A Report on the Impact of Leadership on Organizational Performance

This report investigates the critical influence of leadership on organizational performance, exploring various leadership styles, qualities, and their impact on business outcomes. The report begins with an introduction that highlights the significance of leadership in determining organizational changes and improvements. It then establishes a conceptual framework, emphasizing leadership as an independent variable affecting organizational performance, which in turn impacts the decision-making process and employee motivation. A comprehensive literature review examines the concept of effective leadership, communication skills, and how they drive organizational growth and sustainability. It also explores organizational performance, focusing on quality management, innovation, and the ability to cope with market competition. The methodology section details the research philosophy (Positivism), the deductive research approach, and the explanatory research design chosen to analyze the cause-and-effect relationship between leadership and performance. The report also outlines the data collection process, ethical considerations, limitations, and a detailed research timeline, including a Gantt chart, to illustrate the project's progress and key milestones. The research relies on secondary data collected from various sources, including government websites, company reports, and peer-reviewed journals, to ensure data reliability and comprehensive analysis.

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1. Introduction
Leadership of an organization helps in determining the change in the performance of the
same in the market. The major aspects of the transition are based on the quality and the style of
leadership that is applied to the organization for bringing in improvements in the systems and the
performance of the business. The chief determinants of the transition are based on the forms of
leadership qualities that affect the performance of the organization in the market. Alternatively,
the decision making functions of effective leadership also helps the organizations in bringing
forth improvements in the organizational performance. Komives (2016) stated that the
determination of the needs of the organization and the dependence of the same on the forms of
leadership forms the major part of the research that the researcher is willing to undertake. The
dependence of organizational performance on the effective leadership is based on the functioning
of the leaders. The approach of the leadership is based on the understanding of the contingencies
that are faced by the organization and the manner in which the leadership affects the smooth
functioning of the business.
2. Conceptual framework
Leadership is an independent variable on which the organizational performance is
dependent. The smooth functioning of the organization is based on the approaches of the
leadership and the styles that are implemented by the leaders through the understanding of the
needs of the organization to bring in improvements in the market. The different approaches of
leadership like motivation to the employees and the decision making systems of the
organization is determined through the qualities of leadership. It helps in bringing forth
innovations in the systems of the organization in the market. The determination of the different

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factor helps in determining the changes in the structure and the performance of the organization
as per the needs of the same in the market. The determination of the sustainability of the
organization based on the understanding of the effectiveness s of the leadership that is applied to
the structure of the organization. On the other hand, the factor that affects the functioning of the
organizational performance is based on the needs of the organization to cope up to the
competition in the market.
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3. Literature review
3.1 Concept of effective leadership
Effective leadership is characterized by an integration of the honesty- sincerity and the
implementation of the ethics, which helps in keeping the workforce influenced and motivated
(Antonakis & House, 2013). The proper communication skill of the leaders helps in
determining the various issues that are faced by the employees while working in the
organization. The major changes as per the needs of the market are determined through the
functioning of the leader. Communication is an attribute that affects the functioning of the
leadership and thereby helps in determining the changes in the performance of the businesses in
the market structure (Johnson, 2017). The determination of the transition that the organizations
are required to undertaken and the decision making function that is being undertaken by the
leaders helps in determining the improvements in the performance of the organization. On the
other hand, the proper functioning of the leadership approach helps in the growth and expansion
of the business firm, in the market resulting to its sustainability (Tannenbaum, Weschler &
Massarik, 2013).
Bolman and Deal (2017) stated that the effectiveness of the functions of the leader helps
in determining the change in the structure and the functioning of the business in the market. On
the other hand, the determination of the sustenance of the organization is based on the
communicational and motivational functions that are undertaken by the leaders in favour of the
business (Johnston & Marshall, 2016). On the other hand, the determination of the needs of the
organization is based on the effective leadership practices undertaken by the same (Beck &
Cowan, 2014). It has facilitated the determination of the sustenance of the organization in the
market. The key features of the change, according to Wang et al. (2014), has helped in

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determination of the sustenance of the business in the market. The transition in the organization
is facilitated through the understanding of the leadership qualities and the application of the same
on the organizational inputs (Daft, 2014). Effective leadership is characterized by the
understanding of the capabilities of the organization to bring in the change and thereby motivate
the employees to the assigned objective. The change in the structure and the performance of the
organization helps the same in bringing forth improvements (Hargreaves & Fink, 2012).
3.2 Concepts of organizational performance
Organizational performance is characterized by the understanding of the different aspect
of the change that is being undertaken by the business to bring in improvements in the situation
of the same in the market (Chemers, 2014). The key factors that helps in determining the change
in the systems is dependent on the needs of the organization to sustain in the international
markets (Yukl, 2013). The decision making attributes of leadership helps the organizations in
making innovations based on the determination of the capabilities of the business. The
determination of the capabilities of the organization is facilitated through the the financial and
the workforce capabilities of the business to bring in the transition in the systems (Goleman,
Boyatzis & McKee, 2013). Thereby leadership plays an important role in determining the
progress that is planned by the organization through the decision making functions, which helps
the organization in coping up with the market competition resulting to its sustenance in the
markets. Grant, (2012) stated that the determination of the needs of the employees helps in the
identification of the varied changes in the organizational culture (Spillane, 2012). Effective
leadership helps in determining the changes in the performance of the organization, which
facilitates the improvement in the functioning of the business in the market. Organizational
performance is again based on the quality management, which plays an important part in the

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progress that is planned by the business as per the needs of the same to cope up with the
competition in the market (Dinh et al., 2014). Choudhary, Akhtar and Zaheer, (2013) stated that
the quality management of the organization helps in determining the improvements in the
system of the business. Therefore, Leadership, being an independent variable helps in
determining the changes in the functioning of the organizational performance which is a
dependent variable.
4. Methodology
4.1 Research philosophy
Research philosophy helps the researcher to identify the different aspects of the effective
research paradigms. It helps in determining the aspects of the research and the manner in which
the research is going to provide the required outcome of the same. The research philosophy is
comprised of the four types - positivism, interpretivism, realism and pragmatism. The
researcher will be choosing Positivism, which is based on the research that will be undertaken by
the researcher, which will be based on the implementation of the scientific techniques. It helps
the researcher in identifying the different aspects of the change in the research, the constants, and
the variables that occupies the elements of the research.
4.2 Research Approach
The research approach that will be considered by the researcher while undertaking the
research is the deductive approach. The deductive approach will be helping the researcher to
scrutinize the different models and the theories that are available from the past research works,
which is relating to the research that the researcher is aiming to undertake. The approach will be
helping the researcher to go through journals and the peer reviewed sections for deducing the

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various theories and models relating to the leadership and the manner in which it affects the
organizational performance.
4.3 Research Design
The researcher will be undertaking the Explanatory research design, which helps in
determining the cause- effect relationship through the enumeration of the possible outcomes that
the research might bear. The researcher has planned to undertake the explanatory design as the
researcher will be unable to state the issues in the research and conduct an issue analysis on the
same. On the other hand, the cause-and effect relationship is quite evident through the study of
the leadership and the manner in which it affects the organizational performance. Therefore, the
researcher will be taking steps to undertake the Explanatory research design for the research.
4.4 Data collection process
Data helps in measuring the fundamental needs of the study to culminate into the results.
The data collecting process that will be used is Secondary research systems. The independent
variable that will be considered as per the needs of the research is Leadership. The
independent variable comprises of decision-making, setting of the objective and cultivating
capabilities. The dependent variable is Organizational Performance, which is comprised of
sustainability, TQM and competitiveness. The researcher will be collecting data from the
government websites and company’s annual reports, company’s sustainability reports. The
major source of the secondary data is http://www.abs.gov.au/ . The site https://cemi.com.au/
will be helping to evaluate the impacts of the leadership in the organizational performance. The
review of the Australian databases and the profiling of the company websites in the nation have
also helped in handling the research data. This site https://zdoc.site/effects-of-leadership-style-

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on-organizational-performance-au is also used for understanding the impacts created by
leadership on organizational performance. The other sources that are consulted by the researcher
are peer-reviewed journals, articles, newsletters, blogs and government aided statistical
reports.
Source Data collected
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/
247569637_Executive_Leadership_and_Organizat
ional_Performance_Suggestions_for_a_New_The
ory_and_Methodology
Secondary data will be collected from the source
relating to executive leadership and organizational
performance
https://managersandleaders.com.au/wp-content/
uploads/2016/12/AIM-Research-ABLS-2001.pdf
Secondary data will be collected from the source
relating to leadership, organizational culture and the
outcomes of the effective leadership through the
identification of the different statistics.
https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/
bitstream/handle/10072/25084/46919_1.pdf?
sequence=2
Secondary data will be collected from the source
relating to the exploration of the different concepts
of 21st century leadership and the manner in which it
affects the organizational performance in the
respective markets
4.5 Ethical consideration and reliability of the data
The researcher will be taking steps to determine the ethics of the research based on the
authenticity of the research and the journal articles that would be used in the research. The usage
of the peer reviewed journals will be helping the researcher to undertake a reliable source of

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information for the research which will be helping the researcher in conducting an ethical
research.
4.6 Limitation of the research
The researcher might face a limitation while undertaking the research due to the shortage
of time and the available resources. The shortage of available researcher on the topic might affect
the research that the researcher is planning to incorporate in the research work. On the other
hand, time is again an important factor that affects the research that is planned by the researcher.
Time frame:
Task Week
1
Week
2
Week
3
Week
4
Week
5
Week
6
Week
7
Week
8
Week
9
Selection of topic
and search for
justification
Constructing
literature
Selecting
appropriate
methods
Data collection
Data analysis and
representation

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Reviewing the
outcomes
Conclusions and
recommendations
Submitting draft
of the project
Printing and final
submission
Table 1: Table showing the timeframe of the entire research
(Source: As created by author)
5. Gantt chart
5.1 Research Plan
Task Name Duration Start Finish
Project Plan 55 days Mon 4/16/18 Fri 6/29/18
Topic Selection 1 wk Mon 4/16/18 Fri 4/20/18
Data collection from secondary 1 wk Mon 4/23/18 Fri 4/27/18

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sources
Framing layout of the research 1 wk Mon 4/30/18 Fri 5/4/18
Literature review 1 wk Mon 5/7/18 Fri 5/11/18
Formation of the research Plan 1 wk Mon 5/14/18 Fri 5/18/18
Selection of the Appropriate
Research Techniques
1 wk Mon 5/21/18 Fri 5/25/18
Secondary data collection 1 wk Mon 5/28/18 Fri 6/1/18
Analysis & Interpretation of
Data Collection
1 wk Mon 6/4/18 Fri 6/8/18
Conclusion of the Study 1 wk Mon 6/11/18 Fri 6/15/18
Formation of Rough Draft 1 wk Mon 6/18/18 Fri 6/22/18
Submission of Final Work 1 wk Mon 6/25/18 Fri 6/29/18
5.2 Gantt chart

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