Management and Leadership- Challenges and Practice

Running Head: MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP- CHALLENGES AND PRACTICE
Management and Leadership- Challenges and Practice

MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP- CHALLENGES AND PRACTICE
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Executive Summary
Leadership can be defined as the ability of an individual or group of individuals that allows them
to guide and influence their followers or team members in an organization. Different leaders
adopt different leadership styles which is best suitable for their organization. This report focuses
on Apple Inc. for understanding the effect of leadership styles and skills on the teams and
organizational objectives. The report further assesses the leadership styles prevailing in the
organization and its impact on the performance of teams and organizational objectives. Also, the
ethical and value- based approach of the organization to leadership has been discussed in this
report.

MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP- CHALLENGES AND PRACTICE
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Background of the Organization......................................................................................................3
Different Leadership Styles for Different Situations.......................................................................4
Assessment of the Prevalent Leadership Styles on the Performance of Teams and Organizational
Objectives........................................................................................................................................6
Organization’s Ethical and Value- Based Approach to Leadership..............................................10
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................12
References......................................................................................................................................14

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Introduction
Leadership can be defined as the ability of an individual or group of individuals that allows them
to guide and influence their followers or team members in an organization (Cashman, 2017).
Leadership style is the approach and manner of providing direction, motivating people and
implementing plans. From the point of view of the employees, it includes total patterns of
implicit and explicit actions performed by their leaders. The different leadership styles adopted
by the organizations are transactional leadership, transformational leadership, autocratic
leadership, democratic leadership, laissez- faire leadership and charismatic leadership (Huffman,
Hipp, Pankake and Moller, 2014). Each leadership style is useful in different situations. ‘Apple
Inc.’ has been selected as the organization for understanding the effect of leadership styles and
skills on the teams and organizational objectives. The report further assesses the leadership styles
prevailing in the organization and its impact on the performance of teams and organizational
objectives. Also, the ethical and value- based approach of the organization to leadership has been
discussed in this report.
Background of the Organization
Apple Inc. is the multinational technology company from America headquartered in California
which is engaged in the development, designing and selling of computer software, computer
electronics and online services. The operations of the company are spread all across the world
including United Kingdom. The popular products of Apple Inc. are iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch,
etc. However, among all the products, the most popular product of Apple Inc. is iPhone which a
smartphone that runs of iOS operating system. The company was founded by Ronald Wayne,
Steve Jobs, and Steve Woznaik in the year 1976 for the purpose of developing and selling
personal computers. The vision of Apple Inc. provides for making constant innovation in its
products through the use of emerging technologies. The exceptional products and services
provided by the organization have made it the market leader of the industry. The prices of the
products of the company are high as compared to the products of the other brands but still the
company has been able to increase its sales due to its brand reputation. Tim Cook is the current
CEO and the leader of the organization (Apple, 2018).