Leadership and Management Theories and Their Impact on Workplace Effectiveness: A Case Study of Hays

Part-1: Leadership and
Management in the
Workplace

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
P1. Different theories of leadership in relation to the managerial activities...............................3
P2. Explore different theories of management in relation to the leadership and managerial
activities......................................................................................................................................5
M1. Theories of leadership and management can influence the workplace effectiveness.........7
P3. Different styles of leadership and management and their applications in varieties of
situation.......................................................................................................................................7
M2. Compare the impact of different styles on decision-making...............................................9
P4. Factors that influence the cultural development in the workplace.......................................9
M3. Evaluate the significance of workplace culture on the performance of various
organisations.............................................................................................................................10
D1. Critique the impact of various approaches to leadership and management.......................10
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................10
REFERNCES:................................................................................................................................11
Books and Journals:..................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
The leadership and management both plays an essential in any organisation. Both terms
are inter-related with each other but have different perspectives in order to manage
organisational activities in an effective way. Management is consist with all such activities such
as planning, organizing, directing and controlling. Whereas, leadership relates to an art or ability
that is used by a person to influence or inspire others to improve the organisational and
individual's productivity (Farrell, 2018). Both leaders and managers shares a common goal
among employees so that they can understand what they are require to do for the business. The
report is based on the Hays organisation that is a British international executive search firm. It is
headquartered in London, England. It has worldwide operations in more than 33 countries. It has
speciality in recruiting senior board and managerial positions which necessitate highly
experienced quality leaders. The following report is based on various theories and models related
to leadership and management in various companies. Lastly, it outlines various factors that deals
with development of culture in the company.
TASK
P1. Different theories of leadership in relation to the managerial activities.
Leadership explains an art of inspiring and motivating a group of individuals to behave
towards certain activities so that common goals of the company can be achieved. It captures the
essentials of being prepared and able to guide others. Effective leadership in an organization is
dependent on both original and borrowed ideas that are communicated in an effective manner so
that others can enable themselves to engaged as the leader wants them to act (Rosenbach, 2018).
It pertains making sound and complicated decisions, develop a clear vision, set attainable
objectives and deliver knowledge and essential tools and equipments to attain such
organisational aspirations. In context of Hays, the following are the leadership theories:

Behavioural theory of Leadership:
This theory of leadership believes that leaders are build and not born. The main focus is
on the particular actions and behaviours of leader rather than their characteristics or traits. It
regards that effective leadership is an outcome of several learned skills. It is often known as style
theory. Pattern of behaviour are noticed and categorized in this theory (Forde, Torrance and
Angelle, 2021). Some of the leadership styles consists people-oriented leaders, task-oriented
leaders, status-quo leaders, country club leaders, dictatorial leaders and many more. At last, the
actual behaviours and actions matters and that defines the success of a great leader in this theory.
Benefits:
 Chiefly, the leaders can know and decide what actions and behaviour they want to
implement in his leadership in order to become an effective leader.
 It allows flexibility and adaptability in different circumstances.
 It proposes that anyone who is capable can become a leader.
Drawbacks:
 As it allows flexibility, it is not suitable in particular circumstances.
 There are a lot of leadership styles that form from this theory but there is not an
appropriate one for every situation.
Contingency theory of leadership:
This theory often known as situational theory. It suggests that no one styles of leadership
supplant others. It tells that leadership is dependent on the in-hand situation. The main focus on
specific factors related to the environment that might influence which specific style of leadership
is best appropriate for the situation. Overall, it pertains that no single leadership styles is best in
all the circumstances. It takes the certain leadership styles and explains that great leaders can
mould their leadership patterns situationally.