Leadership Styles and Employee Motivation in ASDA

The provided content discusses hospitality management, transformational leadership climate, and research methods. The articles by Menges et al. (2011) and Paarlberg & Lavigna (2010) explore the relationship between transformational leadership and performance outcomes at the organizational level. Additionally, there are resources on qualitative and quantitative research approaches, including deductive reasoning versus inductive reasoning, as well as online resources on research design and quantitative methods in education research.

Research Project
“To determine some vital roles of leadership in
improving the sense of motivation in employees in
the retail organisations of UK- A study on
ASDA”.

TABLE OF CONTENT
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Formulating and recording possible research project outline specifications........................3
1.2 Identification of the factors that contribute to the process of research project selection......4
1.3 Undertaking a critical review of key references...................................................................5
Concept of leadership in the retail organisations of UK.............................................................5
Tools adopted by the retail organisations of UK to motivate their employees...........................5
Relationship among the tact of leadership and motivational context of employees in the retail
organisations of UK....................................................................................................................5
1.4 Producing a research project specification............................................................................6
1.5 An appropriate plan and procedures for the agreed research specification...........................7
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................8
2.1 Matching resources efficiently to the research questions.....................................................8
2.2 and 2.3 Undertaking the proposed research investigation in accordance with the agreed
specification and procedures by recording and collating relevant data where appropriate........8
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................9
3.1 and 3.2 Using appropriate research evaluation techniques and interpreting and analysing
the results in terms of the original research specification...........................................................9
3.3 Making recommendations and justify areas for further consideration................................16
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................16
Covered in PPT.........................................................................................................................16
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................17
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................18

TASK 1
1.1 Formulating and recording possible research project outline specifications
Introduction
Business organisations are an integral part of nation's economy in today's globalised set
of environment where all industrial sectors are largely concerned about a timely achievement of
their stipulated goals and objectives. In context to which, they are hereby required to operate
with a strategic arrangement of their action plans to duly accomplish their stipulated targets on
time. It is with reference to yet another prime concept of realism in today's set of business where
an establishment is comprised of two vital set of bodies entitled as employees and employers
(Alfalfa-Luque, Marin-Garcia and Medina-Lopez, 2015). Wherein, the employees are direct in
charge of their respective set of employers where they are with a through accountability of
guiding them. This in turn has breakdown the preceding role of employers where they are mainly
positioned at two vital profiles of leaders and managers in the organisation. Both these parties are
required to perform a similar set of responsibility by thoroughly guiding their respective set of
employees and generate a prior sense of encouragement in them. It is mainly with respect to
carry out their assigned tasks on time for an eventual achievement of their organisational goals
and objectives.
Background of the study
The present survey is based upon a configured purpose of exploring the function of
leadership to enhance the sense of motivation in the deputed employees of retail organisations in
UK. For which, a renowned retail enterprise named ASDA has been taken into consideration for
it where it is a subsidiary supermarket of Walmart as its parent company (Cadden, Marshall and
Cao, 2013). With a foundation year of near about 68 years, it is currently headquartered at Leeds
that is in the West Yorkshire of England. It is evident to deal into grocery products along with
general merchandise commodities and fiscal services as well. As per a recent transcription of the
year 2016, ASDA is depicted to be extended in around 630 distinct locations at a global level.
Herein, it is also ascertained to employ total 180, 000 number of workers to operate at its
widespread locations.
The current study has hereby focussed to interpret the adopted procedures of ASDA to
motivate their deputed set of employees by aligning it to their applied tact of leadership at the

workplace. Leaders in ASDA are evident to play a crucial role in handling the work of their
respective set of teams (Kim and Brymer, 2011). However, it is together essential for them to
continually stipulate such standardised practices of directing their staff members that in turn
results in improving the sense of motivation in them. This investigation will thereby focus upon
defining such effective practices of leadership that will consequently lead to upgrade the
motivation level of the employees by referring to varied tools of motivation and certain
abstractive theories of leadership as well.
Research aims and objectives
A prior intent of this study is “To determine some vital roles of leadership in improving
the sense of motivation in employees in the retail organisations of UK- A study on ASDA”. This
configured aim has further depicted some leading objectives that are as stated below-
 To analyse the factual concept of leadership in retail organisations of UK.
 To discover the adopted tools of motivation in ASDA.
 To identify the relationship between the tact of leadership and motivation in ASDA. To recommend some principle strategies to enhance the motivation level of employees
with some profound tactics of leadership.
Research questions
It is mainly on the basis of above formulated aims and objectives to carry out this survey
which is hereby directed by some below m0entioned research questions-
 What is the factual concept of leadership in the retail organisations of UK?
 What are the tools adopted by ASDA to motivate their employees?
 What is the relationship among the tact of leadership and motivational context of
employees in ASDA?
1.2 Identification of the factors that contribute to the process of research project selection
This section is specially to determine such contributory factors that have largely assisted
the investigator to carry out the investigation in a directional manner. It is mainly in context to
depict a prime reason behind selecting this particular topic for the investigation that has hereby
represented a leading reason of personal interest of the researcher. Due to which, this particular
topic of leadership has been chosen as a mean of exploring its vital role in enhancing the
motivation level of the employees (Neuman and Robson, 2012). A prevalent state of competition
among the organisations is together referred to be yet another significant reason behind electing

this subject matter where it is a present-day concern in most of the retail organisations in UK. As
a result to which, a demotivated set of workforce in turn impacts upon the overall productivity of
the enterprise that resultantly impacts upon the profitability index of the enterprises. This
research work will thus aid them to strengthen the prospective element of leadership in the
organisation in order to raise the sense of encouragement in their employees.
1.3 Undertaking a critical review of key references
Concept of leadership in the retail organisations of UK
It is as per the stated clause of Taylor, Bogdan and DeVault (2015), where today's
organizations are with a strong requisition of leadership at their workplace to make an optimum
utilisation of their accessible resources. In accordance to which, leadership is hereby referred as
such vital trait that is both inbuilt and out built for the leaders. This means that there exists two
type of leaders where some of them are called as born leaders and other can refer to acquire its
attributes to become an effective leader. The concept of organizational leadership tends to deal
with both expertise tactics as well as human psychology by emphasising more upon the
development of leadership skills and abilities. It should however relate with the undertaken goals
and objectives of the organisation where a potent leader will refer to deal with the hard times of
industry and still develop by that time.
Tools adopted by the retail organisations of UK to motivate their employees
There exists varied motivational tools that are being adopted by the organisations in order
to raise the motivational sense of their employees. Bayne and Woolcock (2016) has hereby
enlighten two vital types of motivational tools in the organisation known as internal and external
tools of motivation. Wherein, an intrinsic tool is in context to meet out the mental needs of the
employees by rewarding them with non monetary means like higher grade responsibilities as a
mean of providing empowerment. Another source of extrinsic motivation involve the tools of
monetary benefits for the employees such as bonuses and additive remuneration on carrying out
a considerable work.
Relationship among the tact of leadership and motivational context of employees in the retail
organisations of UK
There exists an implicit relationship among an applied tact of leadership and motivation
as per the reflected outlook of Menges, Walter, Vogel and Bruch (2011). It is where the leaders

are hereby referred to be a prime source of motivation to produce an encouraging sense of work
in them. This is also in correspondence to employ varied available theories of motivation with a
prime accountability of the leaders to practice them at the workplace. The two factor model of
Herzberg is a factual instance of such conceptual theory that is often being referred by the
leaders to inculcate in their day to day practice for fulfilling the need base consideration of their
respective employees. Other than this, there together exists varied styles and models of
leadership that should be referred by the leaders for aptly managing the carried assignations of
their employees.
1.4 Producing a research project specification
This is another foremost section of the investigation where the researcher will hereby
define the adopted technique to carry out the study in an effective manner.
Research design- It is a foremost tact needed to be referred by the investigator in order to carry
out the study in a directional manner (Research design, 2009). This will in turn depict the nature
and type of study that will be referred by the surveyor for conducting the research work.
Wherein, the present investigation has showcased a descriptive study to make an in depth
analysis of its elected subject matter.
Research approach- It is yet another prime consideration of the researcher to carry out the
investigation where here the surveyor has opted to carry an inductive format of the study. This
will in turn widen the scope of investigation where its concentrated set of data is evident to
transact from specific to general context (Deductive Reasoning Versus Inductive Reasoning,
2014).
Data collection- The data collection measures together exists with its two imperative methods by
referring to both primary and secondary aggregation of information. Into which, the primary
accumulation of data will necessitate the surveyor to directly approach the respondents and
interrogate them on the basis of a framed questionnaire (Gast and Ledford, 2014). Wherein,
another alternative of secondary data assemblage will require to study pre established statistics in
verified publications like books, journals and online articles, etc., from attested internet sites.
Sampling- It is yet another practice of distributing the targeted respondents of the study in a
proportionate way to give an equalised chance to each of them. However, there exists two
leading tactics of sampling known as random and purposive distribution methods (Gast and
Ledford, 2014). The present study has thus opted for a purposive or non probability tact for

sampling the data where the surveyor will hereby refer to interrogate 4 top administrative bodies
of ASDA.
Data analysis- This is basically to analyse the above acquired set of data by electing one of the
two alternative measures to make either qualitative or quantitative investigation. The present
research work has therefore depicted a qualitative analysis of data to conduct a thematic study of
the subject matter (Quantitative Methods in Education Research, 2014).
Research limitations- This is especially to define certain limited elements that often leads to
obstruct into the conducted study of the researcher. An inadequate source of time with deficit
amount funds are those two constricted factors that largely impedes the survey. However, these
two elements are referred to be the two most appropriate elements of the study for succeeding
towards its undertaken aims and objectives. It is therefore important for the surveyor to conduct a
planned study with preset time and funds for achieving the targeted goals on a stipulated duration
that is 11 weeks for this particular investigation. However, a limited number of secondary
resources is referred to be yet another limited aspect for carrying out a defined study. Wherein,
there together exists certain ethical dilemmas as a way of obstructing the study where the
researcher is required to use an authentic set of data while referring to the secondary resources.
However, the primary sources were duly accessible where the researcher in the present study has
referred to directly approach the responders as a way of interrogating them.
Ethical issues- There together exists certain ethical responsibilities that are required to be
considered by the researcher to carry out the study (Neuman and Robson, 2012). With respect to
which, the investigator in the present study is required to carry a confidential interrogation in
which, its obtained data should not get accessed by any unaccredited set of users. This is for
instance to conduct a confidential study where the researcher is not liable to reveal the given
answers of the respondents to an unauthorised user. Along with which, the investigator is
together required to take a prior consent of the respondents to participate in the study with no
forcible context on them.
M1
This is basically to justify the specification of the present research work with some
affluent measures of data collection and analysis. In whose context, both primary and secondary
tactics of data collection have represented to be a justified selection of techni9ques by the
researcher where both these methods have greatly collaborated with the findings of one other.

Along with which, the qualitative method of analysis has also sustained the study by carrying out
a thematic assessment to define the subjective nature of the facts by accurately corresponding to
the nature of this particular research topic.
1.5 An appropriate plan and procedures for the agreed research specification
This research has been scheduled with a projected timeline to promptly carry out the
investigation. It is with a prime consideration of achieving its configured goals and objectives by
avoiding the possibility of any sort of hindrance in the research work. It is mainly in regard to
specify the available period of time to carry out the study where such planned work will largely
support the surveyor to timely attain the targeted intent of the research. Non availability of time
will not reflected to be a matter of concern for the researcher's any more in case they refer to
follow this pivotal tool of Gantt Chart.
Key Activities
Week
1
Week
2 & 3
Week
4
Week
5
Week
6
Week
7
Week
8 & 9
Week 10 Week 11
Preparation of
Introduction
Literature Review
Collection of
Secondary
Information
Examination of
the Collected Data
Research Design
Research
Methodology
Acquiring Primary
Data
Analysing Primary
and Secondary

Data
Conclusion and
Recommendations
Completion of
Leftover Work
Revision and Draft
Final Submission
TASK 2
2.1 Matching resources efficiently to the research questions
This is basically to correspond the present carried investigation with that to the applied
resources where the researcher has hereby opted for varied pertinent resources like time, cost and
manpower resources to carry out the survey in a efficient manner (Paarlberg and Lavigna,
2010). These resources has together depicted a projected way of carrying out the study where the
time to carry out the entire survey was duly scheduled by the researcher with the help of Gantt
Chart. With reference to which, the researcher has hereby referred to undertake 11 weeks of
study to acquire its stipulated goals and objectives.
2.2 Undertaking the proposed research investigation in accordance with the agreed specification
and procedures by recording
This is to discuss upon the undertaken design of the questionnaire where the researcher in
the present study has referred to plan an open ended questionnaire with relevant set of questions.
It was with a single close ended query in which the respondents were hereby asked to provide
their own suggestions as a way of advising some effective measures of leadership to enhance the
sense of motivation in employees. This in turn depicted a primary method of data collection with
a structured interview along with a secondary method in which the governmental records
published for the retail based organisations of UK were referred over here. Along with which,
the official website of ASDA was also referred to gather some pertinent facts from their pre-
established findings. However, there existed certain advantages and disadvantages of both these
data collection methods that are as mentioned below-
Advantages of primary data collection method-

 A close interrogation by directly approaching the respondents.
 This in turn relates to the study and research of the person. Great control over a specific subject.
Disadvantages of primary data collection method-
 A costly method.
 Time consuming process. A lower rate of response.
Advantages of secondary data collection method-
 A cost effective method.
 Requires less time and efforts. Provides a base to the primary research method.
Disadvantages of secondary data collection method-
 Unspecific in nature.
 May produce inaccurate data.
 Issues of time log.
Apart from which, a qualitative method of analysis has been used to evaluate the
collected set of data where it is usually done to conduct a thematic assessment based upon
distinct formation of themes. Where it is also associated with a leading issue of partiality where
the evaluation often tends to bias from one other.
2.3 Collating relevant data where appropriate
This section has referred to depict the framed set of questionnaire along with the
conferred answers of the respondents.
Since how long your are employer with ASDA? Frequency Percentage
1 year 0 0
3 years 2 50
5 years 1 25
More than 5 years 1 25
Are you agreed by the fact which states that employees need a
close supervision at the workplace. Frequency Percentage
Strongly agreed 1 25

Agreed 1 25
Neutral 2 50
Disagreed 0 0
Strongly disagreed 0 0
Most of the employees are self motivated in your organisation. Frequency
Percenta
ge
Yes 1 25
No 3 75
What leadership style is being adopted by you to acquire timely
submission of assignations by your respective subordinates? Frequency Percentage
Democratic 2 50
Laissez free 0 0
Autocratic 1 25
Bureaucratic 1 25
What principle traits of leadership must be adopted to enhance
the productivity status of your establishment? Frequency Percentage
Generating a sense of encouragement in employees. 2 50
Provisioning an effective reward system at the workplace. 1 25
Carrying out a strict approach toward the employees by penalising
them for not meeting the stipulated standards of work. 1 25
In your view, does leaders play a substantial role in supporting
their subordinates to accept their key responsibilities of work. Frequency Percentage
Most of the time 2 50
Sometime 2 50
Rarely 0 0
Never 0 0

However, on discoursing upon the facts and findings acquired from the secondary
sources of data collection, it has been found that leadership does plays an intact role in
motivating the employees at the workplace. It is however with some great efforts of the leaders
where they are hereby provisioned with distinct tools of motivation to utilize on them.
Although, their together exists certain advantages and disadvantages of data analysis
method where the data in the present investigation has been analysed using a qualitative method.
In whose context, below are the identified advantages and disadvantages of this measure-
 Advantages-
◦ No rigorous plan or design is required.
◦ An affluent and detailed set of informations.
 Disadvantages-
◦ A subjective view of the study that needs a massive involvement of the surveyor in
the study.
◦ A very time consuming procedure with biased context of research as per the own set
of views of the investigator.
D3
This is basically to justify the selection of data collection method where both primary and
secondary measures of data collection has been implicated by the investigator over here. Both
these measures have greatly contributed in conducting a directional study where the findings
incurred from primary method have supported the facts of secondary resources.
TASK 3
3.1 Appropriate techniques of research evaluation
It is basically to discourse upon the way in which the researcher has hereby referred to
acquire the aims and objectives of this investigation where it was carried to assess the roles of
leadership as a way of generating a motivational sense in the employees. It was with a prime
objective to evaluate the realistic concept of leadership in the retail based organisations of UK.
This was duly achieved by the researcher where leadership is identified to be a trait in which the
leaders are responsible to handle their respective subordinates and their work with some
expertise skills with some specialised abilities. Another objective of this study was to discover
the adopted tools of motivation in ASDA where it has been found that they are more likely to use

the internal measures to encourage the workers by promoting them to a higher level position, etc.
The last objective of this investigation was to identify the relationship between the tact of
leadership and motivation in ASDA where both these elements are depicted to have a close
interrelation with one other. It is where the leaders are apparent to play a principle role in
inspiring their employees by implicating various tactics of motivation.
All these objectives have been attained by using some effective techniques of research
with valid and reliable set of findings that are proven to be successful for this survey. Wherein,
the benefits of the incurred outcomes of this research is evident to support the organisation
named ASDA in determining such vital roles of their leaders that are effective in creating a sense
of motivation in their workers. However, there existed certain difficulties in carrying out this
investigation where the respondents were not willing to interact with each another in a smooth
manner. Apart from which, this has also reflected to be a slight time consuming study with less
number of secondary resources. Along with which, the surveyor was also not well versed to
work on excel with less experience in conducting such studies.
3.2 Using appropriate research evaluation techniques and interpreting and analysing the results in
terms of the original research specification
Theme 1- A major number of responders are evident to work from a longer time period in
ASDA.

Interpretation: This is on interpreting the outcome of above carried analysis in order to
determine the existent time period of the employers working in ASDA who has hereby
represented as the respondents of the study. In context to which, it has been found that almost all
responders are working from a considerable time period and are well experienced in their field.
Wherein, 2 of them are employed with ASDA from last 3 years and 1 of them is occupied since 5
years and another 1 is working here for more than 5 years.
Theme 2- Almost all respondents are agreed with the concept of close supervision for their
subordinates.
1 year
3 years
5 years
More than 5 years
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Since how long your are employer with ASDA?
Percentage

Interpretation: It is on referring to the above obtained data that has clearly depicted a united
outlook of almost all the respondents that has been presented in context to a bestowed statement
of close supervision of employers on their employees. With respect to which, 1 has represented a
strong agreement towards it with another who is merely agreed to it. Whereas, there existed 2
such respondents who are at a neutral stage of acceptance for this statement.
Theme 3- Majority of responders have not approved by the self motivation sense of their
employees.
Are you agreed by the fact which states that employees
need a close supervision at the workplace.
Strongly agreed
Agreed
Neutral
Disagreed
Strongly disagreed

Interpretation: On the basis of above conducted primary research, it has been found that only 1
out of 4 respondents are in favour of their self motivated employees. However, the other 3 have
specified a clear no towards it and believes that their subordinates do not possess a self
motivational attitude.
Theme 4- Democratic style of leadership is accepted by more number of respondents.
Yes No
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Most of the employees are self motivated in your organisation.
Percentage

Interpretation: It is with approval of 2 responders where they are in favour of applying the style
of democratic leadership to handle their workforce. Whereas, 1 of them is largely in approval of
autocratic style and another has accepted to enforce bureaucratic style of leadership.
Theme 5- Generating an encouraging sense in the employees is referred to be a pivotal trait of
leadership by more number of responders.
Democratic Laissez free Autocratic Bureaucratic
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
What leadership style is being adopted by you to acquire
timely submission of assignations by your respective
subordinates?
Percentage

Interpretation: This is on scrutinizing the above acquired outcome of primary analysis in which
a majority of respondents are agreed to generate a vital sense of encouragement in their
employees to work into a standardised context of work. It is with a prime approval of 2
responders where another 1 is in favour of provisioning an effective reward system at the
workplace to gratify the standardised work of their employees. Wherein, another 1 has accepted
to carry out a strict approach of punishing them in case they do not abide by the set standards of
work.
What principle traits of leadership must be adopted to
enhance the productivity status of your establishment?
Generating a sense of
encouragement in employees.
Provisioning an effective
reward system at the
workplace.
Carrying out a strict approach
toward the employees by
penalising them for not
meeting the stipulated
standards of work.

Theme 6- Most of the respondents are agreed by the clause of playing a significant role in
encouraging their subordinates to accept their chief work responsibilities.
Interpretation: It is on depicting the above acquired set of data where the investigator has hereby
interrogated the respondents to acknowledge whether they plays an important role in supporting
their subordinates to accept their principle set of work accountabilities. In context to which, the
provided alternatives of the researcher has acquired an equivalent result where 2 are in support of
the option, most of the time and 2 in approval of sometime.
M2
This is on summarising the above acquired outcomes of this research where it has reliably
responded to its above framed queries. It is where the survey questions were based upon the
undertaken objectives of this investigation with a key intent of determining certain essential roles
of leadership in producing a sense of motivation in employees. This was however with a special
context to UK based retail organisations with a selected organisation named ASDA. For which, 4
leaders of ASDA were interrogated with the help of a framed questionnaire as a way of obtaining
their responses.
Most of the time Sometime Rarely Never
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
In your view, does leaders play a substantial role in supporting
their subordinates to accept their key responsibilities of work.
Percentage

3.3 Making recommendations and justify areas for further consideration
It is on the basis of above carried research work that has resulted to produce some below
mentioned recommendations-
 It is where the appointed leaders of ASDA are hereby suggested to opt for a situational
theory of leadership with an additive style of transformational leadership in it. This is
evident to assist the leaders to operate with a dynamic prospective of work where they
will be together able to combat the continual changes in the market. It is with a
fundamental sense of motivating the employees of ASDA in such a manner that
ultimately lead to provide a prior sense of collaboration to the workers. This is for
instance on adopting the tact of situational leadership, the leaders and managers of
ASDA will hereby refer to operate as per the prevailing situation of their workplace.
This will resultantly assist the employees to make a better understanding of their
respective tasks and assignations where at times, the leaders and managers will either
refer to make a strict supervision of their work or treat them amiably as per the current
situation.
 An extraneous mean of rewarding the employees is evident to play a more beneficial role
in motivating the employees. It is where the deputed leaders of ASDA are referred to
implicate some considerable policies for provisioning some measurable fiscal benefits to
the employees. An active system of rewarding is also referred to be a feasible measure
that is evident to motivate the employees to a great extent. It is where the employees will
be hereby gratified with liable awards either in the form of incentives, bonuses or higher
level responsibilities as a way of appreciating their good work in front of all.
TASK 4
Covered in PPT

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APPENDIX
Questionnaire
Demographic Information
Name: ___________
Gender: __________
1. Age:
 25 to 30 years
 31 to 35 years
 36 to 40 years
 Above 40 years
2. Since how long your are employer with ASDA?
 1 year
 3 years
 5 years
 More than 5 years
3. Are you agreed by the fact which states that employees need a close supervision at the
workplace.
 Strongly agreed
 Agreed
 Neutral
 Disagreed
 Strongly disagreed
4. Most of the employees are self motivated in your organisation.
 Yes
 No
5. What leadership style is being adopted by you to acquire timely submission of assignations
by your respective subordinates?
 Democratic
 Laissez free
 Autocratic
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