Leadership and Management Report: Auto Sector Challenges and Solutions

This report delves into the realm of leadership and management within the automobile sector, specifically examining the challenges faced by companies like General Motors (GM). The report explores the critical role of leadership in navigating issues such as globalization, sustainability, competition, and technological advancements. It analyzes how leaders can learn from unusual situations, adapt to change, and meet the requirements of various roles and positions. The report also discusses the importance of cultural understanding and effective leadership pathways, providing insights into how leaders can motivate and guide employees. The conclusion emphasizes the significance of leadership and management in driving organizational growth and development, highlighting the impact on employee motivation and goal achievement. References include academic sources on leadership and management.

LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENT
• Introduction
• Challenges in auto mobile sector
• Learning from unusual cases and situations
• Requirements in particular roles and positions

• Crossing culture or countries
• Different pathways to lead effectively
• Conclusion
• References
TABLE OF CONTENT

Leadership refers to an activity and process of guiding and leading individuals regarding an
activity task and project within a company. It can be a procedure or art of encouraging
employees of member of a team to act and work regarding a goal and aim to accomplish it
in an appropriate manner.
INTRODUCTION

Leadership is a process of motivating and influencing employees so that they can feel
encouraged and complete their work in appropriate way. In leadership leader play an
important role to guide the workers so that they can clearly have information about their
work and task and complete it in set time period.
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General Motors has been concerned in a range of international speculations aimed at
extending their penetration in the car makers. In car makers market and has also maximised
its share of the market as well as sales. The American car industry is the biggest in the
world in terms of number of cars manufactured and sold.
CHALLENGES IN AUTO MOBILE SECTOR

So there are various challenges which are faced by it, they are mentioned as below:
• Globalisation- It indicates to the act of operating, running and expanding business in
different nations or marketplace. It can be a process in which individual, sentiments and
products extended throughout the world, prodding more interaction and consolidation
between the world's culture, national authorities and economies.
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• Sustainability- It is also generate challenge for General Motors because this company
operate its business international level so due to geographical location, the consumer of
this company have different needs and demands regarding production of products.
• Competition- It is another challenge which highly affect the business, production and
sells of the organisation unfavourable. There are number of auto-mobile companies which
generate competition for respective company producing similar or substitute product.
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• Technology- It is a major challenges which is highly faced by Auto Mobile industry. Each
day a new technology is developed so if the company do not use it in its products and
production process then it create unfavourable impact upon this sector.
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Leader is a person who is always ready to learn from different situations and circumstances
so that the individual can have experiences of them and provide effective solution to the
company and employees when these kind of situation arise in the company. In General
Motors, Mary T. Barra also play an effective leader who is also learn form different
situations which are generated within the company.
LEARNING FROM UNUSUAL CASES AND
SITUATIONS

There are various change which are generated in General Motors are defined as follows:
• Technological change- There are various technological change are occurred in respective
company on sudden basis. For example, to minimize and reduce pollution and carbon
emission, it has invested in autonomous vehicles, electrification and vehicle connectivity.
• Impact of Brexit- it is another factor which make sudden change in the company or generate
a case or situation within the company. When Brexit come, it affect company's production,
sales and others factors.
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There are various roles and responsibilities are played by leaders and mangers in an
organisation. They are work for the growth and development of the company. Managers
designs and formulate strategies and plans whereas leaders implement them with the help
of employees for effective operations and activities of the company so that the organisation
can achieve its set objective in set time period.
REQUIREMENTS IN PARTICULAR ROLES
AND POSITIONS

There are various role which are played by leader and manager in effective way. They are as
following:
• Sets clear vision- In an organisation leader is responsible to design and formulate vision
to the employees and people of the team who are working in a group to achieve a
common goal.
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• Motivate employees- It is another role which is effectively play by leaders in firms to
encouraging employees when they are feeling demotivated which influence their work. In
GM, Marry Barra organise and conduct motivational sessions and programs so that
employees feel motivated and complete their work effectively.
• Guide employees- Leaders also responsible to provide guidance to employees when they
are working in a project and task.
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• Training and learning- Leader also play an important to train employees so that they can
make improvement in their skills and knowledge to complete their allotted and assigned
task and project.
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Culture around the world are acquiring more and more interrelated and the business concern
world is becoming progressively worldwide. To get information about cultural difference
GM can use Hofstede cultural dimensions framework. It is defined as follows:
• Low power distance vs high power distance- Power distance refers to the standard of
difference that exists and recognized by individual with and without cognition.
CROSSING CULTURE OR COUNTRIES

• Individualism vs collectivism- It indicates to the strength of the mutual ties between
individuals within a certain community.
• Masculinity vs Femininity- It consist that how much a society complies with its values
and traditional male and female roles.
• Low uncertainty avoidance vs high uncertainty avoidance- In this cultural framework, it
indicates to the degree of anxiety that society members feel when they are suffered with
uncertain and unknown situation.
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• Short term orientation vs long term
orientation- It mentions to society rules
which are base on traditions. Those
organisation which are worked by
considering ethical culture and
considering norms and values of the
company.
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There are various ways which can be used by the leader of a company to motive and
encourage employees of the company. Leadership is an ability which is used by the
management of a company to influence and empower others while administrating and
maintaining a commitment to do what is effective correct and good for the growth and
development of the company.
DIFFERENT PATHWAYS TO LEAD
EFFECTIVELY

Some essential leadership pathway are as following:
• Explore- In it, leader of GM can find out and identify the areas and regions where they
can use their leadership to motivate employees.
• Connect- In It, leader of GM can connect the leadership with aims and objectives of the
task and encourage employees and team members regarding the aims and objectives of
the company which are developed regarding task.
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• Engage- When the leaders of GM set aims and objectives of the task then they lead,
guide and motivate employees so that they can show their interest in order to accomplish
their aims and objectives.
• Enrich- In It, they lead workers regarding the benefits which are provided them after
achieving their set goals.
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As per the defined information it can be summarised that leadership and management is an
effective aspect for the organisational growth and development. Leadership help leader to
motivate employees and workers so that they can feel motived and effectively complete
their work in order to accomplish their set objectives.
CONCLUSION

• Arnold, R., Fletcher, D. and Anderson, R., 2015. Leadership and management in elite
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• Bolden, R., 2016. Leadership, management and organisational development. In Gower
handbook of leadership and management development (pp. 143-158). Routledge.
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