Personal Leadership and Management Development - Assignment

Personal Leadership
and Management
Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
Impact on organisational objectives, value and culture on the leadership and management role
......................................................................................................................................................1
Leadership and management skills required to support the achievement of organisational
objectives.....................................................................................................................................2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................2
Assessment of personal leadership and management skills and identification of personal
development required...................................................................................................................2
Assessment of opportunities for the development of leadership and management skills............3
Formulation of personal development plan.................................................................................3
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................4
Managing personal development of leadership and management skills......................................4
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................5
Reviewing personal development plan against the original objectives.......................................5
Evaluating the effectiveness of personal development of leadership and management skills....5
Analysing areas of further development and up-gradation of personal development plan.........5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERNECES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Personal leadership and management can be defined as the skills that are required to be
focused by an individual in order to attain career goals. With the help of them high level of
growth can be acquired. Main aim of this assignment is to analyse importance of personal
leadership and management (Aggarwal and Goodell, Bolden, 2016). The organisation which is
selected for this report is Marks and Spencer which is mainly established in UK and executing
business at global level. For this purpose various topics are covered under this report such as
impact of organisational objectives, values and culture, personal assessment of own skills and
development, implementation of the plan etc. Along with this, analysis of the progress is also
covered under this report.
TASK 1
Impact on organisational objectives, value and culture on the leadership and management role
For managers of all the business entities it is very important to focus on impacts of
organisational objectives, values and culture of the leadership and management role. Members of
management team in Marks and Spencer are mainly responsible to analyse all the positive as
well as negative impacts objectives, values and culture of leadership and management role. For
this purpose they have analyse the main objective, value and culture of the company and then
assess the implications. The analysis is as follows:
Organisational objectives: Main objectives of Marks and Spencer are to maximise
profits and capture large market share by offering good quality products to clients so that their
satisfaction level can be enhanced. These objectives leave impacts upon leadership and
management roles because managers have to work effectively in order to reach to the goals and
in the process of formulating strategies for the attainment of objectives their roles gets changed.
Values: Core value of Marks and Spencer is that the organisation focuses on all its
activities in order to make sure that its operations are not harming economy, society and
environment. These values impact leadership and management role because due to this
responsibilities of managers and leaders get enhanced and they have to assure that they fulfil
requirement of their role (Farrell, 2014).
Culture: There are various types of organisational cultures which could be followed by
business entities. These are task, role, power and person. In task culture manager allot different
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tasks to staff members in order to attain a common goal. In role culture manage of the
organisation assign different roles to all the employees which are required to be played by them.
The companies where power culture is followed there leaders have all the rights to make
decisions and they give command to workers who are responsible to work according to it. In
person culture employees are given more preference as compare to whole enterprise. In Marks
and Spencer task culture is followed in which top level executives allot tasks to staff members in
order to attain a common goal. This culture leaves impact upon leadership and management roles
because it allows leaders to analyse ability of employees and then assign tasks to them
accordingly.
Leadership and management skills required to support the achievement of organisational
objectives
There are various types of skills that are required to attain objective of the organisation.
For all the managers it is vital to acquire all these qualities. These are communication,
coordination, cooperation, decision making, time management, problem solving, critical thinking
etc. The manager in Marks and Spencer is also required attain all these characteristics as it can
help to fulfil requirements of job role. Major skills which should be focused by them to achieve
organisational objectives are as follows:
Time management: With the help of this skill all the activities can be performed on
time, which can help to reach to the objective of profit maximisation and capturing large market
share. If they are not able to acquire this quality then it can affect their ability to contribute in the
achievement of organisational objectives.
Communication: While planning to achieve business goals it is very important for
managers and leaders to have ability to communicate the objective with staff members so that
they can be motivated to work hard (McCaffery, 2018). With the help of proper communication
goals of Marks and Spencer which are related to profit maximisation and capturing large market
share can be achieved as it can guide managers to interact with employees appropriately.
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TASK 2
Assessment of personal leadership and management skills and identification of personal
development required
As a manager of Marks and Spencer company, which is a large scale retail- chain
company. I am responsible to carry out functions related to it's management and operations
which requires skills like planning, co-operating with team members, staffing of personnel and
decision-making, in order to perform in an efficient way, for progress of company. Skills which I
possess as a leader in this company are:
Communication- Tasks as a manager in this respective retail-chain store are quite
complex, which require me to communicate in an excellent manner to it's stakeholders of
company which includes investor, employees and customers to make them satisfied. This skill of
mine in turn, results company in making huge profits and creating wealth for company. For
resolving conflicts between staff members, I also require to work on enhancement of this skill.
Time-Management- It is an essential skill that is required for performing managerial
role, and to complete every task, duties and responsibilities of mine in defined time. Outcome of
this skill are quite visible when customers get satisfied and sales outcome get increased. To
manage such large chain retail store, I believe I need to work more on developing this skill which
will help me to work more effectively for the progress of this organisation (Noe and et.al., 2017).
Assessment of opportunities for the development of leadership and management skills
Opportunities identified by me, which has helped me to develop my skills as a manager
in Mark and Spencer company are:
Strength and Weakness- By identifying flaws in the manner in which I communicate,
and also getting to know strengths of mine, which makes stakeholders and customers happy and
satisfied in this respective organisation. Identification of this opportunity has helped me to,
enhance my skills as a manager.
Personal Development- In this workplace, I find it a need to work on my time-
management skills, which requires me to get things done properly and within a defined time
period. By establishing a training method, I can develop my skills of time management in an
orderly manner which is going to help me in long-run for progress of M&S.
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By identification of these opportunities and thus, converting them into results, I can attain
organisational objectives. Opportunity which I will be using to develop my skills as manager or
as a leader is PDP plan.
Formulation of personal development plan
Skills Objectives Actions to be
taken
Measuring
success
Time taken
Communication Aim to develop
this skill is to
resolve conflicts
in workplace, and
to ensure proper
and effective
negotiation
Action which I
will be taking to
improve this
particular skill of
mine, is through
identification of
strength and
weaknesses in
this managerial
style.
By evaluating
working
environment and
getting feedback
from staff
members. I will
be able to
measure success
of this style
(Sosik and Jung,
2018).
This process will
take 3 months for
completion.
Time-
Management
It is important to
develop this
mentioned skill as
this aims for,
maintaining
inventories and
for enhanced
productivity of
M&S.
Acquiring
training, by
taking part in
time management
classes will help
me to overcome
this leadership
style.
By checking on
productivity of
operations and
management. I
will analyse my
time-management
managerial style.
Time required by
me to enhance
this skill of mine
will be 6 months.
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TASK 3
Managing personal development of leadership and management skills
While implementing the personal development plan it is very important for an individual
to manage it properly so that the objectives which were formulated previously can be achieved.
As manager of Marks and Spencer formulated a plan for the purpose of developing skills of
communication and time management so it is vital to manage it properly while implementing it.
For this purpose following steps could be taken:
 In order to manage the personal development plan it is very important for the managers to
analyse that the goals that are set are appropriate or not. Afterwards, they have to assess
that the plan is focused with objectives or not.
 Second step which is required to be taken by individuals is that they have to measure
effectiveness of the plan in order to make sure that it can help to reach to the objectives or
not (Tang and et.al., 2016).
TASK 4
Reviewing personal development plan against the original objectives
By reviewing the personal development plan of mine I have analysed that in order to
meet organisational objectives I am required to improve the current skills further and also work
of development of decision making skills. With the help of it long term organisational objectives
could be met. The plan is able to meet the objectives which are profit maximisation and
capturing large market share on an average basis. In order to attain them appropriately I am
required to make further improvements in skills.
Evaluating the effectiveness of personal development of leadership and management skills
As a manager in Marks and Spencer I have analysed that I am required to develop my
skills of communication and time management in order to make sure that I can contribute in the
attainment of organisational objectives. For this purpose personal development plan was
formulated by me. The plan which was formulated by me was effective and helped to develop all
the weak skills of my. It was focused with time management and communication skills. I have
analysed that I should also develop my skills related to decision making as it can help to take
effective decision for future and attain organisation objectives.
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Analysing areas of further development and up-gradation of personal development plan
I am also required to develop my decision making skills so that updates which are
required to be made in my personal development plan are as follows:
Skills Objectives Actions to be
taken
Measuring
success
Time taken
Decision making
skill
My decision
making skill is
weak and I am
willing to develop
it in order to
enhance my
ability to form
strategic
decisions for
betterment of my
organisation.
In order to
develop this skill
I have planned to
take guidance
from the
supervisors of the
organisation as
they can help me
to develop the
quality.
For the purpose
of measuring
success of
attainment of this
skill I have
planned to take
feedback from
members of
organisation so
that they can
guide me to make
further
improvements.
4 months
Communication I am willing to
make further
improvements in
communication
skills to achieve
organisational
objectives in
more accurate
manner.
To develop this
skill I will take
professional
training (Volz-
Peacock, Carson
and Marquardt,
2016).
Success will be
measured with the
help of attainment
of organisational
objectives.
2 months
Time
management
To enhance
profits by a
higher percentage
To improve this
skill I will take
guidance from
Success of
development will
be measured with
1.5 months
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I am required to
manage the work
in a time limit for
this purpose I am
required to
develop this skill
to complete all
the tasks on time.
supervisors. the help of
supervisory
guidance.
CONCLUSION
From the above project report it has been concluded that personal development and
management are two different elements which are required to be focused by each and every
individual in order to reach to the career goals. There are various types of skills which are
required for each and every individual in order to contribute in the attainment of organisational
goals. These are communication, time management, decision making, problem solving, critical
thinking etc. In order to develop all such qualities individuals can formulate personal
development plan as it can help to reach to the goals.
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REFERNECES
Books and Journals:
Aggarwal, R. and Goodell, J. W., 2014. Personal leadership development in international
business.
Bolden, R., 2016. Leadership, management and organisational development. In Gower handbook
of leadership and management development (pp. 143-158). Routledge.
Farrell, M., 2014. Leadership reflections: Leadership development through service. Journal of
Library Administration. 54(4). pp.308-317.
McCaffery, P., 2018. The higher education manager's handbook: effective leadership and
management in universities and colleges. Routledge.
Noe, R. A. and et.al., 2017. Human resource management: Gaining a competitive advantage.
New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.
Sosik, J. J. and Jung, D., 2018. Full range leadership development: Pathways for people, profit,
and planet. Routledge.
Tang, G. and et.al., 2016. Work–family effects of servant leadership: The roles of emotional
exhaustion and personal learning. Journal of Business Ethics. 137(2). pp.285-297.
Volz-Peacock, M., Carson, B. and Marquardt, M., 2016. Action learning and leadership
development. Advances in Developing Human Resources. 18(3). pp.318-333.
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