Research Skills for Managers: The Role of Leadership in Organisational Change

RESEARCH SKILLS FOR
MANAGERS
(The role of leadership in effecting organisational
change and operational excellence in small and medium
size enterprises in the Eastern Caribbean.)

Table of Contents
Introduction .....................................................................................................................................3
Aim and objectives .........................................................................................................................4
Identification and Initial Review of Key Literature.........................................................................6
Research Design ..............................................................................................................................9
Research plan.................................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................15

Introduction
Background of the research
Leadership refers to the art of motivating an individual or group of person to act toward
accomplishing a common goals. In simple word, leadership is the capability of a person or a
group of individuals to guide and influence employees or other members of the company. There
are different styles of leadership such as autocratic, authoritative, democratic, coaching,
Affiliative etc. All these are consider main types of leadership that influence leader to provide
appropriate guidance to their employees act towards attaining organisational goals and objectives
successfully (Iqbal, Anwar and Haider,2015). Organisational change introduces to the actions
within which an organisation alters a main component of its business, such as its culture, the
underlying infrastructure or technologies and it uses to operate. Leadership styles helps an
organisation in implementing of any change that assist business organisation in its growth and
development. For this project, small and medium organisation is chosen study. Company wants
to implement change that is only possible for using leadership styles.
Rationale of the study
Main rational behind conducting present study is to identify different types of leadership
styles and their impacts on organisational change. This is a main reason for conducting present
investigation. There are also various reasons for conducting this research. These are importance
of leadership, effects of leadership styles challenges in implementing of change etc. These are
biggest reasons for conducting present study.
Important of the study
This project is important at personal and professional level. At personal level, this
project facilitate researcher by improving their research skills i.e. literature review, data
collection, data analysis, time management etc. These skills facilitate investigator in completing
of entire activity of the project in successful and within given time period. At professional level,
this project or title helps by increasing knowledge about the relationship between leadership style
and organisational change (Novak, Breznik and Natek, 2020). Therefore, present investigation is
important at personal as well as professional level. This study is highly significant because it
helps in developing of appropriate understanding regarding the significance or organisational
change and role of leadership styles in implementing change within an organisation.
Overview of the organisation

This project is based on small and medium size organisation located at Eastern
Caribbean. These are the types of organisation whose personnel members fall below certain
limits. This is used by international organisation including World Bank, United Nations,
European Union and the World Trade Organization (WTO). There is requirement for
implementing change because it helps in improvement of growth and success of SMEs. Change
within an organisation plays an important and essential role by increasing moral among
employees as well as drive job enrichment and team building. These factors can directly as well
as positively impacts quality of work and productivity while shortening production cycles as well
as reducing costs (Alblooshi, Shamsuzzaman and Haridy, 2020). Therefore, it is the role of
business leader to follow effective leadership style for encouraging and motivating employees in
attainment of competitive advantages. For this, business leader must provide appropriate
guidance to their workforce in implementing of change within an organisation in successful
manner.
Aim and objectives
Research aim: Main aim of this research is to identify and understand the approaches or the
style of leadership that is necessary to facilitate change within the small and medium size
enterprises in the Eastern Caribbean
Research objectives
 To determine the importance of leadership
 To identify the effect of Leadership style or approach on organisational change
 To analyse the affects of leadership over organisational performance.
 To determine challenges faced by the leader while implementing change.
 To determine the best leadership strategies for organisational effectiveness.
 To investigate or explore leadership perception in relation to implanting change within
small and medium enterprises. To determine the importance of leadership perception within an organisation.
Research questions
 How the style of leadership may affect change within the organisation?
 What leadership strategies were employed to facilitate change and enable operational
efficiency within the organisation?