Leadership and Motivation Assignment | Answers

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LEADERSHIP AND MOTIVATION
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1. Critically analyze the specific concerns about Steve’s leadership approaches. Give
examples from the case and explain.
According to the situation provided in the case study, Steve Arnold has many employees
in the business organization are have the capability of handling different projects. However,
Steve lacks preliminary schedule and timings. He lacks timeliness which is critical for successful
completion of projects within the set deadlines as stated by Saeed et al. (2014). It is evident from
the case situation that Ruth, his secretary was not given the authority or the option to prioritize
schedules. As mentioned by Saeed et al. (2014), as a leader, Steve fails to prioritize his timings.
He fails to look at the overall picture of the company’s work. Further, it is evident that Steve
does to have personal interaction with the staff members and his employees. Therefore timeliness
and personal interaction are some of the concerns of Steve as a leader. Moreover, as mentioned
by Saeed et al. (2014), there is no proper planning done in the organization. Steve mainly
prioritizes timely production report rather than quality figure report (Saeed et al. 2014). In most
of the organizational meetings, it is evident that there was lack of proper planning and scheduling
done. The meetings conducted were ineffective, it failed to discuss on important issues. No
attention was provided to important issues in the business organization. He focused on things
that were not important in the business organization as stated by Saeed et al. (2014). He was
unable to focus on work and failed to mange his time. Steve also failed to delegate work on other
employees effectively. Ineffective time management and improper delegation of work are also
some of the concerns. He failed to follow up with Lucy Adams. He meeting with safety
committee was also unplanned (Saeed et al. 2014). He had no time to go through the proposals
for the meetings as well as for the quality control procedures.

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2. in your assessment, is Steve more of transactional, transformational, or charismatic
leader? Why? Which theory must be used to improve his leadership skills?
From the given case study it is evident that Steve implements a transactional leader. He is
responsible for the organization. However, lacks authority. There is lack of interaction with the
other workers. According to Riaz & Khalili, (2014), this leadership style is mainly characterized
as rewards and punishments. However, there is no evidence regarding the rewards and
punishments. The transactional leadership theory can be used to improve his leadership skills.
Initiating high performance workforce is highly essential in Acme manufacturing company. This
theory involves inspirational motivating, intellectual stimulation, idealized influence, and
individualized consideration. Leaders must have the ability to inspire other members and
employees of the business organization (Riaz & Khalili, 2014). Steve must be visionary, risk
takers, inspiring and motivational. He must have charismatic appeal for changing the way in
which the business organization operations. The transformational leadership theory can be used
to bring significant changes in the business organization and change the way in which it
operations (Riaz & Khalili, 2014). In order to successfully incorporate changes in the business
organization the leader must exhibit inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, idealized
influence, individualized consideration. He must have the ability to identify the required change
in the business organization, create vision to incorporate changes through motivation, inspiration,
and incorporating change in the organization. This is one of the most integral parts of leadership
model. He must develop challenging and attractive vision along with the workers and employees.
Specifically, concerning the situation provided in the case study, Steve must focus on his
personality and maintain timeliness (Riaz & Khalili, 2014).. Timeliness is one of the most