Leadership and Innovation

Running head: LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION
Leadership and Innovation
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Introduction
The role of the human resource department in any corporation or organization is of
exceeding importance as this is the department that is responsible for the recruitment of
employees that assist an organization in the achievement of its goals and objectives. As such
it is the human resource department of the organization that undertakes the responsibility of
hiring and even firing employees as and when needed (Bratton & Gold, 2017). The human
resource department of an organization is usually run by two to three individuals who possess
the people skills that are needed to attract the right pool of talent to the organization in order
to fulfill the organization’s goals and objectives. When analyzing the responsibilities of the
HR department of a company, the specific role that is played by evaluation in the
performance of HR duties becomes very important to understand (Braveman et al., 2017).
Evaluation goes a long way in helping HR managers and executives to understand what it is
that an organization needs in terms of talent and man power and the steps that need to be
undertaken to make sure that the needs and requirements of the business organization are
duly met (Cascio, 2015). This essay analyzes the important role that leadership has to
play in the operations and duties that are carried out by HR managers in business
organizations with special reference to the role of evaluation in human resource
development. The report concludes that without evaluation, it would be impossible on the
part of HR Managers to determine what type of man power, whether skilled or otherwise, is
required by the company and when it is required.
1. Discussion of Leadership Models and their Relation to Organizational Needs
Two of the most important leadership models that come into play when meeting
running business operational are the transformational leadership model and the model of
autocratic leadership. The latter demands absolute submission from employees and provide

little scope for flexibility in terms of employee behavior at work, while the former
encourages employees to grow and evolve with the organization, with freedom being given to
employees to express their views and suggestions on matters of importance for the
organization (Boon et al. 2018). The transformational leadership model is seen to work best
for organizations as it makes employees feel included or a part of the organization they are
working for and gives them the motivation and the incentives that they need to take the
organization in forward direction (King & Nesbit, 2015).
2. Understanding Key Issues that Influence Leadership Learning and Development
in an Organization
Some of the key issues that influence leadership learning and development in an
organization include the type of tasks or operations that are run by a business, the personality
of the employees who are working for the organization and the type of influence that the
personality of the leader is likely to exercise. A business that deals in the provision of goods
and services that have be innovated upon frequently to retain customer interest will benefit
from transformational leadership (King & Nesbit, 2015). A business which deals in finance
will benefit more from autocratic leadership, with there being little or no need for
diversification or innovation to bring about an improvement in services. A business where the
employees are well disciplined will function well under transformational leadership. A
business where workers are poorly disciplined requires autocratic leadership to ensure that
business operations are carried out with efficiency (King & Nesbit, 2015).
1. Impact that Leadership has on Corporate Strategy to Secure Competitive
Advantage

The company’s leadership determines how competitive a business intends on being to
take on its rivals suitably at the market place, and human resources are inducted and managd
accordingly at an organization on the basis of this. An understanding of external market place
factors such as competition or the political and economic factors that are likely to influence
the operations of a business organization over the long term is also something that is
facilitated through evaluation (Wiesner et al., 2017). HR executives and managers undertake
evaluation of employee behavior, performance and work practices every now and then to
suitably understand how best the organization can compete with its rivals in the market.
Competition and how to deal with it in the best possible way is what is particularly well
understood through the role of evaluation. If HR managers and executives are careful enough
about keeping track of the external environment and its manner of functioning, it will be able
to provide the top level management of the company with the guidance that it needs in order
to compete with rivals suitably enough and prevent turnover of employees as much as
possible. For this purpose, HR managers and executives have to engage and to network with
their colleagues as much as possible (Noe et al., 2017). They have to reach out to HR
executives and managers working at other or related organizations in order to undertake an
evaluation of the external environment and they need to be familiar with employees on a
personal level as well (Cascio, 2015). The latter in particular is a mode of behavior that helps
HR executives to understand who among the employees are likely to stay on and serve the
organization over the long term, and who among the employees are likely to leave the
organization for better opportunities at the earliest possible instance. To carry out such
evaluations, HR managers and executives need to be cordial and friendly in their approach
and in their behavior towards others. They need to be kind enough and inviting enough for
employees to want to come up and talk to them whenever it is that they face issues within the
organization (Brueller et al., 2018). The more understanding and friendly HR managers and