Leadership and Employee Motivation

Leadership and employee
motivation

Table of Contents
Topic of the research – “To evaluate the need of effective leadership for motivating employees.
Case study of “Marks and Spencer”................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Research aims and objectives..........................................................................................................3
Aim of the research................................................................................................................3
Objective of the research........................................................................................................3
Research Questions................................................................................................................3
Rationale for the research.......................................................................................................4
Gantt chart..............................................................................................................................4
Literature review..............................................................................................................................5
Different type of leadership styles of Marks and Spencer which are used for motivating
employees...............................................................................................................................5
Factors used for motivating employees..................................................................................6
Research methodology.....................................................................................................................6
Research Philosophy............................................................................................................6
Research Approach..............................................................................................................6
Research Strategy.................................................................................................................7
Research Methodology.........................................................................................................7
Accessibility...........................................................................................................................7
Ethics......................................................................................................................................7
Sampling................................................................................................................................7
DATA ANALYSIS..........................................................................................................................8
DATA INTERPRETATION.........................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

Topic of the research – “To evaluate the need of effective leadership for
motivating employees. Case study of “Marks and Spencer”.
INTRODUCTION
Leadership is an important factor by which the managers of any company have the
ability to manage the way in which other staff and employees work. It is essential for the
organisation to have effective leadership for enhancing the performance of employees.
Leadership and employee motivation is defined as important way of managing the employee
performance (Marks & Spencer, 2019). For any organisation, it is important to manage the
performance of employees. When company motivated employees, it is concluded that work is
done properly for managing the work. A company can provide motivation to employees by
various ways like providing rewards, providing medical insurance, health benefits, etc.
Motivation of employees is very important as this is helpful for achieving the organisational
goals in specified time frame. The company considered in this report is Marks and Spencer. This
is a clothing company of UK. This operates in different countries and M&S deals in different
sectors like clothing, supermarket, groceries, etc. the present research depends upon the
Employee motivation and good leadership within an organisation (Leadership styles.2019). The
managers and leaders of Marks and Spencer are managing their work effectively and providing
all the necessary factors to employees which will motivate them.
Research aims and objectives
Aim of the research
The aim for this research is “To evaluate the need of effective leadership for motivating
employees. Case study of “Marks and Spencer”.
Objective of the research
 To know different type of leadership styles of Marks and Spencer used for motivating
employees
 To evaluate various ways of motivating employees

Research Questions
 What are the different type leadership styles of Marks and Spencer which are used for
motivating employees?
 What are the factors used for motivating employees ?
Rationale for the research
The reason for conducting this research is to analyse the leadership and employee motivation. It
is important for analysing that leadership is an essential factor used for managing the work of
different companies effectively. Marks and Spencer is a big organisation (Traits of leader,.2019).
This is working in different countries. After doing this research, it is able to analyse the value of
having good leadership and employee motivation is helpful for managing the performance of
employees.
Gantt chart
This is defined as the representation of activities and tasks which are involved within research.
The Gantt chart provides help in knowing the time needed for managing the tasks and activities
involved in research.