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Leadership and Organisation Development

   

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................21 Leadership and Organisation Development .................................................................................21.1 Brief of leadership skill, organisation development and strategies.......................................21.2 Brief how they are linked( related ) and how they affect organisation link..........................31.3 Company background ..........................................................................................................42 Literature review...........................................................................................................................52.1 Leadership style....................................................................................................................53 Vision and mission of organisation...............................................................................................64 Analyse.........................................................................................................................................65 Summary.......................................................................................................................................6CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7REFERENCES................................................................................................................................81

INTRODUCTIONLeadership is the systematic process for guiding, motivating and influencing thebehaviour of followers or workers towards the attainment of goals of organisation. This is thecompetency of leader to induce employees and subordinates to carry out their tasks withenthusiasm and confidence. The term organisation development refers to bringing changes in theorganisation system on the basis of changing environment. The present report is based on worldlargest retail sector industry Tesco Plc. Situated in Welwyn Garden City , United Kingdom. Itdeals in merchandise and groceries all over the world. This company was founded by Jack Cohenin the year 1919. Tesco is also listed with London Stock Exchange and have capitalisation ofaround £18.1billion. The present report it has been discussed about leadership, organisationdevelopment and strategies. Their effect on the organisation and how these are interrelated. Also,different leadership styles, vision, mission of are summarised. Lastly, recommendationsregarding how to improve the leadership in the organisation has been given (Bolden, 2016). 1 Leadership and Organisation Development 1.1 Brief of leadership skill, organisation development and strategiesThe leadership skills are the capabilities, competencies of leaders to attain the desiredgoals set by top level management. Leadership skills are very important elements for executiveswhich further assist in decision making process for reaching the desired goals, mission andoptimum utilisation of resources. Their are many skills possessed by leaders for achievingobjectives includes ability to delegate, influencing power, decision making ability,communication skills, honesty, highly committed and creative thinking. Some of the leadershipskills are described below:- Decision Making- The leaders must have effective decision making ability on the basisof available information. This skill is inculcated in leaders with proper expertise andtime. Decision making skills is very important as this further helps assist to carry outprojects quickly with greater efficiency and effectiveness. For instance leaders of Tescopossess decisiveness which aid in taking decisions properly (Dartey-Baah, 2015). Team Building- Leaders must have the ability to maintain harmonious relations,collaborative teams of members of organisation members working towards achieving2

same goals. The leaders of Tesco have strong communication skills and ability to resolveconflicts which helps in attainment of objectives of the organisation. Dependability- The leader of every organisation should be trustworthy and honest so thatemployees are easily dependable on them. The dependable leader assist to form teamwith high spirit and zeal which also work during the complex situation which may arisedue to dynamic environment. For instance uncertainties arising in Tesco will be cateredeasily by team and its members as these are formed by dependable leaders. Organisation development is the systematised planned process for change. It is concernedwith changing values, beliefs, structure, attitude and culture of the business organisation byadopting latest technology (Frohlich and Oppenheimer, 2015). This is long term process relatedto problem solving and making changes in the processes and management. Organisationdevelopment is continuous process concerned with execution of changes in the ways off howorganisation operates. The organisation development strategy is plan which is related to in-depthstudy of needs and goals of organisation. These strategies are framed to bring certain changes inthe organisation due to changing environment and technological advancements. Their are certainsteps included to ensure proper implementation of strategies for organisation development whichcomprises of objectives, specific interventions, time period, controlling, reviewing andevaluation system. Strategies in every organisation are formed after identification of factors. Thestrategy of Tesco is concerned with proper deployment of resources for attaining the desired andset goals. Leaders of Tesco formulate strategies to increase their market share, create valueproducts, to be excellent international retailer in physical and online stores and to developeffective team so that maximum value can be developed by employees for customer's. 1.2 Brief how they are linked( related ) and how they affect organisation linkThe leadership skills, organisation development and strategies are closely interlinked toeach other. Effective and efficient skills of leaders helps to formulate strategies according todynamic environment at both internal and external level (Grint, Jones and Holt, 2016). Manyproblems are faced by the organisation for developing great and effectual leaders as they furtherassist in accomplishment of goals and objectives. Their must be proper integration of leaderswith organisation culture so that they can adequately deal with challenges by formulating properstrategies. The leaders should possess with complete skills and knowledge base of the3

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