Analyzing Strategic Leadership at Sainsbury's

This assignment delves into the strategic leadership style prevalent at Sainsbury's PLC in Malaysia. It defines dominant leadership, examines its importance for organizational success and conflict resolution, and illustrates how it was applied at Sainsbury's to achieve long-term goals.

STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
STYLE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
Question 1........................................................................................................................................1
COUNCLUSION.............................................................................................................................2
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REFERENCES................................................................................................................................3

INTRODUCTION
Strategic leadership is the capability of influencing another to involuntarily make best
decision that increase the prospects for the enterprise's long term. The enterprise success while
keeping long-term stability. Various approaches of leadership are effect the direction and vision
of potential success and growth of an enterprise (Carter and Greer, 2013). This report is based
on SAINSBURY PLC in Malaysia. Under this file define the dominant strategic of leadership
style.
Question 1
Dominant leadership: leadership is like a clear authority line which provide delegation power
and along with this ability to control workers participation level in judgement procedures. In this
way that an individually driven from of other leadership which is based upon the alignment, self-
enrollment and alignment of an enterprise to a mission and vision led by an individual. It may be
capable to delegate, encourage and allow involvement in varying degrees.
This type of leadership style change and implementation of management. In this way
define the leadership behaviours or telling person what to do. It is essential to maximising
complexity and the duty of knowledge works which means that individual now plan all activities
and their own work. They also make their own decisions. SAINSBURY PLC is the supermarket
in Malaysia.
This style is very important to provide business success and growth in an organisation.
This style help to leader to identify various sources and factors. It is a human and task orientation
functions. This kind of style is very beneficial for leaders as it will help in giving more focus to
work. The manager of cited company is responsible for the all task and activity (Phipps, 2012).
Every leader has their own unique specialisation and skills. And they needed to make the leap
from a manager to an outstanding owner. In order to avoid the given traits leader of cited
company use the dominant leadership style.
Vision: It is a vision of a leader which will define hoe an enterprise will view in the future and
how it will develop. In this way that leader clearly set out a policy and strategic plan of activity
and communicate the equal to their staff members.
Lead by examples: Cited company leaders are viewed as a role models and they influence the
attitudes, thoughts and behaviours of others. They are live and self-driven what they preach.
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Integrity: It is a one of the most important concept of a leader. Every person was born with a
ability and conscience to know about what is wrong and right.
Self-confidence: It is a best ability to company leader apply dominant leadership style. This is a
best traits which support leader to manage all activity and task.
This style manage of an organisation. In this way that workers was on strike and
company leader control and manage conflict and misunderstanding with the support of dominant
leadership. They help in implementing the changes by motivating employees.
COUNCLUSION
As per the above mentioned report, it can be define dominant leadership, which is very
important to reduce conflict and misunderstanding between different employees. It also help in
achieving future goals and objectives.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Carter, S.M. and Greer, C.R., 2013. Strategic leadership: Values, styles, and organizational
performance. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 20(4), pp.375-393.
Obiwuru, T.C., Okwu, A.T., Akpa, V.O. and Nwankwere, I.A., 2011. Effects of leadership style
on organizational performance: A survey of selected small scale enterprises in Ikosi-
Ketu council development area of Lagos State, Nigeria. Australian Journal of Business
and Management Research, 1(7), p.100.
Phipps, K.A., 2012. Spirituality and strategic leadership: The influence of spiritual beliefs on
strategic decision making. Journal of business ethics, 106(2), pp.177-189.
Sahaya, N., 2012. A learning organization as a mediator of leadership style and firms’ financial
performance. International Journal of Business and Management, 7(14), p.96.
ONLINE
Dominant leadership. 2017.[Online]. Available through
:<http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/dominant-leadership.html>.[Assessed
on 28th July 2017].
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