, through counselling and proper guidance given to
employees during formation and implementation of the plans. A leader performs the
responsibilities as he boosts the morale of employees working in the organisation, and leads
self and others in the organisation (Antonakis and Day, 2017). Through leadership qualities
managers are able to coordinate and support their employees in the organisation. In addition,
to this there are several other aspects of leadership which the leaders or managers in an
organisation perform to increase employee engagement and performance. It has been known
that the business environment has been rapidly changing, which brings about various
challenges leading to the conflicts in organisations. Thus, it has been understood that leader
supports and helps employees in managing conflicts in the organisation (Kasemsap, 2016).

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The concept of leadership is well linked with the aspects of culture also, such as
organisational culture and national culture. Organisational culture refers to the beliefs, values,
and behaviour which have existed in the organisation for a long period of time. The culture of
an organisation describes about the behaviour and attitude of employees, which in turn affects
their job-satisfaction. Organisational culture is positively correlated with the job-satisfaction,
and there is a positive relation between the job-satisfaction and leadership behaviour in the
organisation. The concept of organisational culture is socially learned, and transmitted by
members, and determines the rules of behaviour amongst employees within organisations.
These behaviours, values and beliefs guides employees regarding what to do, and what is not
acceptable in the organisation, or society which is important as the core functions of
leadership. Thus, it can be stated that a positive organisational culture in the organisation
leads to effective leadership practices adopted by the organisational members, which declares
that these two concepts are positively correlated (Helmreich and Merritt, 2017).
On the other hand, the concept of national culture is also related to the leadership practices
adopted by managers in the organisation. National cultures are defined as the set of norms,
beliefs, and customs which exist within the population of a sovereign nation. As cultural
differences exist between countries, therefore it determines the belief system, behaviour, and
values of people in the business organisations, leading to effective leadership. This leads to
an emergence of the concept of cultural psychology, which states the way the individuals
belonging to different cultures communicate with each other and work in organisational
setting (Kull et al., 2014).
Today, in the global challenging market the concept of cross-cultural leadership is widely
applicable defining that leaders must acquire skills, and qualities to adapt themselves in
different cultural markets, working with different people and teams. Leader need to adapt to
different cultural backgrounds as the organisations work with different leadership practices or
theories implemented in their activities. For an example, the national culture of India will be
different from the culture of Australia or any other country, and it will further determine their
leadership practices. Thus, the discussion has stated the relevance and importance of the
organisational culture and national culture on leadership practices in organisations (Bird and
Mendenhall, 2016).