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Managing an organisational culture and change in selected businesses

   

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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION:..........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................11.1 Compare different management styles..................................................................................11.2 Discuss leadership characteristics.........................................................................................31.3 Evaluate communication processes in selected businesses...................................................31.4 Analyse organisational culture and change in selected businesses ......................................5TASK 2............................................................................................................................................52.1Assess own management skills performance.........................................................................52.2Analyse personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats......................................62.3 Set and prioritise objectives and targets to develop own potential.......................................7TASK 3............................................................................................................................................73.1 Lead and motivate a team to achieve an agreed goal or objective .......................................73.2 Justify managerial decisions made to support achievement of agreed goal or objective andrecommendations........................................................................................................................8TASK 4 ...........................................................................................................................................8Covered in PPT...........................................................................................................................8CONCLUSION:...............................................................................................................................8REFERENCES:...............................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTION:Every organisation requires effective managers and leaders to develop and implementstrategies. Leaders play a crucial role in making an effective team. It is their responsibility tomotivate employees to achieve set goals and objectives (Jacobs, Chase, and Lummus, 2014)For this, leaders follow and implement different leadership styles to encourage them. Moreover,with change in situation and goals, leaders also have to change their way of leading anddirecting. Leader’s traits depend on their ability, experience and skills. It is very important for aleader to have effective professional and personal skills to manage and control the employees.Likewise, effective communication skills are required to be communicated to workers. Thisreport will show types of leadership styles followed along with characteristics associated withsame. Besides this, the way leader can lead and motivate employees in organisation will bestudied. TASK 11.1 Compare different management stylesManagement is a process of managing and controlling employees and resources in anorganisation. It involves planning, organising, directing, etc. of activities and allocating resourcesin order to achieve desired goals and objectives (Schermerhorn and McBarron, 2014)Management and leadership differs from each other in various ways. AutocraticIn this style, the decisions are solely taken by leaders. They do not allow employees indecision making process. It is the style that is generally followed when change has to beimplemented. In this, leaders have a close supervision on employees. With this, it becomes easyto direct and guide them. Advantages- It is beneficial when change has to be implemented in a given time period(Goodwin and Wright, 2014). Also, it is beneficial for unskilled employees as they are closelysupervised by leaders that help them to work in an effective way. This style is easy for leaders tolearn and implement. Disadvantages- It restricts employees to work in a creative way. This creates a badimpact on their behaviour and efficiency as they are not allowed to work freely. Besides this, it is
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very bad for skilled and motivated workers as it reduces their morale and confidence (Lehmannand Joseph, 2015).DemocraticIt is a style in which leaders allow employees to participate in decision making process. Itis the most common style followed as it helps in sharing employee’s views and ideas. The finaldecision is taken by leader. Its main purpose is to build strong relations with employees. Thisstyle boosts the confidence of employees and creates a feeling of belongingness. In this, teamworking is highly promoted by the leader. Advantages- Its main advantage is that it helps in solving complex problems together bydiscussing same. Besides this, it helps in effective communication with employees so that goalsand objectives can be achieved easily (Van Der Aalst, La Rosa, and Santoro, 2016) It fosters acreative environment by collective working. Disadvantages- Sometimes, it is a time consuming process and democratic leaders cannotwork in specified time frame. Moreover, decisions taken by leader can be ineffective that canaffect the team’s performance as well. Laissez faire It is a delegative style that is usually followed when highly experienced employees areworking. In this, leaders allow employees to take their own decisions. This helps in collectiveworking. Moreover, leaders know employee’s skills and capabilities and thus, they do not leadthe team. Advantages- Its advantage is due to individual decision making it helps in creativeworking (McPherson and Pincus, 2017). Also, employees feel more satisfied with their work.When members are experienced enough, they can solve and handle the critical situations. Disadvantages- Its main disadvantage is that it leads to the lowest productivity amongemployees. This affects the overall organisational performance and efficiency. The lesssupervision can result in arising conflicts among team members. Also, in this, goals andobjectives are not achieved on time.
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