Creative and Ethical Leadership Analysis in Automotive Industry

This report focuses on creative and ethical leadership within the context of a car factory, specifically addressing the role of a production manager. It begins with an introduction to the automotive industry and the importance of effective leadership in achieving production goals. The core of the report revolves around a 360-degree appraisal, a method used to gather feedback from multiple sources, including self, colleagues, and subordinates. The report presents data analysis from a questionnaire assessing leadership skills such as emotional control, ethical behavior, learning from mistakes, motivation, and taking responsibility. The interpretation of the data highlights the strengths of the individual in controlling emotions, influencing others, and taking responsibility for actions. It also identifies areas for improvement, such as learning from the mistakes of others. The report concludes with an evaluation of the individual's leadership capabilities in light of the target job of a production manager, emphasizing the importance of continuous development to become a more effective creative and ethical leader in the car factory setting.

CREATIVE &
ETHICAL
LEADERSHIP

Introduction
 Car factory comes under automotive industry. This industry comprises of large number
of organizations that design, manufacture and develop cars in order to fulfil
transportation needs of their end customers.
 Car factory organizations not only manufacture and design cars but organizations in
this industry also have their workshops or repair centres were repairing of cars is done.
Top brands such as BMW, Audi, Mercedes etc. has their own car factory where they
majorly focus upon manufacturing luxurious cars for end customers.
 Leadership is an art of motivating a group of people so that they can work together in
order to achieve a common goal and objective.
 In car factory, it is extremely important for production manager to be effective, creative
and ethical leaders so that they can motivate their workforce in order to increase
production and high- quality cars can be manufacturers as per the needs and demand of
end target customers.

360 degree appraisal
 360 degree is an evaluation process in which information can be gained from multiple
sources like from oneself, colleagues, supervisors, sub ordinates etc.
 Within car factories this, 360- degree appraisal method is extremely important to be
used because using this method leaders can make their employees understand skills that
are required to be developed by them in order to bring improvement within themselves
and they can also develop skills that can help an individual in becoming effective
ethical and creative future leaders and can further help in opening future career growth
opportunities for them.

Data Analysis
 Do you think one can help others to gain control over their emotions and behaviour
even when they are involved in high- pressure situations?
 Me: Performance as expected
 Co-worker: Above average
 Do you think one work as an ethical or creative leader?
 Me: Performance as expected
 Co-worker: could benefit from development
 Do you think one learn from others mistakes and how do you think they use that
learning?
 Me: expert
 Co-worker: could benefit from development

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 Do your colleagues or sub-ordinates get motivated or influenced from them?
 Me: expert
 Co- worker: Above average
 Do one tend to take responsibilities of your own actions or decisions?
 Me: Expert
 Co- worker: Above average

Evaluation in light of target job of
production manager in car factory industry
 As a production manager it is my first and the foremost responsibility to motivate my sub-
ordinates so that they can work upon their performance, participate within raining and
development program in order to enhance their current skills and qualities so that desired
goal can be achieved.
 I do have ability to influence and motivate my colleagues or sub ordinates so that they can
focus upon bringing improvement within their own skills and qualities.
 Another important skill that a production manager working in car factory posses is to help
their sub ordinates to gain control over their emotions and behave in an appropriate manner
even in high pressure situation.

Results
Interpretation
From the above data analysis of questionnaire filled for self- evaluation
of ethical, creative and general leadership capabilities possessed by one-self, it has been
interpretated that:
 Do you think one can help others to gain control over their emotions and behaviour
even when they are involved in high- pressure situations?
Interpretation: From the above analysis it has been interpretated that I do have
skills that help me in helping others so that they can gain control over their emotions and
behaviour even in high pressure situations. As per the view point of my co-worker as well I
do possess skills of influencing others so that they can gain control over their emotions and
behave in an appropriate manner regardless of the situation.

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 Do you think one work as an ethical or creative leader?
Interpretation: From the above analysis it has been interpretated that according to
me I do work in an ethical manner and possess skills that makes me a creative and ethical
leader. But as per the feedback received by my colleague, I can bring improvement within
my ethical and creative leadership skills and can gain benefit from development or training.
 Do you think one learn from others mistakes and how do you think they use that
learning?
Interpretation: From the above analysis it has been interpretated that according to
me I do learn from others mistakes always but as per my co-worker I do need to bring
improvement within my skills of learning rom others this can be because I do ned to get
reminded that I can apply my learning in a particular situation.

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 Do your colleagues or sub-ordinates get motivated or influenced from them?
Interpretation: From the above analysis it has been interpretated that I do possess
skills to motivate or influence my sub ordinates. Even as per the feedback provided by my
colleague, I do possess skills of influencing and motivating others. It is one of the most
important skill which is required to be present within ethical leaders so that they can motivate
others to work ethically.
 Do one tend to take responsibilities of your own actions or decisions?
Interpretation: As per the feedback given by my colleague and my me it has been analysed that
I do take responsibilities of my own actions and decisions taken by me. It is extremely
important for creative and ethical leaders to take responsibilities of their own actions or
decisions because they work as ideal for their subordinates and for their followers and if they
will not take responsibilities of their own action and decisions then it will impact working of
other employees and they will start working in an unproductive and unethical manner.

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Evaluation on self- appraisal
 So, from the above interpretation it has been evaluated that some of my main strengths
are: controlling others emotions and behaviour under high pressure situation, influencing
and motivating others, and take responsibility of one’s own actions and behaviour.
 These skills are important to be present within a leader so that they can successfully
bring improvement within overall work of their subordinates or followers.
 But this analysis has also helped me in identifying my weaknesses upon which I need to
work on in order to become an effective creative and ethical leader.
 Some of these areas of skills upon which improvement is required to be brought is learn
from others mistake and implement that learning in an appropriate within different areas
in order to become an ethical and creative leader.

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