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Report on Situations Faced by Leader

   

Added on  2020-04-07

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Leadership

IntroductionLeadership is the art of encouraging group of people to achieve the shared goal. Leaders are theone who help people to do things in the right manner. They show direction, build’s motivatingvision, and create something new. Leadership provides way or route to achieve the goals of theorganization and leader use managerial skills to guide team members for good results. Leadersare imbibed with thinking ability and personal traits. Types of leadership styles are Autocraticleadership, Bureaucratic leadership, Laissez-faire leadership, Innovative leadership, Democratic/participate leadership, Situational leadership, Relationship-oriented leadership, Transformationalleadership, Servant leadership, Transactional leadership and Charismatic leadership. Autocratic leadership style provides controlling power to the leader. Autocratic leaders makedecisions according to their judgment and point of view, they do not like interference of otherpeople. Bureaucratic leadership involves strict rules and regulations in the hierarchy that has tobe followed by the people. Democratic/participate leadership ask people to participate in thedecision making process and to provide their suggestions. These type of leaders provideopportunities to their team members to expose their talent. Laissez-faire leadership providefreedom to team members to do work according to them. These type of leaders trust theiremployees and provide a comfortable environment. Situational leadership explains that leadersshould react or take actions according to the situation. Decision and behavior of leader shouldchange according to the situation. This report is consist with twelve situations faced by the leaderand asked to select one of the option as an answer of the situation. Then all the selected optionswill be filled in the chart of flexibility and effectiveness. Total numbers of the letters will beadded will be placed in the style matrix. Effectiveness scale is also used in the report to showwhether the result is ineffective or effective and explanation is given for style matrix. In thesecond part of the report i.e. Experimental exercise 2 involves a summary of Gandhi movie andexplains different situations where Gandhi’s leadership was effective or not. Experimental exercise 1Situation 1Option A is selected i.e. Reestablish the need for following program procedures and meeting theexpectations for task accomplishment.

Situation 2.Option C is selected i.e. be supportive and provide clear feedback. Continue to make sure thatstaff members are aware of performance expectations.Situation 3Option D is selected i.e. Encourage the staff to work on the problem, letting them know you areavailable as a resource and for discussion if they need you.Situation 4Option A is selected i.e. Continue to involve the staff in the planning, but you direct the change.Situation 5Option C is selected i.e. Redefine goals and expectations and supervise carefully.Situation 6Option C is selected i.e. Get the staff involved in decision making and planning, but continue tosee that objectives are met and quality is maintained.Situation 7Option B is selected i.e. Reach consensus with the staff on the proposed changes and allow thestaff members to organize the implementation.Situation 8Option A is selected i.e. be careful not to hurt your relationship with the staff by becoming toodirective.Situation 9Option C is selected i.e. Redefine and clarify the goals, tasks and expectations and carefullysupervise progress toward task completion.Situation 10Option B is selected i.e. Solicit input from the staff on performance standards. Incorporate theirsuggestions and monitor their progress toward meeting the standards.

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