Assignment on Personal Leadership and Management

PERSONAL LEADERSHIP
AND
MANAGEMENT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Analysis of the impact of organizational objectives, values and culture on the leadership
and management role...................................................................................................................3
1.2 Evaluation of leadership and management skills required to support achievement of
organizational objectives.............................................................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
1.3Assessing personal leadership and management skills...........................................................5
2.1 Assessing opportunities for the development of leadership and management skills.............5
2.2 Construction of personal development plan with clear objectives to develop leadership and
management skills........................................................................................................................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
2.3 Managing personal development of leadership and management skills................................8
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................9
3.1 Reviewing personal development plan against the original objectives.................................9
3.2 Evaluating effectiveness of personal development of leadership and management skills....9
3.3 Analysis of areas for further development and updating personal development plan.........10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12
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INTRODUCTION
Personal leadership is regarded as one of the most important factors in today's firm. It is
the backbone of total quality management as well as operations that are team based. With the
assistance of this approach, an organization can attain its pre-defined set of goals (Burke and
Collins, 2005). It is important for the organization to develop suitable leadership and
management skills in order to sustain in the market. In order to apply for leadership and
management position, the renowned organization is Tesco. I have carried out analysis of my
personal skills. The present report includes analysis of the impact of organizational objectives,
values and culture on leadership and management role.
TASK 1
1.1 Analysis of the impact of organizational objectives, values and culture on the leadership and
management role
The objective of an organization presents the psychology as well as attitude that the
leader has passed to its team and employees of organization. Leader within Tesco is effective in
communicating ethics, values and beliefs of firm to the employees so that achievement of targets
can be ensured. The mission and vision statement of the firm clearly binds the employees to
work in a particular direction. If the goals have not been clearly defined then it creates confusion
among the employees of organization. This spreads negativity at the workplace culture
(Cacioppe and Albrecht, 2000). In situation when the code of conduct within firm is smooth, it
leads to improvement in the organizational culture which results in improving the commitment
of employees towards work. It has been viewed that the organization where work culture is
healthy, the aggression at workplace is minimum. The objectives, culture as well as values have
greater impact on the organization. Moreover, it also affects the attitudes as well as behavior of
personnel to a significant level. The role of leadership can be greatly viewed towards the
achievement of organizational targets. This would result in enhancing the satisfaction level of
employees (Rowitz, 2009). The impact of organizational values and culture on the behavior of
leadership as well as satisfaction through job can be examined with the assistance of correlation
analysis. It can be analyzed that culture at work place is positively correlated with the leadership
behavior and job satisfaction.
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It has been determined that the role of culture is imperative in examining whether the
employees are satisfied or not. Through existence of healthy culture within organization,
personnel are satisfied and their performance level also increased significantly (Emiliani and
Emiliani, 2013). Through smooth interaction of leader and employees, team spirit would be
developed. Further, the personnel work in a coordinated manner. In Tesco, the employees are
promoted and motivated to attain the pre-defined set of targets which leads to enhance their
satisfaction level from the job.
1.2 Evaluation of leadership and management skills required to support achievement of
organizational objectives
The objective of firm like Tesco is to gain insight to the customer's requirement. Further,
the aim of business is to offer superior quality of products to customers that deliver value to
them. This can be done by using the latest and innovative technology. The leadership and
management skills that are required to support the achievement of organizational objectives have
been evaluated in the manner below:
 Planning: Such skills play an essential role in determining the goals as well as objectives
of the firm in an effective manner. This type of management skill is the foundation that
leads to beginning of the business functions (Jones, 2004). Planning is essential for both
long term and short run. It is carried out with an aim to attain the predefined set of
organizational goals. In Tesco, planning is done with an aim to reduce the uncertainty
where changes occur within market.
 Monitoring: Another required major skill is related with monitoring. It is important to
keep a track on the work that whether it has been carried out as per the expected goals or
not. Monitoring is conducted on regular basis in order to obtain the information regarding
performance of employees within specified time interval. With this, the progress of
personnel can be measured with effectiveness (Lakshman, 2008). Monitoring plays an
important role in measuring the gap between actual and expected performance so that
corrective actions can be taken within reasonable time duration.
 Commanding: It is one of the most effective skills that develop effectual leadership. It is
important for the leader to give orders and to delegate the responsibility to their
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