Organizational Behavior | Gap of Communication Issue

RUNNING HEAD: ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Organisational Behaviour
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1ORGANISATIIONAL BEHAVIOUR
The case study, as presented, consists the issue of a gap of communication among the leader and
the team and a lack of proper leadership qualities that affected the production of the company.
With the constant indulgence of the supervisors, the old employees started to develop a sense of
disgust towards the supervisors. Moreover, the constant nagging and the loss of authority that the
old employees enjoyed previously were also seen as an insult. For the new employees it was a
problem since they did not get a chance of being trained practically. Both the situations
combined, created a mess in the company. The following part will analyse for possible solutions
from the problem and will justify the same.
Solution 1: Training.
The new supervisors now have been recruited based on the news paper advertised and we are not
sure about their trainings or experiences on this role. John, then, needs to first train his
supervisors in developing a proper leadership approach and a solid understanding of the work
culture that he had established. John can give them on job trainings by giving them practical
situations to handle or giving them demonstrations o dealing with employees
Justification:
The new supervisors seems to adopt a authoritative and Theory Y type of leadership
where they were being authoritative regarding the ways of working (Giltinane, 2013). The old
employees being acquainted with flexible working time thus found it de motivating. Proper
training on the culture and communication skill will be able to resolve this conflict (McShane,
Olekalns, Newman & Martin, 2018). For the new workers, the supervisors need to take a more
coaching style or situational leadership style. Since most of them are unaware about the
handlings of the stuffs, a proper guidance should be given to them. A group of employees, if