Leadership Challenges | Case Study of BP Oil

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LEADERSHIP CHALLNGES A CASE STUDY OF BP OIL
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INTRODUCTION
Leadership can be defined as art of managing people. The leader has skill and
capability to handle catastrophe and move from financial situation to societal issues.
Leaders of large cooperation’s and organizations always make vital decisions and
anticipate good outcomes in attaining the goals the goals of the organization. The
decisions to ensure that they solve a looming or existing problem in the organization.
The leaders usually focus on making right decision which are understood all workers in
order to produce a good outcomes(Erez,et al, 2012). The leadership team usually tend
to focus on leading than managing, this is done to ensure that the emerging problems
or crisis are solved in good time. The current research will center on BP oil leadership
and its connection with the crisis management.
. Leadership have significant responsibility in nurturing effective job or
organization performance. For example, workers who understands the association
among company’s performance and goals and beliefs of the organization, will always
put more efforts towards the organizational goals. Leadership is the organization’s
backbone which helps it to build a strong culture. Leaders are commonly articulate
company’s culture by building the values, prompting good member behaviour as well
as reinforce punishment and recompenses. However, in modern world, the company
usually work to create a team which acts their main step in overcoming the crises which
might damage the organization’s life.

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LITERATURE REVIEW
Dekker, and Pruchnicki. (2013). defines leadership as capabilities of a individual
that can influence group members to attain a goal. Thus, the competences and abilities
which a leadership establishes to affect team of workers to attain a vision or set of
goals, moreover, leadership is concerning duplicating with transform and vision creation
for inspiring people..
Leadership and Decision-making in an organization
It is well understood that dealing with disaster in a positive way needs a deep
knowledge of the business cultural environment as well as its features, and the ethics
and values of the society around the region of operational. This pushes the researcher
to discuss ethical leadership and decision-making(Mejri, and De Wolf,2013).
Decision-making in serious crisis situations is very important. The crisis
management procedure calls for management team to make sound and wise
decisions, in order to successfully exit crisis and ease its impacts. This might clarify
why decision-making regularly needs considerable knowledge and expertise. In fact,
main characteristics of an exceptional leader is their capacity to make the right
decisions during crisis, therefore timing of making these judgements is vital to their
efficiency and success. Leaders must not jump into conclusions or make quick
decisions during crises, particularly when the nature of the disaster does not need a
rapid decision-making and interference process. A good leader therefore should not
cave to pressure during crises( Houck and Oliver, 2010).
Leadership during crisis situations has become a vital issue particularly after the
April 20th 2010 BP Oil spill in the gulf of Mexico. The emerging crises calls for a leader
who have a vision,caring and good communication skills(Dunne,2014). Moreover
expertise, empathy and providing experiences with an ability to lead are also necessary

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for leaders to handle disaster situations . Task-oriented leadership features are have
been established to be more useful and effective in managing crisis (BP report,2019).
Successful Leadership in an organization
Leadership is the most important element of organization during crisis because,
this is due to the fact that effective organisational leadership: creates a personal
development, feeling of cohesiveness, as well as higher degree of approval amongst
those performing the work; on the other hand it offers an predominant vision and
direction, an association with the surroundings, a healthy system for creativity and
innovation, and also act as resource for stimulating the organisational culture
(Dunne,2014).
Crisis leadership efficiency depends majorly on the firm which is accountable
for building a good atmosphere for leaders to work in. A competent and highly
experienced leader will still face challenges when it comes to crisis management in
case there is no good support from his/her co-workers and in situations where the
teams are poorly designed and disorganised(Mumley, pg 32, 2019). .
Clear responsibilities
Building clear responsibilities in a firm will guarantee that shortfalls and gaps are
evaded and replication of work is prohibited. Creating clear duties will also safeguard
that during the incidence of crisis all internal business politics are eradicated.
CASE STUDY BP OIL
British petroleum abbreviated as BP OIL is a British which was established in
1909 under the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. The biggest shareholder in this company is
the British government .BP explores oil around content of America and has found
numerous crude to sources which has helps build its supply capacity .The company
currently operates in 31 nations with a total net income of $9.58 billion(2018) .
The company has faced numerous crises in its operations and leadership . In
April 20th 2010 BP oil was involved in worst ecological disaster in its history of operation.