Leadership and Management - H&M
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LEADERSHIP ANDMANAGEMENT
Table of ContentsTASK1 ..........................................................................................................................................31. Points required for being a successful leader..........................................................................32. How good leaders are developed............................................................................................63. Difference between leadership and management....................................................................74. Learnt about leadership from own experience......................................................................10REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12
TASK11. Points required for being a successful leader.Every great business needs effective and successful leaders who can inspire theiremployees. Leadership is the most important function of management which helps to maximiseefficiency and to accomplish organisational goals (Aycan, 2015). It is a process of influencingthe behaviour of the people to voluntarily act for attainment of objectives. Leader is a person inan organisation who holds a controlling and superior position within its field and they are able toexercise a greater level of power and influences over others. Successful leaders are the powerand intellect behind the organisation. There are various points which are to be kept in operatingthe function of effective leader in a H&M and they are discussed below :Confidence : Leaders must be confident enough in their working so that others followtheir commands and orders. They must reflect the desired level of confidence in theiractions and assures that their subordinates trust them as a leader.Communication : Leaders must be consistent in communicating various policies, plans,vision and mission of the organisation to the people (Cook and Glass, 2014). Effectivelycommunicating ensures that people are clear with the goals and objectives of theorganisation and work in accordance with it. Inspire : Leader must be able to inspire the team. When group or team feels the burdenor pressure of workload then leader will be able to motivate and inspire them to workwith full zeal.Responsible : Great leaders know that when it comes to their company, they necessitateto take personal obligation for non accomplishment. A good leader does not makeexcuses and they take the blame irrespective and then work out how to fix the problem assoon as possible. For understanding in detail about the leadership and leader, there arevarious theories and model which are discussed and H&M will adopt them in theirframework.The big five personality traitIt is also known as five factor model and OCEAN model and is a hierarchy of personalitytrait. Personality encompasses all the traits, characteristics and quirkiness that sets individual
separate and unique from one another. This approach puts emphasis on leaders traits, attributesand characteristics. In this model, Beneath described the five personality traits which arediscussed below :-Openness : It flashes the level of rational ability, cognitive state and an orientation forfreshness and assortment within a person. It can also be detailed as the range to which anindividual is creative and represents a personal preference for a variety of human actionover a regular routine (Higgs and Dulewicz, 2016). Conscientiousness : It is a level to which people are careful, cautious and honest. Peoplewith high score on this, are tend to be self disciplined, dutiful and prefer plannedbehaviour to a spontaneous one. Lack of this refers to exactly reverse behaviour of this.Extraversion : Extroverts gets their energy from interacting with others while introvertenergises themselves from their internal traits and feelings. This includes the traits ofenergetic, talkative and assertive (Ingram and et, all., 2015). People who lack this traits,results in preferring solitude, feels exhausted, hesitation, etc.Agreeableness : Individuals who poses these traits are friendly, cooperative andcompassionate . People who lacks this traits are competitive and manipulative in nature. Neuroticism : It is characterised by sadness, moodiness and emotional instability. Peoplewho are high in this traits gets upset easily, experience a lot of stress, etc. And peoplewho lacks this trait are emotionally stable, does not worry more and feel relaxed.Strength Weakness This model is universal and applicable globallyand clearly defines the specific characteristics.It lacks the traits or expressions of culturalaspect, age and gender.It is compatible with other features which seekto examine a certain personality trait.The five factors are not independent in natureand each factor depends on another which isnot realistic.Path goal theoryThis theory of management was developed by American management and it anticipatesthat a leader compliments their employees and compensate for their drawbacks. In this theory ofleadership, leaders behaviour is described as directive, supportive, achievement oriented and
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