Critical Analysis of Various Leadership Styles in Organizations

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CRITICAL ANALYSIS VARIOUS LEADERSHIP STYLES IN ORGANIZATIONS
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Introduction
There are various theories of leadership that to a large extent have influenced the management
and performance of all organizations in the globe. Some of these theories that will form part of
this paper discussion include: Dispersed theory of leadership which entails seeing leadership as
being diffused in all areas of the organization. It argues that leadership should be dispersed or
distributed/spread amongst the whole team of stokes of competence. In other words, having a
whole team given part of the overall goal or objective to achieve can help the organization in
achieving its objectives. This involves the human capital in a specific organization to be self-
managed. The other theory of interest involved in this paper is Macgregor’s theory X and Y of
leadership as will be seen in the Oman Electricity transmission company.
Theory Y managers are those leaders who are optimistic and have positive opinion and thoughts
over their stock of competence since they are self-managed and goal oriented. On the contrary,
according to MacGregor, firms with theory X appro0ach kind of leadership have got a number of
managers and supervisors / leaders to oversee and direct workers. It is very difficult for the
human resource in this kind of leadership to be left alone or unsupervised. Authority cannot be
delegated thus it strictly remains centralized.
The purpose of this paper is to critically evaluate the impacts of this leadership styles upon the
workers and follower of Oman electricity Transmission Company. Furthermore, the paper also
aims at giving a reflection of the aspects of leadership capabilities and the need for future person
and organizational development in addition to assessing the varying leadership styles and their
impacts upon the organization and the system.
Structure and system present in the Oman electricity transmission company

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Structure of the organization refers to the way in which leadership/ power and responsibility are
distributed and allocated and the way work procedures are being handled among the stock of
competence in the organization. On the other hand, systems refers to a single unit or a complete
whole made up of different entities which work together in order to achieve a common goal or
objective. In line with organization, it may refer to the various departments which work together
with the aim of realizing the vision of the organization.
In the case of Oman Electricity Transmission Company as the organization of interest in this
paper, the organization has various structures and systems used in its management and control.
The organizational structure of this company is based on the seven model of Mckinsey. This
organization utilizes the organic paradigm which tends to recognize the instability and the
chaotic form of the macro environment for instance the post-industrial. According to this
structure of the organization, much attention is paid on teamwork, interactions based on face to
face through additional knowledge acquisition and innovation.
According to Koo et al (2018) the organizational structure puts more emphasis on the qualities
such as empowerment of the stock of competence, side by side relationship, parity and consensus
building. The structure of the organization is affected to some extent by the macro environment.
Given the fact that the organization deals with uncertain and unstable environment, its decision
making has been decentralized it does not rely more on the legal rules and policies i.e. vertical
structure. The seven structure that are found in this organization. It is also important to note that
the organization is managed through corporate governance. That is the company has got a system
that dictates how the organization will be organized, managed and supervised. This further
include the code of ethics that guides the firm and all its subsidiaries (Interfax. 2018, p.1).

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Oman Electricity uses the functional structure in its management. This kind of structure involves
the division of the organization into smaller groups of human capital with specific work and role.
For every department in this structure, a manager heads it and he is responsible for every action
thus he answer to the executive who is at a higher niche than him/her (Al-Badi et al. 2009,
p.1293)
Figure 1: The structure of Oman Electricity Transmission Company (Retrieved from Al-Badi et
al. 2009).
The firm has more specified forms of information systems which coordinate to each level of
organization. Each level has a system which is specialized to serve the main functional areas of
the organization. In this case, systems found in the firm are specifically meant to help the human
capital and the managers at each rank and every type of business involved in by the organization.
Analysis of the impacts of the leadership system and structure in the organization
The leadership system that runs the organization has impacted both positively and negatively to
the organizational staff, management and leadership (Maree.2008, p.38). Given the fact that
Oman Electricity Transmission Company majorly dwells its leadership on the functional