Leadership Management: Critical Thinking and Team Development

This assignment delves into leadership management through critical thinking and a case study. Section 1 explores the fundamental state of leadership, emphasizing the importance of intrinsic values and instincts over imitation, and the shift from comfort-centered to result-centered approaches. It also discusses the art and science of management and the suitability of transformational leadership in Saudi Arabia. Section 2 presents a case study focusing on the IRS and the significance of productivity groups, the impact of rigid structures and close monitoring, and the characteristics of an effective group. The analysis highlights the benefits of teamwork, skill development, and conflict resolution within organizations, ultimately aiming to improve performance and productivity.

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Section 1: Critical Thinking
Leaders are on their top because of their own fundamental capabilities and values instead
of coping anyone else. Any individual can become an effective leader by selecting to enter the
most fundamental state of leadership rather than waiting for any kind of crisis to force them
there. In the normal condition, individuals often tend to stay in their comfort zones and allow the
external forces to direct their decisions and behavior (Chan 2016). People nowadays mostly
depend on rational argument and often they lose their moral influences to bring the necessary
changes. The result is mostly incremental and unimaginative in nature and authority is exercised
to bring the necessary changes.
It is important as a leader to elevate the performance of other people so that the people
can elevate itself into the fundamental state of leadership. Leaders are usually at the top of their
organization while acting from their instincts and deepest values. Like all the leaders sometimes
an individual is ‘on’ and sometimes they or not. The main step towards excellence would not be
obtained by imitating other leader but following their instincts and leadership values. Leaders are
usually at the top when they manage to act according to their deepest instincts and values. It is
important for the leader to be result centered from comfort centered. As per (Quinn 2005) a
single question can eventually turn a person from a reactive and normal state to a much
generative conditions. Moreover, giving a correct answer often leads to pushes the individual
from problem solving to purpose findings.
When individual posses the qualities such as internally directed, result centre, externally
open and focus to other individuals. This brings positive influence within the environment that is
attractive in generative in nature. When a leader enters the leadership fundamental state then the
chances of attracting other people to a higher level of community or performance shall continue
even though none is present. People usually do not live their zone of comfort unless forced by
the people.
Leader while entering the fundamental steps must take the two important steps so that it
can be properly executed and employed by the people. It is important that the people should
recognize themselves previously while entering the fundamental state of leadership. The next
step is that the people should analyze their current state by comparing their normal performance

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with what has been done at the best by creating a desire to elevate what has been done (Chuang,
Jackson and Jiang 2016). It can be known when an individual has entered the fundamental state
of leadership by holding high standards, challenging people, initiating action, capturing people’s
attention and engaging in real conservations. This framework helps in entering the fundamental
state of leadership by being a fundamental state of leadership for the transformation of oneself
and others in a positive manner.
Management as a Science and Art
Management is science as well as an art that teaches the people what to do in a more
efficient and effective manner. In order to be successful the mangers have to know all the things
and do it very efficiently and effectively. It requires a special combination of both art and science
while managing them. As the science of management is considered to be imperfect and the
manger must change the artistic managerial ability so that the job could be performed more
satisfactorily. Therefore it can be said that management in practice is an art but the body of
methods, principles and knowledge that follows the practice is science. Even though the people
have various opinion regarding this issue but the art and science of managing are not conflicting
and mandatory.
Leadership style for Saudi Culture
Saudi Arabia is considered to be a very wealthy company. Though the individuals present
in the country enjoy extremes riches, the country is ranked as the middle income nation by
World Bank. The future of the country is also potentially bleak. Saudi Arabia faced a chronic
budget deficit and the government’s priority is to identify the income sources to reduce
expenditure. This adds the pressure to develop new industries as the oil reserves becomes highly
exhausted. Saudi Arabia’s services and internal organization are in substantial or total
government control. The Saudi Arabian mangers are avers to risk and innovation that is
restrained by fear and failures. Such kind of caution is reflected by relatively high reliance upon
authority and very low delegation is provided as compared to all the North American
organizations. I think transformational type of leadership will be mostly suitable in Saudi Arabia
as people in the nations get highly influenced by people with power and status. Such kind of

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leadership will help in bringing the necessary changes to maximize the profitability and
proficiency of the nation.
It has been observed that the leaders change themselves from being externally directed to
becoming more internally directed. It is important for the people to stop complying with different
expectations to the present culture. This leads the people to become more cores authentic and
confident and they start behaving differently. When people are true to their values they would be
willing to cooperate efficiently. Moreover, when a leader is less self-focused they put the need of
the organizations above their own. This ultimately makes the leader more open to stimuli from
outside forces but they do not pay enough attentions to all the signals that are relevant in nature.
Section 2: Case Study
Importance of IRS to rely on productivity groups:
It is highly significant for the government agency the IRS to rely on productivity group
so that they can benefit for the organization as a complete. Teamwork helps in fostering learning
and creativity that thrives when people work together as a team. Combined unique perspectives
from other team members and creates highly effective selling solutions. The teamwork
maximizes the share knowledge of the employees in the workplace that helps them to learn new
skills. Collaborating on a particular project also generates enthusiasm among the team members.
This helps in fostering both the knowledge of the team and individual.
The main stages of team development involve forming, norming, storming and
performing. The first stage of the team development involves where the team is created and the
members meet. They learn about the challenges and team opportunities and clearly understand
the team needs. The team also needs to select the decision methodology and desired leadership
style. The team leader needs to analyze the active participation in an effectual manner as this will
help in solving the different queries and this will help the administrator in abiding with the
different rules and regulations of the company.
Moreover, working together also let the employees to build talents of their respective
teammate (Benzer et al. 2015). This further strengthens the teammates through creative thinking

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and enhances their respective coworkers. This helps in building trust besides this teamwork also
helps in establishing a strong relationship with their coworkers. In addition to this, the most
effective team also shares strong bond and enjoys working together. While putting trust in their
coworkers, the leader is enabled to establish the foundation required for leadership so that minor
conflicts can be endured. This also helps the employees to open up by encouraging each other.
Through open communication effective solutions can be provided in difficult group projects.
Impact of rigid structure and close monitoring:
The close monitoring and rigid structure has inhibited the development of Great team
positively builds each other up and strengthens the individual members to generate a cohesive
group. Moreover, teamwork helps in necessitating confidence related to each other’s distinct
abilities. This helps in teaching conflict resolution skills. When different number of people is
assigned together to complete a task as a team then the employees are forced to resolve the
conflict instead of turning to the management (Gausvik et al. 2015). As the employees comes
from different backgrounds with varied habit and work styles, this helps in creating resentment
that easily turns into conflicts. Activities within an organization require a lot of communication
and interaction between all the people that are involved. In addition to this good activities often
involves the ability to cross functional team to generate a share understanding of the process and
further responsibility roles of its members the effectively operates with the teams and the
organization.
The closely monitored structure are rigid in nature and the different kind of groups in the
organization has to undergo different kind of stages of development that will be helpful in nature
for making different kind of separate roles. The different leaders along with the facilitators in the
group is essential in nature as this will help the company along with the different officials to
attract the different talents and discover the different kind of group dynamics as well (O'Neill
and Salas 2017). However, it has been seen that there are different groups that perform in an
effectual manner with the implementation of the different kind of theories in an effectual
manner. Lastly, it was seen that the different monitored kind of systems will create separate roles
within the groups as this will help in solving the issues in an appropriate manner.

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Characteristics of an effective group:
The characteristics that impact the IRS having an effective group involve increased
performance and productivity. The groups that works together achieves more than individuals
that works on their own. Various and broad range of skills is applied to all such activities that
involves discussing and sharing ideas that plays a pivotal part in deepening the proper
understanding of a specified area (Hall et al. 2014). The skills development helps in developing
interpersonal skills that is related to the working and motivating other people. These skills are
very useful and are value by the employers. Effective group helps the in collaborating with
others to identify with their own strength and weaknesses (Wheelock et al. 2015)
There are various advantages because of teamwork in the organization, it maximizes the
organization effectiveness and teamwork improves every aspect of the performance. This raises
the level of expertise, morale efficiency and quality of customer services and initiatives
regarding learning, creativity and planning (Sarwar and Devlin 2017). This helps in producing
more effective daily performance that leads to the sense of ownership, bigger profits. Effective
teamwork maximizes the team’s involvement and utilizes everybody’s expertise and strengths by
distributing responsibility and workloads to all the members.
Information that is shared among the team members that maximize the levels of learning
and knowledge for the learning of the organization. The effective team also produces wades of
possible solution to each of the problem and also is effective through collective interaction and
inputs. Team work helps in gives the people shared goals that give the individuals incentives and
interest in aiding and encouraging other members of the team so that the shared goals can be
achieved. Effective teamwork’s helps in boosting the productivity of the organization that works
with an organization and distributes accordingly to Each and every remover’s strengths and kills.
Moreover, a strong team environment is also necessary for the success of a business especially in
the difficult and challenging times.
The global workforce is essential to attract talents and strengths of the organization to
establish and development of strong relationship among their employees. This also helps them to
communicate them more openly and freely that encourages and motivates them to work for their
talents and strengths that is the main element for the success of an organization. Effective
teamwork allows their members to built trust and share strong bonds with each other. This

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creates effective environment where they feel comfortable for trying new techniques for all such
things that they cannot understand. Collaboration in the workplace adds benefits for the more
flexible work schedule as they are cross trained to cover the entire strengths and skills. This
allows the employees to manage their personal obligations with fewer disruptions. It is also
crucial in improving the employee’s morale and self self-esteem.

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