MASTERS IAP 607: Independent Critical Analysis of Leadership Impact

This project presents an independent critical analysis of transformational leadership within the hotel industry. The research identifies organizational culture as a crucial element, highlighting the failures of many hotels to shape their culture effectively. The study employs a qualitative research metho...Read More

Independent Critical
Analysis
By
Name of the student

Transformational leadership has positive
impact on organizational culture
 Transformation leadership is critical for shaping the
modern organizational culture
 The diverse mechanisms within an organization is
controlled by leaders
 Leaders develop personal credibility and trusting
relationship within the workforce
 This research has analysed the research problem
by formulating effective qualitative research
methodology

Problem Identification
 Organization culture is one of the most important elements of
hotel industry.
 The majority of the business entities in hotel industry are
failing to shape their organization culture due to the nature of
the business
 Ineffective organization culture results in lack of motivation
and decrease in retention rate within organizations

Research Methodology
 Positivism
 Causal research design
 Deductive approach
 Primary qualitative data collection
 Sample size 1
 Purposive sampling
 Coding

Questionnaire Design and Interview
process
 Interview Questionnaire
 Open ended questions
 In-depth qualitative answers
 The Food and beverage director of Marriott has been chosen
 Christos Pavlidis has been working in Marriott for considerable
amount of time and has provided immense knowledge on the topic

Findings and Analysis
 The findings show that leadership has positive
influence on organizational culture
 Transformational leadership is used in most of the
cases to shape the workforce and improve the
organizational efficiency
 It motivates and increases the employee
engagement within the organization
 It improves the retention rate

References
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