Management And Leadership In Nursing

Running head: MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP IN NURSING
SELF-ANALYSIS OF LEADERSHIP ABILITIES
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Introduction
Leadership is important in healthcare settings for managing conflicts and improving
the performances of healthcare providers. The leaders can adopt multiple leadership styles in
their daily practices for an effective outcome (Daly et al., 2014). In addition to this, it is also
essential that leaders must analyse their leadership styles in improving or managing in
specific areas. Multiple leadership style tools are available that would help in analysing the
effectiveness of leadership style. This paper tends to examine the analysis of leadership style
with the help of leadership style tools.
Implementation of leadership style tool
For analysing the leadership style, the leadership tool can be used. The first tool is the
leadership style survey. This tool would analyse the leadership abilities with the help of
questionnaires and recognize the styles that the leader is perceived (Nwlink.com, 2020).
Another tool for analysing the leadership style is the leadership matrix survey (Nwlink.com,
2020). The scores would be calculated against each questionnaire and would help in
analysing the leadership style.
Leadership Style Tool
The first tool of leadership style survey has been conducted, and the result shows that
the leadership style is either a participative style or a delegative style. The score has been
calculated accordingly against each question and parameters (Table 1). If the score is less
than 20, then the following leadership (authoritarian style, participative style, and delegative
style) style is not a normal style of the leader. The highest score can range from 40 or more,
which indicates a particular or specific style of leadership. In this survey, it is found that the
leadership style is either a participative or delegative style. The score obtained in both the

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parameter is almost similar. The participative style score is 39, and on comparing to the
delegative leadership style, the score is 38 (Table 2).
From the first analysis tool, the leadership style found was the participative style or
delegative style as the scores were almost similar. The participative leadership style let their
employees participate in making any decision or sharing their thoughts regarding the issues
or area in improvement. This style would help in encouraging employees to think critically
and help them in achieving the mission and vision of the organization (Iqbal, Anwar, &
Haider, 2015). However, this leadership style is time-consuming and often finds difficulties
in making an urgent decision. Therefore, this leadership style must be avoided while making
any critical or quick decisions. Delegative leadership allows the employees or their
subordinates to make a decision. This leadership style involves decentralized management,
where the decision-maker is distributed in terms of managers (Khan et al., 2015). Therefore,
it helps the team members or employees in nurturing their leadership skills. Thus, resulting in
providing an effective workplace where employees can identify their expertise. However, this
leadership style often fails in solving the problems of the employees as the leader expects
them to resolve issues on their own. As the leaders are not closely monitoring the
responsibilities or duties performed by their subordinates, the employees tend to become
irresponsible in performing their duties.
Decision Matrix Tool
The other leadership style tool is a decision matrix. The matrix shows the four kinds
of leadership styles, which include socialite, team leadership, impoverished, and authoritarian
styles. The questionnaire survey answers are mentioned in the table 3. The matrix gives a
graphical representation of the leadership style that provides a clear description of the
leadership styles (Figure 1). The leadership matrix would be based on the scores that have

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been obtained from the questionnaire that need to answer by the leader (table 4). After a
successful survey, it has been found that the leadership style is a team leadership style, which
means that the leader has concern for their employees along with the tasks. The leader
possesses effective skills in managing both employees and people.
The second tool that is a decision matrix tool has resulted that the leadership style is
team leadership. Team leadership focuses on both the employees, along with the task (Hoch,
& Kozlowski, 2014). Such a leader would provide guidance and direction to the group of
employees or individuals for achieving their goals and objectives. This leadership style would
help in motivating each employee to accomplish the shared vision. It helps in building a good
relationship with the subordinates and gain trust from them.
After closely analysing the leadership styles with the help of both the leadership
abilities tool, I have understood that the leadership matrix is more efficient in analysing the
leadership style (Delmatoff, & Lazarus, 2014). The decision-making matrix tool helps in
systematically identifying and analyzing the information and criteria. It is important to self-
analyze leadership abilities. It would allow one to understand the pitfalls and areas of
improvement in that particular area. I have understood that shared vision and assisting
employees in performing their objectives would not help employees in achieving their goals;
however, it would also help me in accomplishing the purposes of the organisation.
Conclusion
From the above discussion, it can be concluded that the leadership style is essential to
implement daily to accomplish the responsibilities and achieving the goals of the
organizations. However, it is difficult to analyse the leadership style among oneself, and
therefore, the self-assessment is essential to identify the leadership style. Each leadership