Role of Leadership Style and Motivation

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Role of Leadership Style and Motivation in Ushering Organization towards Success: A Case
Study of Deutsche Bank
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Executive summary
Employees are the backbone of the business organizations that represents the company in the
market. Thus, it is essential for the human resource management to implement effective
leadership styles and motivation for ensuring the success of business organization. Deutsche
Bank is a Germany based investment bank providing financial services with more than 100,000
employees in over 70 countries. Motivation of employees is a critical factor for the success of
any organization. A work force which is motivated signifies high productivity which is of
significant importance towards achievement of organizational goals. An organization should
therefore make significant investment towards motivating the workforce for the purpose of
achieving organizational success. The initial step which needs to be taken by the organizations in
order to motivate their employees is to understand how the employees are motivated. There are
various theories in relation to employee motivation. When an employee is motivated toward the
goal of the organization they are even able to achieve what they thought to be impossible for
them. Along with motivation another important aspect in relation to organization success is that
of leadership. Leadership has been defined as the process of process of providing inspiration to
the subordinates in relation to engaging and performing towards achieving objectives. One of the
simplest definitions of leadership is that it is a process through which a group of people are
motivated towards achieving a common goal. Thus without proper leadership organizational
goals cannot be achieved. Five major chapters namely comprise to form the structure of the
dissertation. The five chapters include an introduction, literature review, research methodology,
data analysis, conclusion, and recommendations. The division of the entire dissertation is crucial,
as this helps in laying an overall foundation of the work and cascading the required and relevant
information in an appropriate manner.

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction....................................................................................................................4
Overview......................................................................................................................................4
Problem statement........................................................................................................................5
Research aim................................................................................................................................5
Research objectives......................................................................................................................5
Research questions.......................................................................................................................6
Research rationale........................................................................................................................6
Structure of the research..............................................................................................................7
Summary......................................................................................................................................7
Chapter 2: LITERATURE REVIEW..............................................................................................7
2.1 Introduction............................................................................................................................7
2.2 Leadership..............................................................................................................................8
2.2.1 Leadership theories..........................................................................................................9
2.2.2 Leadership styles...........................................................................................................11
2.3 Employee motivation...........................................................................................................13
2.3.1 Theories of motivation..................................................................................................14
2.3.2 Types of Motivation......................................................................................................17
2.3.4 The relationship between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.........................................18

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2.4 Conceptual framework.........................................................................................................20
Chapter 3: Research Methodology...............................................................................................20
3.1 Introduction..........................................................................................................................21
3.2 Research Philosophy............................................................................................................21
3.2.1 Positivism......................................................................................................................21
3.2.1 Interpretivism................................................................................................................22
3.2.3 Realism..........................................................................................................................22
3.2.4 Justification of selected Methodology...........................................................................23
3.3 Inductive and Deductive approach.......................................................................................23
3.3.1 Justification for Approach.............................................................................................24
3.4 Qualitative or Quantitative Approach..................................................................................24
3.5 Research Strategy.................................................................................................................25
3.6 Data collection and analysis.................................................................................................25
3.7 Limitations of the study.......................................................................................................26
Chapter 4: Data Analysis...............................................................................................................27
Introduction................................................................................................................................27
Thematic analysis.......................................................................................................................27
Summary....................................................................................................................................35
Chapter 5: Conclusion and recommendations...............................................................................36
5.0 Conclusion...........................................................................................................................36

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5.1 Linking with objectives........................................................................................................37
5.2 Recommendations................................................................................................................40
5.3 Future scope of the study.....................................................................................................41
References......................................................................................................................................42

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Chapter 1: Introduction
Overview
Employees are the backbone of the business organizations that represents the company in
the market. Thus, it is essential for the human resource management to implement effective
leadership styles and motivation for ensuring the success of business organization (Kara et al.
2013). Deutsche Bank is a Germany based investment bank providing financial services with
more than 100,000 employees in over 70 countries (Db.com 2018). Motivation of employees is a
critical factor for the success of any organization. A work force which is motivated signifies high
productivity which is of significant importance towards achievement of organizational goals. An
organization should therefore make significant investment towards motivating the workforce for
the purpose of achieving organizational success. The initial step which needs to be taken by the
organizations in order to motivate their employees is to understand how the employees are
motivated. There are various theories in relation to employee motivation. When an employee is
motivated toward the goal of the organization they are even able to achieve what they thought to
be impossible for them.
Along with motivation another important aspect in relation to organization success is that of
leadership. Leadership has been defined as the process of process of providing inspiration to the
subordinates in relation to engaging and performing towards achieving objectives. One of the
simplest definitions of leadership is that it is a process through which a group of people are
motivated towards achieving a common goal. Thus without proper leadership organizational
goals cannot be achieved (Shanafelt et al 2015).

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As reported by Amaro (2018) there are significant problems which Duchess bank has been
subjected to in the recent years in relation to performance. The organization is not being able to
perform up to the mark and therefore it share price is falling and it is rapidly losing its client
base. In the recent years the bank has witnessed significant losses in terms of revenue. In the
fourth quarter of 2017 the bank reported a loss of 2.2 Billion Euros. The decision in relation to
the payment of dividend is yet to be made by the board of directors. One of the primary reasons
for such poor performance can be that of lack of leadership and employee motivation in the
organization.
Problem statement
Lack of effective leadership style and appropriate motivation hampers the success of the
business organizations (Gopal and Chowdhury 2014). In the case of Deutsche Bank, ineffective
leadership style and motivation is hampering the success of the bank in the market. As a result,
the bank is failing to provide adequate financial support to the people and losing competitive
advantage in the market.
Research aim
The aim of the research is to analyze the impact of leadership style and motivation in
ushering the organization towards success.
Research objectives
The research objectives are:
 To investigate the association between the leadership style and employee motivation for
Deutsche Bank

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 To understand the reason of lack of organizational success for Deutsche Bank
 To provide suitable recommendations for improving leadership style and motivation for
ushering success for Deutsche Bank
Research questions
The research questions are:
 What is the relationship between leadership style and employee motivation for Deutsche
Bank?
 What is the reason of lack of organizational success for Deutsche Bank
 What are the suitable recommendations for improving leadership style and motivation for
ushering success for Deutsche Bank?
Research rationale
The research rationale sheds light on the significance of leadership styles and motivation
in pushing the organization towards embarking success (Shafie, Baghersalimi and Barghi 2013).
The research will help in analyzing the impact of inadequate leadership style and motivation on
the organization for achieving success. The research will identify the gaps and provide suitable
solutions for mitigating the gaps in ushering Deutsche Bank towards success. The primary reason
why this research has been carried out by the researcher is that organizations would be able to
know the importance of leadership and employee motivation in relation to their functions and
operations. This is search would make it clear to the organization that it would not be able to
perform adequately without proper leadership and motivation of its employees.