Interview with Manager of Morrison: Leadership and Management Strategies

LEADER INTERVIEW

CONTENTS
RESEARCH AIM......................................................................................................................1
BACKGROUND........................................................................................................................1
METHODOLOGY.....................................................................................................................1
Research methodology...........................................................................................................1
Ethical consideration..............................................................................................................2
FINDINGS & ANALYSIS........................................................................................................2
Empirical data collected and synthesis of the academic leadership theory............................2
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................6
APPENDIX................................................................................................................................7
Transcript of interview...........................................................................................................7

RESEARCH AIM
The main aim of the present research is to conduct an interview with the manager of
one of the leading supermarket chains of UK that is Morrison.
BACKGROUND
Leaders and managers play a very important role in each and every organization.
They are the people who influences strategies and objectives and impacts the commitment
level and compliance of task behavior for attaining those goals. In other words, it can be said
that it is leader who helps in impacting the activities along with the behavior of the followers
for obtaining the shared vision. Morrisons is one of the leading super market chains of UK
having around more than 450 stores all across the globe (Spector, 2014). There are around
132000 employees working in the company and management of such a huge staff demands
effective strategies and approaches of the leaders in place. Considering this, the main aim of
the current research report is to conduct an interview with the manager of the Morrison who
is responsible for management of other employees working in the company.
METHODOLOGY
Research methodology
In the current research report, for the purpose of collecting the information primary
and secondary data collection method is being adopted. Primary data is being collected by
conducting the face-to-face interview of the manager of Morrison. The interview is being
performed through preparing checklist, which included open ended questions related to the
leadership and management of people at company. On the other hand, secondary research
was being conducted through exploring different journals, articles and books related to the
topic under study (Graziano and Raulin, 2016). In addition to this, for the purpose of
evaluating the collected information both from the interview and secondary, qualitative
analysis is being chosen. Further, the responses of the manager are then related with specified
aspect of the academic leadership literatures. The checklist for the interview of the manager
of Morrison is as follows:
Q1. As per your opinion what makes you an effective leader at Morrison?
Q2. What you do for motivating your employees?
Q3. Are you flexible in your approach towards managing employees?
Q4. Are you able to delegate responsibilities effectively?
Q5. Do your employees collaborate with others and work effectively in team?
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