An Analysis of Leadership in Contemporary Sainsbury's Organizations

This essay provides an analysis of leadership within contemporary Sainsbury's organizations. It begins with an introduction to the concept of leadership, emphasizing its importance in motivating employees and directing organizational activities to enhance productivity and performance. The essay then delves into various leadership theories, including trait theory, behavioral theory, contingency theory, transactional leadership theory, and transformational leadership theory, explaining their relevance and applicability to the Sainsbury's context. Furthermore, the essay addresses contemporary issues of leadership within the organization, such as developing managerial effectiveness, inspiring others, developing employees, leading teams, guiding change, and managing internal stakeholders and politics, with a particular focus on the impact of technology. The conclusion summarizes the key findings and implications of the analysis, highlighting the significance of effective leadership in navigating challenges and achieving organizational goals within Sainsbury's, a major retail chain in the UK.

Leadership in contemporary
Sansbury's organisations

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LEADERSHIP CONCEPT: ............................................................................................................3
LEADERSHIP THEORIES.............................................................................................................4
Trait theory.............................................................................................................................5
Behavioural Theory................................................................................................................6
Contingency Theory: .............................................................................................................6
Transactional leadership theory..............................................................................................7
Transformational leadership theory........................................................................................8
ISSUES OF LEADERSHIP IN CONTEMPORARY ORGANISATION......................................9
Developing managerial effectiveness.....................................................................................9
Inspiring others......................................................................................................................9
Developing Employees..........................................................................................................9
Leading a team....................................................................................................................10
Guiding change.....................................................................................................................10
Managing internal stakeholder and politics..........................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Leadership is the process of motivating and give the direction to their followers.
Leadership is the important and systematic process in which one leader and other persons are the
followers(Chami-Malaeb and Garavan 2013). Its help to increase productivity and performance
of organisation's employees. In the Sainsbury organisation require has to be manage all the
things and activities so this company's employees provide better services to customers.
Leadership is the best way to motivate and control all kind of persons. Sainsbury`s is the retail
chain in UK its provide all kind of products and goods to customers with better quality and
features. In the market there has many competitors those all are beating to each other and wants
to build a effective image and brand image in the market(Wray‐Bliss 2013). Sainsbury is the
supermarket its provide all retail products so they can use their products in their regular life and
easy to full fill their needs and wants. Sainsbury wants to build a brand image in the customers
and also in the market so they can easy to beat their competitors and increase production of
products. In this process one leader give the directions and instructions to employees, how to
they work with effective and efficient manner. Sainsbury wants to applying best theory and
concept of leadership because they can provide better services and improve performance of
workers. Sainsbury is the largest supermarket that provide all types of products to public and also
try to build a effective image in the market. At this time many issues and problems are facing by
this organisation like leading quality of leaders, technology, day by day changes in the
environment and working system, decision making process, dealing with changes and
uncertainty of risk in the market, behavioural issues of customers, satisfaction issues,
competitors and substitutes and so more all these are affecting on company's image and their
working quality. But at this time most contemporary issue in this company is technology(
Watson 2016.). Day by day technology is develop and by the all companies are using smart
techniques to attract high number of customers. Its hard to understand by employees new
techniques in the working environment for learning have to provide training to them. This
process is time consuming by this company facing many issues related to the employees. In the
other hand customers wants something new and innovative products with effective quality and
features so according to the technology changes employees, customers and all faces problems in
this situations not easy to provide fully satisfaction to customers.(Kim and Van Dyne 2012).

LEADERSHIP CONCEPT:
Leadership is the systematic process to manage all employees and their activities or
working performance regarding their work. In all types of organisation and any society has one
effective leader those are help to manage all persons and given direction to them how to do they
work in the effective and efficient manner. Leadership is the best way to coordinate to all
persons and improving working performance of employees. Leadership is the ability to motivate
and influence to their group persons regarding their work and achievement of goals and objective
on the decided time period. A leader has many kind of skills, abilities, knowledge, experiences
about all field so that's why they can easy to manage and motivate towards their work(Colquitt,
J.Lepine, J.A. and Wesson, M.J. 2011). This is not require all managers may be a good leader but
a leader can be a good manager. Because managers can easy to manage all work and control or
handle all situation but managers cannot lead to other persons, they cannot give proper direction
and not understand employees issues and problems but a good leader easy to manage all
activities and works in the effective manner and also leader can give direction and instruction to
do effective work and performance. They can easy to understand and remove their issues and
problems of their followers and build a better relationship and coordination with each other. Its
helps to manage all activities in the organisation and provide best services to their customers and
clients on the time and also give them fully satisfaction to them. Leadership is the best way to
influence and motivate all employees regarding their work(Swanwick and McKimm 2012). In
the leadership process has one leader and all other are followers those are following leader get
proper instructions regarding their work and which one strategy they will apply in the work.
Leadership represent individual and group coordination and motivation and in the other hand
management shows how to manage all activities and where should invest how much time to
complete the task and work with using best way and strategy. In Sainsbury organisation has to be
require a good leader to manage all activities and works for improve productivity and
performance of their employees. It can help to improve efficiency of working with the effective
manner(Moodian, M.A. ed., 2008). In this organisation if manage all activities in the effective
manner so easy to increase productivity and performance of their employees and easy to build a
effective image in the market. Sainsbury is the supermarket in UK , its provide many types of
products and goods to customers for full fill their wants and needs and get proper and effective
feedback through the customers. Its wants to build a effective image in the market and beat all

competitors. Leadership is the systematic process in which on person play a lead role regarding
their work and motivate to their employees for doing effective work in the efficient manner. A
good leader easy to manage all activities and give proper direction to all followers and try to
improve their working power and working efficiency in the effective manner( Franco and
Almeida 2011).
LEADERSHIP THEORIES
In the leadership process, there are many theories those are help to understand leadership
and how to manage all activities and works through leadership theories. All these theories are
relevant to contemporary issues and challenges those are facing by their employees. At this time
customers wants something new and attractive things in products and goods and also develop
and create some attractive features in their services so they can easy to satisfy their
customers(Nyberg and Sveningsson 2014.). In those theories from contingency theory is the
most suitable theory in Sainsbury working environment its help to manage all challenges and
issues those can be give negative impact on business and their image in the market. These are
help to motivate all employees toward their works and their performance. There are many theory
those are made for to understand leadership in the effective manner and improve productivity of
the organisation, those theories are under the below:
Trait theory
Trait theory is represent a person or a good leader's self confidence, personality, honesty
and intelligence( Farh, J.L. and Cheng, B.S., 2000). If a leader has all those quality and good
self confidence regarding their work. A good leader of personality, behaviour, communication
style and intelligence level is the important elements to lead a person and to give the proper
direction to them. Trait theory based on the people can made and with born some effective
leadership qualities those are easy to manage all persons and creative in the nature. A leader easy
to improve employees or followers performance and their knowledge so they can do work
effectively and efficiently. All persons has thinking level, knowledge and experiences, quality of
work and ability of working all those are different so all persons has different ability and skills to
understand and working quality of persons(Sendjaya, S. Sarros, J.C. and Santora, J.C., 2008). So
leader has to be understand their followers and employees those behaviour, skills and ability of

working. It can be give negative and positive impact on organisation and organisation
productivity. In this theory many limitations those are follows:
 Trait theory through not easy to identify universal traits in the persons. Because all
persons has ability and working power are different its all depends upon their knowledge
level and experiences in their past(Hui, C. and Graen, G., 1997). So through this method
cannot easy to find out universal traits in the leaders and all types of persons.
 Through this theory cannot easy and clearly identify their issues and causes regarding
leadership and traits. So this theory help to motivate persons and employees for their
work but cannot clearly define issues and causes regarding their work. In the other hand
there are many issues and limitations those are not easy to understand by their employees
and other persons. Through this theory easy to understand a person's behaviour about
their work and which one strategy they will applying to complete the task and work those
are provided by the leader of Sainsbury organization(Edwards 2013).
Behavioural Theory
This theory helps to define all persons are behaviours regarding their works and their
organisation. This theory related to specific behaviours of leader and differentiate from other
persons. Because behaviour of a person help to understand that persons quality and personality
and also how they communicate with others. Behaviour can be change according to situations
and environment of organisation. Trait theory is represent the leaders qualities are born with their
birth, cannot made them but behavioural theory represent leadership quality and behaviour can
learn and also can change according to their situation s and also improve their working
performance towards their task and objective of organisation. This theory help to identify a
person mentally, physically and socially and easy to understand working ability and skills in the
organization(Graham, J.W., 1991). In the other hand, this theory represent leaders can be made,
these are not born. Because at this time all persons has many different abilities and skills and
they can do some specific work in the effective manner and some works they cannot do so easy
to develop and improve their skills and abilities in those persons and improve working quality.
This theory can be applicable in the Sainsbury organisation and help to improve productivity and
working performance of their employees. For help this theory can be change the behaviour of a
person and improve some effective qualities towards their works. Behaviour of persons is play a
important role in any kind of organisation because a person's of way of communication, working

quality, working involvement, performance and ability all these are affecting on the organisation
in the positive and negative manner(Eagly, A.H. 2007).
Contingency Theory:
Contingency Theory represent the way of different types of leadership styles and methods
those are applicable according to the situations and environment of the organisation. Its help to
understand situations and issues in the organisation those are how to be resolve and how to
control and manage all activities and works in the effective manner. Through this theory of
leadership easy to understand situations and issues and according to the situation easy to apply
leadership styles and methods those are should be suitable in that situations and help to resolve
problems(Dering, N.Z., 1998). Contingency theory is suitable on Sainsbury supermarket
environment its help to facing many problems and help to give proper solution regarding difficult
situation. In the market many competitors and substitutes of products and every business and
company's wants to set a brand image in the market and in their customers mind. At this time all
services facilities provide by smart technology those consume less time and maintain quality of
products. Online services and home delivery of products and goods to customers its a main
issues and challenges face by Sainsbury so that's why hard to be manage and control challenges
in the market(Elg 2011). At this time all customers wants some different and attractive facilities
through company those can be easy to use and understand by their customers. Most of the
companies start smart services and facilities to customers like online servicing , home delivery of
products, free and extra benefits, sale and discount on products and goods so through these
servicing create challenges for Sainsbury and to develop and face these challenges has to be use
new and smart techniques and methods. This theory is the main suitable theory in any kind of
organisation and through this theory leaders are more effectively express their leadership style in
the effective and efficient manner. Through this leadership theory easy to improve their working
quality and efficiency of working and improve performance of workers its help to improve
productivity in Sanisbury and give proper satisfaction to customers and receive effective
feedback through customers and easy to build image in the market. Leadership style is play an
important role in the any type of organisation because there has require to manage activities and
works and has to be lead all employees and give proper and clearly direction to them for their
work and try motivate them for their work because a leader has many types of skills and abilities

to control and lead all persons and give them proper directions to them(Eagly, A.H. and Chin,
J.L., 2010).
Transactional leadership theory
Transactional leadership theory is also known as exchange theories of leadership. Its
represent the quality and features of transactions between leader and their followers. In this
theory help to represent whatever transactions those are transect between one person to another.
Transaction of knowledge and work in this process leader provide works to followers for
complete the task on the time with effective manner. Leaders through give some instruction and
quality of work should be maintain by their followers. If in case they will not full fill their work
and task on the decided time so by the leader can be punish to followers. So in the other hand by
this theory can easy to understand should be transfer those data in the effective ways those are
easy to understand by their followers and they can easy to full fill task and objectives. Its help to
improve productivity and performance of working of their employees. This theory help to
transfer important information and data leader to followers and they can do work effectively and
efficiently manner and they can easy to achieve the task(Atkins and Finlayson 2013..).
Transactional leadership theory refers to human can be transfer thinks and knowledge one
person to another it can be pleasure and un-pleasure experiences those are transnational to
individual and group in the effective manner and they can improve their working efficiency and
ability of work. In the other hand, this theory thorough can be transfer knowledge and
experiences to one person to another person and its help to develop and improve working
efficiency of Sainsbury organisation.
Transformational leadership theory
Transformational leadership theory is the process in which interact one person to
another to maintain relationship and build effective relationship then build trust and good
relationship with employees(Colquitt, J.Lepine, J.A. and Wesson, M.J. 2011 ). Its help to
improve working efficiency and working quality of employees its can be intrinsic and extrinsic
in the nature. This theory help to motivate persons to transfer knowledge and data one person to
another and also improve working efficiency of employees. Through this theory employees are
can be made a good relationship and improve efficiency to given proper motivation to others.
They follow all rules and regulations those are made by the Sainsbury organisation and give

proper satisfaction to customers through their goods and products with good quality and features.
In the other hand , this theory help to build a good relationship with on person to another and
motivate persons towards their work and organisation development. Transformational leadership
theory through easy to build a effective image in the market of this company and also maintain
the relationship in the organisation by using this leadership theory(.Dering, N.Z., 1998). This
theory through easy to build relationship and make trust on one person to another and easy to
give proper satisfaction to them also motivating them towards their work. This leadership theory
is the different from another leadership theory its help to be make friendly and healthy
relationship in organisation and wants to face all problems and issues in the systematic and
effective manner.
ISSUES OF LEADERSHIP IN CONTEMPORARY ORGANISATION
In the leadership many issues and problems are facing in the contemporary organisation
those are not easy to manage and handle by the leaders. In all types of organisation has many
problems are suddenly created so those has to be mange by the leader and give proper directions
and instruction to followers in the effectively way(Mannix, Wilkes and Daly 2013.). Leadership
is the best way to control and mange all activities and also help to improving working efficiency
of workers. Leaders should be knowledgeable and intelligent in the nature and also motivating to
followers towards their work so if leader give proper directions and instructions to followers so
they can do work effectively manner if in case they has any problems and issues so they can easy
to ask their leaders so should be manage all problems and issues by their leaders and give proper
directions to them. There are many issues and problems faced in the Sainsbury organisation
those are under the below:
Developing managerial effectiveness
It is very important to develop managerial effectiveness as it will help the leader in
delivering efficient and effective results. To be effective is a challenge and to face this challenge
leaders need to develop new relevant skills- such as prioritization, strategic thinking, speeding up
with the job and most important is time management(Eagly, A.H. 2007).

Inspiring others
A leader is the real inspiration behind the subordinates performance. A leader inspires his
subordinates which results in their job satisfaction and also it boost them up to work smarter. A
leader has to be charismatic and act like a role model as well as a close-associate, it will make his
subordinate to feel free and give their best at the job. Motivation is the real factor behind a
person good performance and to achieve that level of performance a leader has to be the
inspiration for his subordinates.
Developing Employees
No leader can be successful without developing his own subordinates. It is the job of a
leader to provide opportunities to his subordinates for their personal as well as professional
growth. So a leader need seek out the opportunities to make them available for his subordinates
so that they can grow better and perform better(Eagly, A.H. and Chin, J.L., 2010).
Leading a team
A group of two or more people work for the common goal then this group is known a
'team”. In a team everyone have their different role to do for achieving the small and personal
goals. In every team there is a person how lead the members of the team. The leader have the
main and important role in the team(Farh, J.L. and Cheng, B.S., 2000). He have to show the path
to the team and personal also.
Guiding change
we know that nobody likes to change in their life or work place. But change is thing, if
we do not accept we cannot survive in the society. Without it we cannot develop on personal
level or at the work. So in a team nobody likes the change but for the survival or for growth,
change is needed. So a team leader have to motivate them for accepting the change(Graham,
J.W., 1991).
Managing internal stakeholder and politics
stakeholder are the main part of the organisation. They help in providing financial help .
So a leader have to keep up and manage them so the financial problem will not come. And some
time the politics get started Internal environment so leader work have to manage it also.

CONCLUSION
As per this project report, Leadership is the best way to to given proper and systematic
motivations one person to another person. Leadership is the process in which one person can lead
to another followers so they can work in the effective and efficient manner. Leaders should be
motivating in the nature and they should be communicate with everyone in the effective manner.
If followers has any issues and challenges so they easy to ask and face problems. Leader is the
one of the manageable person that can be mange all activities and they has to be control on all
persons. Sainsbury is the supermarket of goods and products those are provide various types of
goods to customers to give proper satisfaction and get positive feedback through the customers.
Sainsbury in leadership play an important role because there are many problems and issues are
create suddenly so has to be maintain organisation and control all on the employees. Leadership
is the process of motivating and improving performance of working of their employees. In this
leadership process has one leader and other all are followers those are follow all rules and
directions those are given by the leader to followers. Leaders has some rights to control and build
some rules and regulation in the organisation for employees those are has to be follow them and
maintain environment of organisation. In this report had been describe some issues and
challenges regarding leadership process and also describe some theories of leadership. These
leadership theories are help to understand situations and persons behaviour. Its help to
understand situations according has to be adopt leadership theory and achieve goals and targets
of organisation. In the other hand, leadership in the contemporary organisation is represent the
issues and problems and also lead by the one person to another persons.

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