Leadership Influence Report: Employee Management at XYZ Accounting

This report assesses leadership influence on employee management within the fictional XYZ Accounting firm, a new company facing challenges in managing its employees. Key issues include a lack of sufficient knowledge and expertise, feelings of being ignored, and a lack of motivation among employees. The report emphasizes the importance of strategic and organizational leadership, coaching, mentorship, and a strong sense of ethics. Recommendations for leaders to create a strong influence include cross-functional leadership, fostering respect, building relationships with all employees, continuous education, and displaying positive attitudes to motivate the workforce. The report concludes that consistent motivation and a positive attitude from leaders are crucial for boosting employee morale and driving organizational success. Desklib provides access to similar solved assignments and resources for students.

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Leadership Influence
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Key issues concerning the management of employees....................................................................4
Leadership Influence.......................................................................................................................4
Recommendation for leaders to create a strong influence on the employees..................................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................5

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Introduction
The name of the fictional firm is XYZ Accounting firm. This firm has been set up 2years
back and is devoted to providing proper auditing services to all the organizations that seek their
help. However, as this is a very new set company there are many changes that have to be
brought. In other words, many improvements have to be done for the overall welfare of the
organization. As it is a very new firm, the management is facing several issues in managing the
employees in a proper and sound manner. The purpose of this report is mainly to use the
leadership influence on the organizational set up of this accounting firm. It is the leaders who
have to bring the necessary changes and lead the firm in a better way towards the bright and the
flawless future1.
Key issues concerning management of employees
The key issues that are being faced are
 Lack of sufficient knowledge and expertise
 Falling back and feeling ignored
 Lack of motivation
1 Handoko, B.L., Sabrina, S. and Hendra, E., 2017, October. The influence of
leadership styles on accounting information systems quality and its impact on
information quality survey on state-owned enterprises. In Communication Technology
(ICCT), 2017 IEEE 17th International Conference on (pp. 1989-1993). IEEE.

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Leadership Influence
The first aspect about the leadership that has to be carried on in the firm is strategic and
organizational leadership. The leaders must have the coaching and the mentorship ability. In
other words they must follow the method of constant improvement. This is because the rules and
the regulations of accounting are often very complicated and need many years of training. It is
for this reason that the employees working there need to have a very clear knowledge about the
accounting rules and laws. This is very necessary because the training and the coaching of all the
employees are very essential.
A strong sense of ethics is a must in the leaders of this XYZ Accounting firm. This is
because the prior work of this firm is to do the accounting and the auditing for many other
organizations. They cannot afford to make any mistakes in it. They also have to be ethically
correct on all grounds. Ethics is one of the most important aspects of an accounting firm. The
leaders have to teach the importance of ethics to his followers through his own practices. He has
to show that he tries to stay true to the ethics and he is honest in all his endeavors2.
Recommendation for leaders to create a strong influence on the employees
Cross-functional leadership is also one of the most important aspects that are displayed
by the leaders of a successful accounting firm3. This aspect has to be imbibing in this XYZ
2 Demirtas, O., 2015. Ethical leadership influence at organizations: Evidence from the
field. Journal of Business Ethics, 126(2), pp.273-284.
3 Eisenbeiss, S.A., Van Knippenberg, D. and Fahrbach, C.M., 2015. Doing well by
doing good? Analyzing the relationship between CEO ethical leadership and firm
performance. Journal of Business Ethics, 128(3), pp.635-651.

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accounting firm so that there are a proper relation and a strong connection with each and every
department, both the financial and the nonfinancial firms as well. An ideal leader in an
accounting firm must be able to gain a good respect from all. He will be able to make sure that
he is getting respect from the employees of all the different departments of the organization4. The
leader must make it a point to meet and talk with each and every employee of the organization.
As this is a newly set up firm, all the employee have to be made felt valued and treasured within
the organization5. He has to build a very good relationship with both the accounting and finance
and also the non-accounting and the non-finance employees6.
The leader also has to educate him or her on a constant basis. It is because he has to show
that he is capable enough to solve the problems of all his employees. As the employees are
recruited newly and might not be so well acquainted with the methods of working. As the job of
accounting and financing is a very critical job, the leader must train him constantly so that they
4 Stock, R.M., Totzauer, F. and Zacharias, N.A., 2014. A Closer Look at Cross‐
functional R&D Cooperation for Innovativeness: Innovation‐oriented Leadership and
Human Resource Practices as Driving Forces. Journal of Product Innovation
Management, 31(5), pp.924-938.
5 Pinder, C.C., 2014. Work motivation in organizational behavior. Psychology Press.
6 Barrick, M.R., Thurgood, G.R., Smith, T.A. and Courtright, S.H., 2015. Collective
organizational engagement: Linking motivational antecedents, strategic implementation, and
firm performance. Academy of Management journal, 58(1), pp.111-135.

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can help the employees. A leader must be very competent in helping his followers or the
subordinates7.
Displaying appositive attitudes by a leader is also very important. The theory of
motivation in the context of the OB or the organization behavior is something that wants to
imbibe the spirit of motivation among the employees. Being the newly set up and a start-up
organization, The leader must imbibe the theory of motivation in the employees of the XYZ
Accounting firm8. The common sense theory (approach 2) has to be imbibed that will recognize
the employees as the self-dependent and responsible individuals. They have a good sense of
responsibility and will do all the work of the organization in a proper way for the overall welfare
of the same.
Conclusion
Last but not the least, the leader must motivate the employees constantly and must be
able to display a very positive attitude throughout. This will help in keeping the morale of the
employees boosted and they will get the impetus to work.
7 Katz, E., Lazarsfeld, P.F. and Roper, E., 2017. Personal influence: The part played
by people in the flow of mass communications. Routledge.
8 Luthans, F., Luthans, B.C. and Luthans, K.W., 2015. Organizational Behavior: An
evidence-based approach. IAP.

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References
Barrick, M.R., Thurgood, G.R., Smith, T.A. and Courtright, S.H., 2015. Collective
organizational engagement: Linking motivational antecedents, strategic implementation, and
firm performance. Academy of Management journal, 58(1), pp.111-135.
Demirtas, O., 2015. Ethical leadership influence at organizations: Evidence from the field.
Journal of Business Ethics, 126(2), pp.273-284.
Eisenbeiss, S.A., Van Knippenberg, D. and Fahrbach, C.M., 2015. Doing well by doing good?
Analyzing the relationship between CEO ethical leadership and firm performance. Journal of
Business Ethics, 128(3), pp.635-651.
Handoko, B.L., Sabrina, S. and Hendra, E., 2017, October. The influence of leadership styles on
accounting information systems quality and its impact on information quality survey on state-
owned enterprises. In Communication Technology (ICCT), 2017 IEEE 17th International
Conference on (pp. 1989-1993). IEEE.
Katz, E., Lazarsfeld, P.F. and Roper, E., 2017. Personal influence: The part played by people in
the flow of mass communications. Routledge.
Luthans, F., Luthans, B.C. and Luthans, K.W., 2015. Organizational Behavior: An
evidencebased approach. IAP.
Pinder, C.C., 2014. Work motivation in organizational behavior. Psychology Press.

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Stock, R.M., Totzauer, F. and Zacharias, N.A., 2014. A Closer Look at Cross‐functional R&D
Cooperation for Innovativeness: Innovation‐oriented Leadership and Human Resource Practices
as Driving Forces. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 31(5), pp.924-938.