Leadership Theories and Styles in Tesco: Organisational Culture and Diversity

Leadership

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................2
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................2
Organisational Culture and Diversity..........................................................................................2
“Management is doing the things right; leadership is doing the right things.” Peter F Drucker 3
“The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.” Faye Wattleton...................................................4
“A diverse mix of voices leads to better discussions, decisions and outcomes for everyone”
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google ..................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................6
REFERNCES:..................................................................................................................................8
Books and Journals:....................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Leadership refers to the actions that are taken by an individual to lead a group of people
or individual. It is essential for any organisation to have an effective leadership to succeed in the
market. There are so many organisation who are able to have an effective organisational culture
and diversity which helps to provide them dedicated staff and attain their goals and objectives.
Taking an example of Tesco, the company is one of the largest retailers of the world having their
headquarters in Welwyn Garden city, England, United Kingdom. Tesco is a Global organisation
having 7005 stores all over the world in different locations and provide employment to 4,23,092
employees (Aboramadan, Dahleez, and Hamad, 2020). This report is going to explain about the
culture and diversity in Tesco and various leadership theories and styles that are used by leaders
in the company.
MAIN BODY
Organisational Culture and Diversity
Tesco is a large organisation and have their stores in more than 11 countries all over the
world (Statistics and facts about Tesco PLC, 2021). The stores of Tesco in different locations
depicts that the company has employees who belongs to various cultures. Tesco has an inclusive
organisational culture in which the leaders of the company has effective communication about
the problems of their employees (Statistics and facts about Tesco PLC, 2021). The culture of the
company is completely based on the creation of trust, respect and discipline among their
employees for attainment of goals of the company. The leaders of the company encouraged the
diverse culture in the company which creates a sense of belongingness in the employees and they
feel connected with the organisation (Domański, and Łabenda, 2020).
(Bellibaş, Gümüş, and Kılınç, 2020).
“Management is doing the things right; leadership is doing the right things.” Peter F Drucker
According to the quotation of Peter F. Drucker, the management and leadership are
different to each other based on various aspects. Management has their focus on doing the things
in right manner. Whereas the leader has their focus to do the right things for their people. This
requires a leader to use both leadership styles and motivational theories (Uhr, 2021). In
accordance to the quotation leaders has their focus on people or human resource of an
organisation and requires to follow effective leadership style to manage and lead them. The