Responsible Leadership in Hospitality Industry

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RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP IN HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
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The business decisions which are made in interests of shareholders and stakeholders
like customers, employees, suppliers, the business environment as well as the community in
which the business is operating, directs towards the role of responsible leadership (Jones,
Hillier & Comfort, 2016). The purpose of the paper is to highlight the development of the
role of responsible leaders in the hospitality industry. The paper will discuss the impact of
efficient skills of leadership management on Human Resource Management. The paper also
present an example from the hospitality industry for the assessment and identification of the
skills responsible for transforming leadership competencies into a responsible leader. The
paper will be concluded by presenting an opinion in regards with the role of a responsible
leader and their impact on the organizational culture of an organization.
Leadership can be viewed by the context of three theories, which are, classical theory,
current theories and behavioural theory. Classical theory of Traditional leadership theories
consists of various approaches, great man theory or trait approaches and situational theory.
The great man theory emphasise on the assumption that leaders possess few traits, which are
inherited and cannot be incorporated, that leaders are born not made and leaders can emerge
with great need (Dimitrov, 2015). On the other hand, situational leadership approach assumes
that not a single style of leadership is perfect. It depicts that a situation can decide the
required strategic approach in leadership. For becoming a responsible leader, one should be
able to develop adaptability with the changing environment. A leader to be responsible must
be able to understand the criticality of a task as well as the skills of the group for directing the
skills towards the objective of the task. From the article, it can be understood that the required
skills for responsible leadership is the understanding of the situation in hand, identifying the
requirements and the ability to act upon the needs. Leadership should not be considered as a
position or character, it is the act of taking action in a required situation. Responsible
leadership can have the potential of emerging from anywhere in the organization and should
not be restricted to a position with authoritative power. Conscience plays a vital role in

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regards with taking responsibility of actions in organizations. Responsible leadership skills
can be incorporated with the development of the sense of meeting our own standards. If an
individual is capable of taking responsibility or accountability of his/her own targets, which
will reflect the competencies of a responsible leader (Luo et al., 2016). In comparison with
responsible leadership, irresponsible leadership cannot be portrayed as a leader who is not
acting promptly to a situation rather it depicts that a person with the leadership skills is not
responding to a situation where action is needed. The article reflected the meaning of the
responsible leadership skills which can be developed by understanding the requirement of a
situation and acting ethically upon the own standards of accountability. In an organization of
hospitality industry, a positive change in the working culture can be brought by developing
an exhaustive understanding of the formal and informal constituents of an organization and
by identifying the responsibility of oneself. The hospitality industry needs the kind of
leadership actions, which work towards combining competencies from each member for an
effective and efficient result (Lam et al., 2018).
Leadership skills are very important in regards with the practice of Human Resources.
Leadership concepts includes the focus to the task structures as well as the staff management.
Leadership roles must include the considerations for people working towards a goal or
objective. Effective leadership skills can help the employees to identify the resources and
competencies for working towards a task, leadership skills can act as a catalyst in
encouraging and directing the human skills towards set standards as well as can help in
building mutual trust for the norms of the organization (Bandara, Fernando & Akter, 2018).
Leadership skills also contribute towards the emergence of opinion and innovative ideas for
the facilitating a task with the available amount of resources. Understanding oneself and
working towards improvement is one of the principles for developing leadership skills,
seeking and acting upon the responsibilities in an organization is another key principle of
leadership skills. Understanding the group of people with which an individual is associated,