UMODPX-15-M | Leadership within Organizations

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UMODPX-15-M: PEOPLE AND GLOBAL ORGANISATIONS
Executive Summary
Name of the Student
Name of the University
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Introduction
The current executive summary presents a compact overview of my personal experience
of working in an organisation as well as the kind of leadership experience I faced within the
workspace. My primary takeaway from my work experience is that the leader under whom I was
assigned to work, was inefficient in complying with most of the standards of leadership that is
required of him. Not only was he incapable of managing the employees that he is assigned the
job of leading, he also failed to maintain several other associated aspects including conflict and
diversity management. The self - reflective report holds information about the key aspects that a
leader should possess in order to function effectively as one, yet was absent in the current
working context. The summary identifies the three specific themes that are presented within the
report. While the first theme to be explored is leadership within the organisational context, the
second and third themes explored are respectively diversity and team working in an
organisational context. The summary briefly explains the themes as will be presented in the
report and in the end will provide a small recommendation prior to concluding.
Discussion
When it comes to working in a big organisation, one of the most crucial aspects that need
to be looked at is how effectively and efficiently the teamwork within the organisation is being
carried out (Feitosa, Grossman and Salazar 2018). A significant portion of that responsibility
falls on the team leader. From ensuring that the members of the team are motivated enough to
continue working at a particular pace with a particular objective in mind, to managing and
resolving several conflicts that arise within the working environment, the job of a team leader
finds vital meaning within an organisational context (Rosenbach 2018). Leadership, as I
understand it, is the process of providing guidance and direction to employees while at the same

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time, also influencing the behavior in positive ways so as to promote a healthy workspace
environment. This becomes really important as the major goals and objectives of the organisation
are intricately linked with the ways the employees function in the organisation. Apart from the
core functions of managing and leading a team, which is evident from the role, leadership also
includes promoting positive workplace behaviour and attitudes, managing aspects of within
workplace conflict as well as promoting equality amongst diverse groups of employees (Western
2019). One of the core elements of being a leader is to ensure that harmony is maintained within
the team that one is responsible for managing. Therefore, promoting and building cross cultural
competency within the working environment becomes an important aspects for consideration.
This is where the leader’s skills and abilities are tested to the full as to whether or not he / she is
able to cope with the work pressure as well as manage the leadership responsibilities assigned to
him / her. Maintaining a harmonious relationship between the employees require making sure
that each employee feels equally valued and no aspect of their work is prejudiced against (Grint
et al. 2016).
One of the key elements that has been explored in the report is the aspect of diversity that
is present within the organisation in context and whether or not the leader was able to effectively
contribute to promoting the positivity of diversity within the workspace. The report highlights
that the organisation in context had employees from three different nationalities. This means that
there is a normally high level of cultural nuances and linguistic differences within the employees
that needed to be explored and managed. The presence of various differences within the groups
was a significant deterrent when it comes to promoting positive workspace culture (Jimenez et
al. 2017). This led to development of significant amount of confusion and work related conflicts.
Even at the after office meetings, there were people who were unable to manage effectively or