Leadership in Contemporary Organization

Leadership in Contemporary
Organization
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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................2
Leadership Style..........................................................................................................................................2
Tools and Techniques to be utilized as a Project Manager to impact the Team..........................................2
Type of Powers to be used to influence the Project Team..........................................................................3
Type of Power to be employed for motivating the Team Members for Collaborative Work......................3
Type of Power to be used to impact the Success of the Project..................................................................4
Description of the Steps to be adopted as Manager for Alleviating Challenges faced by the Team............4
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................5
References...................................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
J & J Furnishings Ltd. is an organization in Sydney in Australia established in 1965 for building
and selling home furniture. It is planning to add a line of poolside and patio furniture, and it is
expected that their average sales will increase. The top management of the company has realized
that the company needs to upgrade its IT systems to increase its profits. So a project manager has
been assigned for the project with 40 team members from different background, time zones, and
experiences. The paper will choose a leadership style for the project manager and also tools and
techniques to impact the team. It will also use Raven's six power bases for influencing and
motivating the team members of project and impacting the success of project. Moreover, it will
discuss the steps implemented by the manager for reducing the challenges faced by the team.
Leadership Style
Transformational leadership style can be suitable for the project manager to manage the team.
This type of leader encourages the team members by being a role model for them and have a
positive impact on the team. A transformational project manager emphasizes on the needs of the
project above his interests and shows the ethical code of conduct and effective practices of work
to manage the project team (Aga, Noorderhaven & Vallejo, 2016). A transformational project
manager also connects rewards to the efforts of the team members so that it does not feel that
they are money making machines for J & J Furnishings Ltd.
In comparison to other leadership styles, this style of leadership motivates the project team to
become creative and innovative in finishing their tasks. Freedom is provided to the team
members to finish the tasks effectively and focus on the completion of the tasks rather than
blaming the team members (Nkukwana & Terblanche, 2017). This leadership sale helps in
promoting the leadership style through training and mentoring. Resources are provided to the
team members to finish the tasks effectively by the leader (Chimhundu, 2016). Training sessions
are organized to allow the team members for sharing their experiences and improving their
working methods.
Tools and Techniques to be utilized as a Project Manager to impact the Team
Agile Project Management is a project management technique which suggests dividing the
project tasks into small divisions utilizing adaptive strategy and constant improvement and foster