Organizational Behaviour and Leadership

ORGANIZATIONAL
BEHAVIOUR AND
LEADERSHIP

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
PART- A- Leadership philosophy..........................................................................................3
PART- B- Application of leadership philosophy...................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Organizational behaviour refers to as the part of management which is concerned with
the study of the employees working in the company. This concept helps the company in
analysing the fact that why and how the person behaves in the company. Leadership on the other
hand, is defined as an act of guiding and directing the employees in the direction of
accomplishment of the goals of the business (Conger, 2015). The present essay is based in the
company Sainsbury. It is a retail chain of supermarkets in UK which was founded by John James
Sainsbury in the year 1869 and is headquartered in Holborn London. The essay will focus on the
leadership style used by the company and the principles underlying that leadership style. Further
it will discuss about the different leadership issues within the company and will also outline the
measures which can be taken in order to solve those issues.
MAIN BODY
PART- A- Leadership philosophy
Leadership style
For the successful working of the business it is very necessary for the company to have
proper and efficient leader who can handle all the matters and problems within the company. If
the leader will not be efficient and knowledgeable then it will not be good for the company.
Therefore, it is very necessary for the leader of Sainsbury to adapt to a good and efficient
leadership style. A leadership style is defined as the set of different ways in which the leader can
exercise its power on its subordinates and the followers. There are three different styles of
leadership that is autocratic, democratic and laissez- faire. In autocratic style all the decision
making power are in hands of the leader only whereas in democratic style of leadership the
decision making power is in hands of the leader but it takes decision by consulting the employees
and the subordinate. On the other hand the third style that is laissez- faire is a style under which
the leader gives all the decision making power in the hands of the employees only.
The leadership style which is followed in Sainsbury is the democratic leadership style.
This is majorly because of the reason that this type of leadership helps the leader in taking more
efficient decision (Northouse, 2018). It is due to the fact that this leadership takes into
consideration the ideas and viewpoints of the employees and brain storms every point and then
takes any decision. This increases the morale and the motivation level of the employees as they
feel good that their idea is being taken into consideration before ant decision is being finalised.