Leadership and Management: Styles, Culture, Diversity and Law

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of leadership styles and their application within an organisational context, using Tesco as a case study. It evaluates various leadership models such as authoritarian, participative, and servant leadership, examining their influence on team development and conflict resolution. The report further explores the significance of organisational culture and its effect on leadership approaches, highlighting how leaders shape core values, foster learning, and promote recognition. Moreover, it delves into the impact of diversity management and employment law on creating an inclusive workplace culture, emphasising the benefits of cultural diversity in skill development, talent retention, and team creativity, as well as the role of employment law in preventing discrimination and harassment. The conclusion stresses the importance of leadership in achieving business goals through effective influence and team management.

Leadership and
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
Evaluate leadership styles and models...................................................................................3
Consider the use and balance of leadership styles and models to develop organisational team.
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Identify organisational culture and its effect on the leadership styles....................................5
Analyse the impact of diversity management and employment law......................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
Books and Journals:................................................................................................................9
Online:....................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Leadership is a very crucial topic which is important in the organisation. This relates with
the leading, directing or influencing people in order get the organisational objectives and aims.
Business leaders use different techniques, styles or models in order to lead other people to meet
the organisational needs. Tesco has been taken into consideration to prepare this report. It is
global retail organisation in UK (Alvesson, 2019). In the current report, various leadership styles
and models have been applied in a business context. It will also analyse those leadership styles or
models that helps in developing an effective team. It also explores business culture and its impact
on leadership styles. Lately, it will highlight the influence of diversity management, along with
employment law to develop an inclusive work culture.
TASK
Evaluate leadership styles and models.
Leadership can be understood as a process of motivating others to perform their jobs in
collaborative manner to attain bigger things in an organisation. In respect of Tesco, different
leadership styles have been explained below: Authoritarian leadership: This is one of the kind of leadership styles in which only one
person impose expectation and elaborate the objectives or results in business context. In
this style, leader is identified as the most knowledgeable person in the entire group. In
context with Tesco, suppose there is a need to adopt or employ a new technology in the
business in order to have a smooth and fast working by the employees. This decision can
be taken only by the leader and they do not tend to ask for any kind of suggestions from
their employees (The 5 leadership styles you can use, 2021). Participative leadership: Leaders come in this category tend to believe in the employee
engagement and involvement in the business. They involve group members in the process
of decision-making in order to feel them valued and motivated towards their work. In
respect of Tesco, participative leaders involve their team members in order to get
innovative and fresh ideas that lead their business while attaining competitive benefits.
 Servant: Service leader will combine selflessness with a concentration on the higher
requirements on the higher needs of others as workforce work toward attaining the
business vision. With the help of awareness and self-reflection, leader attain perception

into own purpose in work and life, the personal character and the meaning of their
leadership efforts. In addition to Tesco, servant leaders help their team members in order
to grow them personally and professionally. They analyse the gaps in skills and
knowledge and try to fulfil them various tools and resources. This aids in increasing
employee morale and attain higher success in the business.
Consider the use and balance of leadership styles and models to develop organisational team.
Teams are often complex and dynamic in nature. Ideally, each and every member in a
team possesses a very crucial role and works as a team to support other members attain their
objectives. Every member in a team should be responsible and work cooperatively for the benefit
of the organisation. In context to Tesco, various types of teams feature diverse leadership roles.
The following is the discussion of role of leaders in building effective team for the business: Resolving conflicts: It is one of the crucial roles of being a leader is to resolve internal
group conflicts so that effective team can be built. In most of the cases, conflicts are
taken as a positive influence as they can inspire employees to enhance their skills and
lend more to success of whole team (Glatthorn and et.al., 2018). While, on other side,
these conflicts can also deliver negative outcome as it can threaten or damage the success
of team. By using effective leadership style, leaders of Tesco monitor conflicts and
consider when it is time to move in and what techniques should be explored to resolve the
conflicts. Setting direction: The team leader also plays the role of directing his or her team and
then institutes policies and procedures created to move the team towards meeting the
organisational goals. In Tesco, leaders use participative leadership style to supports their
employees to comprehend the team's aspirations (Mehta, 2020). They also develop a
method for attaining them and then work with the employees to fulfil their
responsibilities.
 Setting an example: Team members desire to have an example of how to work within the
business' guidelines, how to professionally behave or act in any circumstance and how to
increase productivity. Thus, it is vital for the leader to look and set themselves as an
example in front of their employees. With usage of servant leadership, leader of Tesco
become the role model for their team members to look for the dedication and motivation.

In context to Tesco, the leaders work side by side with their employees to get them to
acknowledge that everyone in the group requires to hard work to succeed in the business.
Identify organisational culture and its effect on the leadership styles.
Organisational culture can be defined as the collection of practices, values, beliefs and
expectations that lead and inform the activities of all the members in a team. This signifies a
proper way of behaving within the business. This business culture includes a set of values and
beliefs established by leaders and then same conveyed and shared through multiple methods, in
the end shaping employee's behaviours, perceptions and understanding. In case of Tesco,
effective leadership highly influence the workplace culture (Gowing, 2018). A leader is the
person who has authority and influence, regardless of title, along with leader establish the tone
for culture at workplace. They can deeply affect the values and at the same time holding people
responsible. This affect over others can be either negative or positive relied on the approach of
leadership and execution of tactic, but both ineffective and effective will affect and develop the
workplace culture. In respect of Tesco, the culture demonstrate how leaders interact with other
people in the organisation (Shamir and Howell, 2018). The way leader uses organisational
culture to make decisions or communicate with others shows that how well the organisational
culture established for the employees. In the following ways, organisational culture can be
affected through a leadership: Defines and teaches core values: A positive culture is dignified by securely held core
values are administered, communicated and transmitted by employees. The business
leaders require to be idol who exhibit behaviours that show the business core values.
Also, a good leader in Tesco demonstrate what actions they should take in order to grasp
the values in business. Also, they clear defined the mission and vision of the business so
that employee may know what they have to do in the business in order to attain tangible
outcomes. Fosters a desire to learn: An effective leader shows a veritable interest in increasing the
employee's growth. For that cause, they freely convey what they know with others. They
aid employees make their professional career, then share the cognition that supports that
the employee requires adhere (Hutchins, 2019). A good workplace culture promotes the
idea that workers and employees can learn and develop their knowledge from any source.

They inspire and encourage employees to embrace risks with an intent to grow their
learning base (Rosenbach, 2018).
 Promotes a culture of recognition: When leaders allow their members understand that
their efforts are priceless, they surrogate a culture of recognition. It is important for the
leader to incentivize and reward good behaviour and hard work. When seniors or leaders
provide praise and appreciation, then their workers sense confident and satisfied with
their work (Al-Malki, M. and Juan, W., 2018). For example, in Tesco, at the time of
meeting, a manager could ask their employees to share certain situations of when a co-
worker stand out. Therefore, a positive workplace culture is that where employees are
recognised for their hard work and this could be done by leaders.
Analyse the impact of diversity management and employment law.
Diversity defines as the political beliefs, religion, gender identity, cultural differences and
much more. In an organisational context, diversity defines workforce include of individuals who
bring new background and perspectives to the desk (Kappelman and et.al., 2019). In context of
Tesco, diversity management delivers a high impact on the inclusive work culture. It has been
discussed further: Cultural diversity supports develop and maximise skillsets: A culturally diverse
workplace endows individuals to create their skills and talents. A range of expertise and
ideas allow those to learn form a more different set of co-workers. In context to Tesco,
this can also increase problem-solving capabilities and increase their productivity and
happiness. It is important for the organisation to heard the voices of employees which
simultaneously aids in encouragement and innovation to contribute in the success of
business. Cultural diversity can help to retain talent: Apart from attractive a pool of talent at the
prior place, cultural diversity is the fundamental to making the concept of respect
between employee and organisation, and coordination. In turn, this makes the individual
statement to priceless prospects making stand out in the place of market. Cultural diversity supports in team creativity: It has been found that the positive
influence a culturally diverse workplace can have on a group and organisation's
creativity. By bringing up all the team members from diverse cultures and background,
one will see a more different series of solutions to approaches and issues to tasks one

might have. In context to Tesco, bringing diversity into organisation enables one to bring
new ideas and thoughts into the business that can be applied in several diverse ways.
Employment law affects the inclusive workplace culture:
Employment law can be understood as the laws, along with the rules that govern
relationships between employees and employers. These laws elaborate that an employer must
recruit their employees without any discrimination and if they do so, then, they might face
lawsuits and fines as well. It negatively impacts the business image in the market. These laws
also include that a minimum wage rate must be given to the employees for the work they do in
company (Mikkelson, Sloan and Hesse, 2019). They develop minimal needs for working
conditions for workers. In case of Tesco, the major laws of employment based on minimum
wages, overtime pay, family and medical leave, collective bargaining, safe working conditions
and many more. In the following manner, employment laws can impact an inclusive workplace
culture: Discrimination: Workers with a protected feature such as age, disability, marriage,
religion, race and much more are locked against direct as well as indirect harassment,
discrimination and victimisation under the Equality Act. There are many protected
features covered such as race, age, culture, colour and many more. If the employers are
having poor workplace culture are inescapably at high risks of such types of claims. With
an addition to Tesco, in order to create an inclusive workplace, it is far better to treat
people fairly and without any discrimination so that a positive culture can be placed for
the employees.
 Bullying and harassment: It is vital for the employers to be mindful of the significant
claims even if there are no bastioned features associated to the bullying and harassing
behaviour (Puaschunder, 2020). In respect of this concept, Tesco employees can raise
their bitterness and bring lawsuits of fines for constructive or unfair dismissal.
CONCLUSION
From this report, it is important that leader is an individual who helps in attaining
business goals by influencing and leading other people or team members in the workplace. There
are multiple leadership styles and approaches have been discussed in this report that signifies
how leaders can be different at situations and use their style of leading people. A workplace

culture can be influenced by the leadership and its styles so it is important for the leaders to use
their patterns wisely that helps in attaining the overall success.

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Online:
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<https://www.imd.org/imd-reflections/reflection-page/leadership-styles/>