Leadership of Present Generation

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Executive summary
The aim of the study is to focus on identification of the major wicked problems existing in
any organization. There are many organizational wicked problems - like problem of not being
able to manage cash properly, discrimination and many more. The most difficult
organizational wicked problem is that of workplace discrimination. Workplace discrimination
has all the characteristics of a wicked problem such as it cannot be defined properly, it further
leads to another problem in the organization and many more characteristics. The competing
values framework is also used to define the organizational leadership required to overcome
the wicked problem. Transformational leadership is one such style of leadership that can help
to overcome organizational wicked problems.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Discussion of wicked problem characteristics as applying to ‘social or business issue’
problem......................................................................................................................................4
Discussion and justification that ‘social or business issue’ problem is a wicked problem........5
Discussion of application of competing values framework to wicked problem........................6
Discussion of implication and interplay of identified competing values in the wicked problem
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Discuss potential leadership implications..................................................................................9
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
There are many problems within and outside the organizations such as cultural
differences, social problems, political problems and many more that need to be overcome for
the 1organization to be successful. Competing values represent the conflicting values that
exist in an organization and across various levels (Ikramullah et al., 2016). This happens
because of the contrasting values mentioned in the four quadrants -flexibility, adaptability,
stability and control. The contrasting views of the members is there because of their
differences in culture and value system. Such views can be overcome through different
leadership styles. Wicked problems are those which cannot be solved easily and are difficult
to define. These problems plague the society or organization and lead to further problems
(Head & Alford, 2015). These are basically related to social, political and a few other issues.
However, these problems can be solved through proper empathetic techniques and reasoning.
The main aim of this paper is to highlight the main wicked problems of the real world and
application of a leadership style that will help to remove these problems.
Description of identified ‘social or business issue’ problem
Workplace Discrimination is a major business problem these days in all organizations
because of cross-cultural workforce (Brouwers et al., 2016). It includes racial discrimination,
gender discrimination, discrimination on the basis of religion, age or even discrimination
based on disability of the persons. There are a few laws that have been formulated to look
after organizational discrimination but it is not followed because these laws lack any severe
punishment for the defaulters. An employee is said to be discriminated when the management
puts them in a disadvantageous positions as compared to other employees. When any type of
unfair practice is carried out against the employees of the organizations it is called workplace
discrimination. Workplace discrimination affects the morale of employees and it also results