Leadership & Decision Making Assignment
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Running head: Leadership and decision making 1Case study analysisForeign Auto shop
Leadership and decision making 2Part 1Q1- What is the usual leadership situation in the auto repair shop (consider the nature of the task, subordinates, and environment)? Describe Alan’s typical leadership style and evaluate whether it is appropriate for the leadership situation? It has found that Alan is a leader that has effective impact on another colleague as well asfollowers. The main focus of Alan was on improving the quality of the employee and equipment as well so that target of the company could be fulfilled. He motivates employees to take decision making such as enhancing the quality of employees and buying latest equipment. As per the decision making model, the leadership style of Alan suits in the G2 category which refers Alan isable and encourage employees to share the issues with their colleagues and motivate them to engage in the group in consensus to find out the final solution (McCleskey, 2014). As individually, Alan should choose the directive situations to Kirk, as he one of the young employee in the shop due to his lack of experience and the talent of his background, he was entirely different from others. Kirk started to feel that he did not choose a right track and he is unmotivated than the other workers. Thus, in that condition situational leadership style can be chosen, where Alan and Kirk are in the situation where they are having a lack of relationship andexpected tasks. In that condition they have to go in the situation where Alan can make the opportunity of his talent background which will be beneficial to him make a close relationship bond with other colleagues. The behaviour of Alan is found relationship oriented. It is done because his behave with other colleagues is more likely to much attentive and humble and he get will from his mechanics (Donate and de Pablo, 2015). He is the person who beliefs in what he give, what he gets, which
Leadership and decision making 3encourages him to respect others. He respects his mechanics and prepares effective information to be given individual autonomy. The behaviour of Alan has power to create a positive environment for the employees. He would also describe empathy to his colleague and followers. He is always there when his workers needed most. By the case study, Alan mostly uses participative leadership. His behaviour is the reason of positive environment because he gained trust from employees and fulfil his commitment with mechanics (Thompson and Glasø, 2015). Along with that, he tries to be a friend instead of the boss and initiate organize to welfare and interest of his followers and being more supportive and towards his team. It is the nature of Alan that he does not interfere so much in the work of mechanics until and unless they need advice. Employees of the shop get supervision from Alan time to time. All employee of the shop is high skilled but they have to face challenge regarding diagnosing problems in cars and repairing them, apart from that self contained task with moderate variety. To make them feel not burdened, he tries to perform task with enjoying the work. This attitude of Alan makes him lead model of the organization. Mechanics and employeesof the organization are starting to inspire from him. Thus, it has been seen that the nature towardsthe employees of Alan is very effective which show the effective leadership of his.
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