Leadership and Management Exam

Leadership and
Management Exam

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4. CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE CHALLENGES AND EFFECTIVE STYLES OF
LEADERSHIP IN MANAGEMENT INNOVATION IN THE CONTEXT OF DIGITAL
TRANSFORMATION....................................................................................................................3
5. ROLE OF LEADERSHIP IN TIMES OF CRISIS LIKE COVID-19 PANDEMIC...................7
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

4. CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE CHALLENGES AND EFFECTIVE
STYLES OF LEADERSHIP IN MANAGEMENT INNOVATION IN
THE CONTEXT OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION.
Leadership is known as the art of motivating a group of people in order to make sure that
their actions and work are targeted towards achieving a common objective. In context of
business, leadership is defined as an important element which captures the essential aspects for
repairing to inspire others. The notion of effective leadership is based upon the ideas that are
both original and borrowed needs to be effectively communicated to others for keeping them
engaged and encouraging them enough to act in a way which is beneficial for the business and
the objectives (Gümüş and et. al., 2020). Leadership is an aspect which is linked to performance
of a business and not to its profits. In simple words leadership do not linked with the profitability
of an organization but on the other hand and effective leadership in corporate context is the one
which helps in increasing the company’s bottom line’s performance and productivity which will
ultimately influence over the performance of the company.
There are number of different styles of leadership which are effective for businesses to
engage people and to make sure that company is attracting the best talents and making them
work in the most appropriate manner for attaining the common objectives. From past several
years organizational culture is considered as a trendy buzzword in the corporate world but it has
become much more than a passing phrase. Culture of a company plays a very important role in
employee recruitment and retention because different human resource Management and directors
know the right culture will bring productivity, innovation and engagement within the
organization. Culture refers to the working environment that is developed by the company and
the human resource Management which showcases the value, strategic vision and mission of the
company. Along with it organizational culture also helps in setting the tone for relationship
between people in the entity. In regards to all the respective aspects of organizational culture the
main and the biggest influencer the same is leadership (Gürlek and Çemberci, 2020).
The best leaders and leadership styles to influence culture by using effective leadership
styles which are ultimately useful in shaping the culture of the company. It is a beneficial power
of leadership that effective leaders by using appropriate leadership science can direct culture by

using traditional command and control traits of different leadership styles such as top down
leadership, class systems profit driven values. Also leaders of the modern scenario have new
auction where they can choose to lead using different components of the new leadership
paradigm which includes transparency, purpose driven values and egalitarian structures (Ellis,
Mansell and Steadman, 2020). There are different leadership styles which are helpful and
effective for businesses to adopt and leaders to practice in regards to bring innovation in the
organization records do digital transformation. These leadership styles are as follows:
 Directive leadership- This leadership utilizes a pyramid structure where power within
the organization flow from the top to the bottom. In simple words the person sitting on
the top of the pyramid gives specific instructions and tasks to the one who are at the
bottom. The directive leadership style is a side which do not encourage culture of
collaboration within an entity but where the leadership is not characterized by dialogue,
and collaboration. But on the contrary directive leadership creates class distinctions in
the company based on each person position according to the hierarchy (Halkias and
Neubert, 2020). Also the rewards and punishments are the tools used for controlling
people and the overall organizational culture. This form of leadership is helpful in
bringing innovation and digital transformation within the entity as it is known for
consistency of culture where leaders develop specific values and behavioral patterns
which are easy for others to follow and also compulsory. Along with it director
leadership enable the leaders in predicting consistent employee performance and results
as well as the overall organizational performance.
o Challenge: A very common challenge which is developed give two directive
leadership is suppressing the talents of people who are at the bottom line of the
pyramid. Leaders only direct employees regarding certain tasks and activities
they need to perform. While doing so the leaders not ask for their opinions or
ideas which team does innovation and also creates rigid environment within the
company amongst the employees for accepting change and digital
transformations (Hallinger, 2020).
 Transformational leadership- This is a leadership style which is all about exploring a
respective aspect or different aspects which define the culture of a company and bring
changes in order to improve it for gaining better productivity with the help of innovative