Managing People in Organisations: Leadership Styles, Organisational Structure, and Legal Requirements

Managing people in
organisations
Assessment 2

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Compare and contrast of leadership styles and management with respect to its uses in business
.....................................................................................................................................................3
Determine your knowledge and understanding about organisational structure and culture and
relationship between both...........................................................................................................5
Research on legal needs related to equal opportunities as well as benefits of diversity.............7
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Managing people in organisations is defined as a human resource management which
involve various kind of activities like the process of recruitment, providing directions to
employees within whole organisation. In an organisation it is very crucial to manage all
employees so all workers who are there in a company must have skills and talents in regard with
flexibility and many more. While managing people in organisation it leads the company in order
to achieve success(Agba, Ocheni and CHUKWURAH Jr, 2020). The below report is based on
Debenhams. It is a British multinational retailer who deals in beauty, fashion and home made
products. The company was founded in 1778 and has its headquarters in London. The below
report involves various leadership styles and its uses in business, organisational culture, its
structure and relationship between both and research on legal requirements about both equal
opportunity and benefit of diversity.
MAIN BODY
Compare and contrast of leadership styles and management with respect to its uses in business
Leadership is a term which is defined to motivate all people who are working in the
organisation in order to achieve all goals and objectives. In relation with different leadership
styles it refers to the method of directing, implementing and motivating all workers. There are
various type of leadership styles like transformational, autocratic and many more. Leadership
styles are based on mainly two approaches and these are behavioural and situational approach. In
context with management styles it is defined as the method through which all managers takes
certain decisions, planning and implementing whole work to achieve all objectives. In context
with Debenhams it is further explained as below:-
Leadership style Management style
 The whole work which is done in the
organisation according to leadership
styles flows as per trust in accordance
with both leaders and workers.
 The process of leadership includes the
method of leading all employees in
context with providing them
 To implement whole work different
strategies are set up in relation with
management control(Matos and et.al,
2020).
 In context with motivation it involves
the method of managing all kind of
activities which are taking place in the

motivation.
 Leadership is defined as the way which
influences all workers and at the same
time motivating them in relation to
achieve and fulfil all goals and
objectives.
 According to leadership styles, it
includes the way of providing
inspiration to all individual and
influencing them as well as motivating
them to follow other strategies(Arslan,
2020).
 It involves different rule and
regulations as well as certain policies
which are implemented in context with
leaders instructions.
organisation.
 In context with management it is
defined as the procedure of pursuing
systematic discipline in terms of
following managerial process. It is also
known as the way of different skills and
talents and influencing other people.
 In context with management styles their
main role and responsibility is to
implement a effective work criteria and
handle all necessary things which are
been done at each point of time.
 It involves various ways and methods
that are initiated in a company.
In context with Debenhams, they follows democratic style of leadership in which all
individuals working in the organisation use to participate in their decisions and are motivated tos
hare their ideas and opinions. They feel very encouraged that top executives listens to their
opinions also rather than just following their ideas only(Goh and Arenas, 2020). With the help of
this effectiveness was getting developed and no issues and conflicts were getting arise. The
culture in their organisation was very effective as everyone working in their company is treated
as the same way. Equality is been followed in their company and this was the main method
through which they were achieving success.
Determine your knowledge and understanding about organisational structure and culture and
relationship between both
 Organisational structure:- It is defined as a system which determines different activities
that are involved in order to achieve all goals and objectives. All activities involve
various rules, roles as well as responsibilities. It is also considered as the way that how
people working in the organisation are grouped together and to whom they have to report.