DBN 508 Leadership: Business Analysis of Auckland Transport Project

This project report focuses on leadership within Auckland Transport, examining its impact on business development. It identifies the role of a Human Resource Manager, outlining job descriptions and person specifications, and assesses self-leadership qualities using a questionnaire. The report highlights strengths in planning and decision-making, and weaknesses in confidence and communication, proposing personal development plans to address these areas. Action plans with short-term and long-term goals are detailed, including strategies for improving confidence and communication skills. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of leadership in organizational development and the value of diverse perspectives within Auckland Transport. Desklib provides a platform for students to access this and other solved assignments.

Leadership in
Business
A study On Auckland Transport

Introduction
• Leadership is the most interesting way to
change the change the business dimension
from good to best.
• The situation in the leadership process always
range up the strategy that implemented by the
employees.
• The strategic successfulness is the key manner
that business development process has started.

Selected area of business
• Auckland Transport has been chosen for this report and the
company is one of the responsible regional transport services in
Auckland.

Key Matrix Service

Targeted managerial position
• I have targeted the position of Human resource
manager and will achieve the position for the
development of the organization.
• The position is very important for the organization
and that will deliver a huge responsibility on me.

Job description
• The structure and planning of the organisational are important. It can meet the
goal and objectives through the departmental support and employee engagement.
• The eye on the target market is the crucial aspect that HR manager. The man has
to select a target market for the product or service. The CSR team controlling
entire target market and know about the culture and ethical approaches to the
position.
• Policies and presentation is the key policy in the human resource management
and that is the reason most of the organisational decisions are made by this
department.
• The process implementation of reward and recognition is the key process and that
is the reason motivation from the workplace sustains. The extrinsic motivation for
employees work in that case and that is the key process of employee engagement
as well.

Person specification
• The in-depth knowledge of business and the organisational operation process is
important for the business. The critical thinking and analyse the position of the
market and to improve the market position is the key matter of this.
• Effective communication is another process that needs to be evolved in the
proper ways so that leadership mentality is not justified over the employees.
• The process of ethical behaviour in that case in important and organisational
ethical sustainability needs to be maintained by that.
• The form of transactional leadership is important for the organisation where the
reward and recognition process is the key matter to motivate employees.
• The policy of focus and supervision is the key factor of the leadership process.
This is a strict process of reward and punishment hand in hand.

Self-assessed leadership
• The form of questionnaire states that my
behaviour is kind of Executive form and I
have some specific quality specification for
that process.
• The aim aspect of Executives is to anticipate
the difference between right and wrong and
socially familiar with the community together.
• Those people who have Executive personality
type are appreciated for their lucid
recommendation and leadership, and they
gladly lead the method on complex paths.

Two major strengths and
weaknesses
• The two major strengths, in that case, are Planning and Decision
making
• Two major weaknesses in this process are the lack of confidence
and communication.

4. Personal Development Plan (Lack of
Confidence )
• To makes some positive practices and improve the position of the self-
esteem.
• The objective can be measured after few weeks a set of the decision will
be taken by me and that is the right decision to measure the situation.
• The training process is important for the occasion. The process of
meditation is important in that case and that provides enough boosting
power t attain the process.
• For being a complete leader, there are some vital aspects needed to be
addressed. The realistic angle of achieving the process presented in that
section as the process helps me in my near future.
• The objective can be achieved within 7 days.

4. Personal Development Plan
(Communication)
• To determine problem issues of communication and implement
strategies on it.
• I will take part in different speech practices and take part in some
interview to evaluate my verbal communication started.
• I will join a one-month communication course for the development of
my communication.
• The objective competency is important for achieving leadership. For
the leadership approach, this is the important process to be
completed.
• The objective can be achieved within 20 days.

4.2 Action Plan (Short-Term Goal )
• 1. To improve the level of confidence
• Books
• Computer help
• Newspaper
• Journal
• Magazine
• Meditation classes will help me to gain my confidence.
• Books and journals also help me to improve the level of confidence.
• Stress relief factor also improves the confidence level.
• Situation analysis will help me to improve the level o confidence.
• My teacher and mentor will help me throughout the process and will improve the level of confidence in that
manner.
• Improved decision making skill
• Improved philosophy
• Improved mental strength
• The improved process set up
• 7 days

Action Plan (Long-Term Goal)
• 2. To improve the effective level of communication
• General communication
• Books
• Audio and videos
• Journals and newspapers
• Joining one-month communication classes to improve my communication
• Reading some important communication books and journals
• Mental set up process has been created
• Self-actualisation and interpret the conflict situation through my behaviour.
• The communication course is helpful for me and I get enough help from the process.
• Improved interaction process
• Improved conversation clarity
• Conflict mitigation case
• Improved personality development
• 20 days

Conclusion
• Therefore it can be concluded that leadership in business is the key
process to develop the organisation development.
• Auckland Transport is one of the biggest transport brands in New
Zealand. Diversity in thought, on the other hand, can be quite
useful to society.
• People with different ways of thinking should always exist, within
reason, in government and society as a whole. Again, to clarify, this
should be practical.

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