Proposal: Impact of Organizational Leadership on Business Activities

This document presents a research proposal focused on investigating the impact of organizational leadership, particularly transactional leadership, on business activities and operations, using Asda, a British supermarket chain, as a case study. The proposal includes an introduction highlighting the importance of organizational leadership in setting objectives and motivating employees, specific research objectives to understand the concept of organizational leadership, determine the role and benefits of transactional leadership, and examine the issues faced by Asda in its implementation. Key research questions are posed to guide the investigation, followed by a literature review that references various authors and their perspectives on organizational leadership, its benefits, and potential drawbacks, such as lack of continuous improvement and employee dissatisfaction. The proposal concludes with a list of references used for the literature review.

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Formative project (feedback from seminar tutor):
Research Proposal
(500 words)
Title of Topic/Project Proposal
“An investigation into the impact of organizational leadership on business activities and
operations of a company”.
1.0 Introduction (2-3 short sentences)
Organizational leadership is referred as a management approach in which leaders set
objectives for the company while encouraging employees to successfully implement out
activities in attaining those objectives. For the present study, Asda is taken into
consideration. It is a British supermarket chain that was established in year 1949 and
headquartered in England, United Kingdom. The main purpose of the study is to identify
the impact of organizational leadership on business activities and operations of a
company
1.1 Identify a specific researchable topic area:
Organizational leadership plays vital role within a company as it allow to set plans
and accomplish objectives with high efficiency. In addition to this, it communicates the
vision and mission, develop strategic plans and also motivate individuals to put their full
potential in order to attain objectives within stipulated time period. It also assist company
in managing and implementing all the activities and operations in an effective and proper
manner that further leads to achievement of higher growth and success at marketplace.
1.2 The importance of the problem (what you know about the importance of your topic, so
far)
Organizational leadership is important for motivating, facilitating and directing
employees in order to achieve objectives. In the present time period, Asda is facing issue
as its employees feel dissatisfied because they did not get rewards as per their
performance. This decline the productivity and efficiency of employees that further
decline the performance of organization at marketplace. With the help of transactional
leadership, the higher authorities are able to emphasis on the role of supervision as well
as good performance. Leaders and managers who implement such style use rewards to
motivate or encourage staff members. It also motivate employees to work with full
potential in order to attain objectives within set time frame.

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1.3 Aim of the research project
“To identify the role of transactional leadership in managing business activities and
operations of an organization”. A study on Asda
2.0 Research Objectives and Research Question(s) (2 or 3 ideas you have now)
Research objectives:
 To understand the concept of organizational leadership.
 To determine the role and benefits of transactional leadership in managing
business activities and operations of an organization.
 To examine the issues faced by Asda while using transactional leadership for
managing activities and operations in organization.
Research Questions:
 What is the concept of organizational leadership?
 What the role and benefits of transactional leadership in managing business
activities and operations of an organization?
 What are the issues faced by Asda while using transactional leadership for
managing activities and operations in organization?
3.0 Literature Review (1-2 short paragraphs)
To understand the concept of organizational leadership.
As per the view point of Sofia Tokar, (2020), organizational leadership is the
ability to lead teams and group of people for attaining objectives. In addition to this, it
mainly focus on developing leadership abilities and skills of employees which are
relevant in order to successfully implement activities and operations of a company
(Organizational leadership, 2020.)
To determine the role and benefits of transactional leadership in managing activities and
operations of an organization.
According to Kristine, (2021), Organizational leadership is important as it motivate
team members to execute the work assigned to them in an effective manner. In addition
to this, It allows for a problem solving mindset and also allow leaders to remain objective
oriented (Importance of organizational leadership, 2021). Apart from this, it also plays
other roles such as promotes communication and ethics, provide efficiency and so on.
To examine the issues faced by Asda while using transactional leadership for managing
activities and operations in organization.

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As per the view pint of Juneja, (2020) it is determined that there are various issues
faced by company at the time of using transactional leadership. One of the issue is it
does not leads to continuous improvement and did not develop any change within the
company (Transactional leadership theory, 2020). Along with this, lack of communication
and employee dissatisfaction is also the issue faced by company while using
transactional leadership for managing business activities and operations.

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REFERENCES
Books & Journal
Alblooshi, M., Shamsuzzaman, M. and Haridy, S., 2020. The relationship between
leadership styles and organisational innovation: a systematic literature review and
narrative synthesis. European Journal of Innovation Management.
Haque, A., Fernando, M. and Caputi, P., 2020. How is responsible leadership related to
the three-component model of organisational commitment?. International Journal
of Productivity and Performance Management.
Shahid, S. and Muchiri, M.K., 2019. Positivity at the workplace: Conceptualising the
relationships between authentic leadership, psychological capital, organisational
virtuousness, thriving and job performance. International Journal of Organizational
Analysis.
Online
Organizational leadership, 2020 [Online] Available through; <
https://www.snhu.edu/about-us/newsroom/2018/07/what-is-organizational-
leadership>
Importance of organizational leadership, 2021 [Online] Available through; <
https://www.betterup.com/blog/what-is-organizational-leadership-and-why-is-it-
important>
Transactional leadership theory, 2020 [Online] Available
through;https://www.managementstudyguide.com/transactional-leadership.htm