Impact of Leadership on Business Performance of Argos Ltd

Business Management (Top-up)
BMP6001
DISSERTATION
Assessment 1 – Research Proposal
Dissertation Title
(An investigation into the impact of leadership over
business performance of an organisation)
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Title............................................................................................................................................3
Background to Research Topic..................................................................................................3
Background to Research Organisation.......................................................................................3
Research Rationale.....................................................................................................................4
Research Questions....................................................................................................................4
Research Aims and Objectives...................................................................................................4
Research Methodology...............................................................................................................5
Timescale...................................................................................................................................6
Resources...................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................9
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Title
To identify the impact of leadership on business performance of an organisation. A
study on Argos Ltd.
Background to Research Topic
Leadership introduces as an art of motivating and encouraging group of people
towards attainment of organisational goals and objectives. In addition, it is an effective
process used by business executive for directing, guiding and influencing the individual’s
behaviour and work towards achievement of common goals within a given situation.
Therefore, leadership is the capability of a leader to induce the subordinates or employees to
work with zeal and confidence (Al Khajeh, 2018). Argos Ltd is a selected British Catalogue
retail organisation operating in the UK and Ireland. Along with this, leadership within an
organisation plays a fundamental role by improving business performance at marketplace.
There are several importance of leadership including higher employee morale, increased
productivity, better decision making, building of inclusive working environment, creating
confidence, providing guidance, increased motivation and many others. These are
considering main significance of leadership that have positive impact over organisational
performance of company. Apart from this, there is some negative effect of poor leadership
that have affects on business’s capability to retain workers and lower employee motivation,
productivity and moral. These effects are loss of motivation to work, poor scale performance,
lack of ownership, mismanaged resources, poor work structure and evaluating poor
leadership. These are considering major effects of leadership that impact on business
performance of Argos Ltd in negative manner.
Background to Research Organisation
Argos Ltd is a chosen organisation for this dissertation proposal. It is British
Catalogue retailer that was founded by Richard Tompkins in 1972 (Argos Ltd , 2020).
Company specialise in selling of consumer goods through its physical stores and online.
Home appliances, audio equipments, television, jewellery, bedding, toys, sporting goods etc.
are consider consumer goods offered by Argos Ltd to its customers. Argos have made lot of
probabilities or chances to its leadership structure ensuring the promotion of managing
administrator John Walden to chief director of parent company i.e. Home retail group. In this
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