Reflection on Cohesiveness, Leadership Styles, and Social Loafing

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Introduction
Cohesiveness and social loafing assists an organization in developing the team
integration based operations of the same. Hoch and Kozlowski (2014) opined that the
development of the team bondage assists an organization in developing the capabilities of the
workforce in developing the operations of the venture. On the other hand, Schippers (2014)
opined that the leadership approach assist in influencing the workplace culture. Therefore, in
this relation, the discussion will aim at reflecting on the different aspects of cohesion, leadership
styles and social loafing in order to identify the team based functioning of the organizational
workforce.
Leadership
The leadership structure and approach assist a leader in developing the operations of the
workforce. The transformational leadership style aims at developing a collaborative approach of
engaging the stakeholders. In this relation, I believe that the implementation of the
transformational style of leadership assist an organization or a team in maximizing the rate of
engagement of the stakeholders or the team members in the different processes. Aga,
Noorderhaven and Vallejo (2016) opined in a research that the inclusiveness of a leader assist a
organization in developing the capabilities of the same relating to the maximization of support
from the end of the stakeholders. I believe that the leaders play a prominent role in ensuring he
motivated functioning of the employees. The minimization of the power distance gap between
the leaders and the team members or the employees ensure the effectiveness of the operations
that are undertaken by the same with the objective of gaining a sustenance edge. I believe that

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the coordination of the leaders with the employees or the team members supports a team in
achieving the common target of the same.
Boies, Fiset and Gill (2015) stated that the primary goal of a leader is based on the
development of skills of the employees or the subordinates. In this relation, the leaders take steps
to communicate with the members and subordinates with the purpose of identifying the issues
relating to the process design and the competencies that are encountered by the same due to skill
shortages. Drescher et al., (2014) also noted that a manager takes steps to design specific training
and development programs with the aim of enhancing the skills of the employees and
empowering the same for the processes. I personally believe that appropriate communication
with the subordinates assist an organizational leader or a team leader in identifying the loopholes
and mitigate the same for ensuring the uninterrupted functioning of the systems. The different
styles of leadership are reliant on the evaluation of the needs of an organization. In this relation,
the application of the suitable leadership approach in the context of a team assists in developing
the operations of the same.
Hoch and Kozlowski (2014) stated that the long term planning and the vision of the
leaders assists in encouraging the enhancement of the operations while empowering the
teammates. The vision of the leaders assists a venture in guiding the operations of with the
purpose of achieving the common goal. I believe that the different activities that are commenced
by the members in a team are dependent on the decisions that are made by the leaders after an
assessment of the different pros and cons of the operations. Hazy and Uhl-Bien (2015) opined
that the different modifications that are forged in the teams are depended on the evaluation of the
needs of the enterprise to achieve the goals and objectives. In this elation, the decisions that are
undertaken by the leaders guide the operations that are undertaken by the workforce or the