Strategic Human Resource Management: Leadership Styles and Practices

This presentation explores the impact of various leadership styles, including dominant, transformational, and situational approaches, on organizational performance. It delves into organizational theories such as scientific management and human relations, emphasizing their impact on productivity and employee relations. The presentation also examines different management approaches, such as cultivating and steering management, exemplified by Apple Inc. and Innov8, respectively. The classical, human relations, and strategic theories are presented, concluding that leadership styles significantly influence organizational outcomes and that management practices, like those used by Innov8, can be beneficial. References from academic journals support the analysis.

Introduction
Presentation is prepared to elucidate the
impact of different leadership styles on
organisation and the impact of different
practises of management followed.

● Effectiveness of leadership styles in different
organizations
Dominant
In this type leaders act as benevolent ruler who command his followers with
strict rules and regulations.
Transformational
Organization desiring to bring transition in the structure and manner of
operations adopt transformational style of leadership. These leaders are
opportunists in nature seeking new ways to expand venture. It increases the
motivation level of employees with the increase in zeal to work.
Situational
Leaders adopt pragmatic approach to deal with different situation encountered in
the market.

● Organizational theories
There are certain ways in which management is practised in an
organization. It defines the approaches in which goals are achieved.
Scientific management caters to adopt practical approach for the task
completion in systematic manner to achieve specialization whereas
human relations states that productivity of organization is increased by
developing resourceful and healthy relations between employer and
employee.
Endowing interpersonal skills such as decision making, delegation
influence the management practice by having direct impact on the
performances of subordinates. Utilizing power and authority in effective
manner enables the managers to fulfill their responsibilities and resolve
issues occurring.

● Different approaches to the management
There are different management approaches used by organization such as
Apple Inc is using cultivating management approach and given
organisation Innov8 is adopting steering management approach.
Cultivation management approach rely on utilizing the existing abilities
and skills possessed by the employees of the organization and utilizing
them in the appropriate manner. Apple proceeds by stimulating collective
activities such as identification of required inputs, providing appropriate
governance and delivering effective solutions whereas Steering
management in place of addressing issues collectively, it caters to derive
short term, specific and instrumental outcomes. Innov8 by adopting the
tools such as policy development, acceptance testing and decision making
implements the projects and objectives framed.

Continued...
● Classical Theory: It states the fragmentation of work into
smaller sections enables the employees to work lucratively. It is
used to bring hassle free working at smaller units.
● Human relations: Oriented towards maintaining good relational
constructs between employer and employee makes the work
place resourceful. It reduces the turnover and increase efficiency.
● Strategic: It is the manner in which planning is done through
setting out clear vision and objectives and directing the
employees towards the organisational goals.

Conclusion
● From the above study it has been
articulated that leadership style has
significant impact on performances of
organisation. Further, practices of
management such as scientific
management accrue benefits to
innov8.

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