Organisational Theory and Practice Case Study Analysis

Organisational
Theory and Practice -
Case Study Analysis
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Table Of Contents
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................3
TASK A
With the support of Henry Mintzberg’s managerial roles, analyse about the managerial style
of the CEO.................................................................................................3
TASK B
In order to achieve high performance evaluate about the step taken by the CEO for the
purpose of bring change into the organisation structure and analyse about the organisation
culture and their influence on the employees..........................................................4
TASK C
To enhance the organisational effectiveness, describe about the leadership style of the CEO
of the firm..................................................................................................5
TASK D
Evaluate about the conflict, influence and effects of power about the chosen organisation....6
TASK E
Describe about the different kinds of motivation strategies used by the organisation...........7
TASK F
For justifying the stand, use the appropriate corporate examples and literature..................8
TASK G
To increase the organisational performance what suggestions and recommendations should be
made......................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION.......................................................................................9
REFERENCES..........................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTION
Organisational theory is a kind of study which has been done with the aim of problem
solving attitude, increasing the efficiency and production and fulfilling the needs of
stakeholders. It is for the benefit of organization for identifying the common themes.
Organisational theory can be defined as the interlinked concepts which explains the
individual behaviour. (Zabłocka-Kluczka, A. and Sałamacha, A., 2020). It is the group or
subgroups who have the interaction amongst people to execute their activities which is
focused on achieving their common goal. In this report, the analysis has been done on the
issues within that company. The research has been done with the support of at least one
appropriate theory/ model or recognised practice. The chosen organisation is ASOS plc. It is
the company which is a British online fashion and cosmetic retailer. It is primarily aimed at
young adults and the company was founded in 2000 in London. The organisation has sold out
the different range of clothes and accessories with above 850 brands. It ships to all 196
countries from fulfilment centres in the UK, USA and Europe. The company has its tagline “
Buy what you see on film and TV” because it sold exclusively imitations of clothing from
those mediums.
TASK A
With the support of Henry Mintzberg’s managerial roles, analyse about the managerial style
of the CEO
The CEO of the company ASOS plc is named as Nick Beighton. He is the person who
is a kind of motivated and innovative leader and set a good example of it. This is the
guidance manner which prioritise the supportive creativity culture, worker independence,
enough assets and ambitious goals. According to Henry Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles, there
are particular roles which has been defined in his book. (Griffin, S., 2017). It includes
figurehead, leader, liaison, monitor, disseminator, spokesperson. One of the role which has
been defined in the Henry Mintzberg’s managerial roles, which is named as the leader, it
supports the managerial style of the CEO. This is the style through which a leader can see the
vision about their company and work accordingly in a positive manner.
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Leadership is the quality which tells about always supporting the team and motivate them to
do the work into an effective manner. According to the managerial roles, the CEO of the
company supports and initiate about the innovative ideas and invention through which the
company can grow into the differentiated manner. Leader is the person who sets the example
of how to achieve the objectives and goals of their organisation. He gives the idea about how
to use the resources into an effective manner and gives the alternative solution of the
immediately arise problems. (Ferguson, and et.al., 2020). The managerial style totally
supports the henery mintzberg’s managerial roles. According to the managerial qualities,
Nick Beighton follows on all those steps which is required for this style. They take care about
the overall quality and execution of the work of the organisation. They also give training and
develop the environment in such a manner that their team uses the assets into an effective
manner and result-oriented way. As the CEO of the company, they train their team and their
employees in such a manner that they solve the problems first for their customers. He also
give knowledge to their employees that the ideas come first from their customers and then
from the staff members. He tells to their employees that when the individual grow bigger, the
individual has to work harder at acting smaller. In this way, the managerial style of the CEO
of the company has been defined according to the managerial roles.
TASK B
In order to achieve high performance evaluate about the step taken by the CEO for the
purpose of bring change into the organisation structure and analyse about the organisation
culture and their influence on the employees.
Due to the pandemic situation, the CEO of the company brings lots of changes and
have taken various steps for bringing change into the organisational structure and improving
the situation of the company. (Arun, K., 2017.). They have taken six major steps for
improving the situation. It includes build up company ability, detach non-planned fetch,
farther growth with respect to the product choice, availability, price and newness, continue to
improve presentation, acquisition and retention and leverage benefits from transformational
investments.
 Strengthening organisational capabilities: It has been strengthen through establishing
a programme of change to build organisational capability, next is about finding out
the senior champion and excite about the management buy-in.
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