Leadership and Management Case Study: Gudfud Ltd Analysis

This case study focuses on the leadership and management challenges faced by Gudfud Ltd, specifically addressing high employee turnover. It begins by outlining the roles of leaders in formulating strategies and setting goals, and the functions of managers in planning, organizing, and directing resources. The study then explores different leadership theories, including situational leadership, system leadership, and contingency theory, emphasizing the importance of adapting leadership styles to specific situations. The conclusion highlights the need for effective workforce management and the application of situational leadership to improve organizational performance. The study references relevant journal articles and books to support its analysis, providing a comprehensive overview of leadership and management principles in the context of a real-world business scenario. This case study is available on Desklib, a platform offering AI-based study tools for students.

CASE STUDY

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1
P2 The role of leader and function of manager ..........................................................................1
P3 Different theories and models of approach ..........................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................3

INTRODUCTION
The present case study is about Gudfud Ltd which is facing various problems regarding
high employee turnover, lack of staff etc. In this study it will explain about the role of leaders
and function of managers.
MAIN BODY
P2 The role of leader and function of manager
Leader plays various roles in the organisation which are as follows :
 It formulates strategies for achieving the goals of the firm. Yamila is the leader as it is
responsible for formulating strategies which will helps in achieving their goals.
 It set vision for team members to achieve it in specified period (Nguyen and Hansen,
2016).
 It integrates the personal goals with organisational goal.
Functions of manager
 It is responsible for planning for future. It includes setting budgets etc.
 Organizing function of manager means allocating the resources in proper way to derive
results.
 Directing function of managers involve providing direction to staff members to achieve
the goals effectively and efficiently.
P3 Different theories and models of approach
 Situational leadership : As per this theory, The leadership style adopted by leader is
based on the situational variables (Horlacher and Hess, 2016). The leader, in order to
retain the employees must use democratic leadership style.
 System leadership : According to this leadership theory, the leaders in the organisation
create condition where individuals at different levels can work productivity. It means
implementing the system in the organisation to utilise the full potential of people.
 Contingency theory : It focuses on particular variable present in the environment to
choose the leadership style (Guarana and Hernandez, 2015). According to this theory, No
leadership style is best in all situations.
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From the above it is identified about different leadership style which can be adopted by
leader in different situations. In the present case study, the company is facing problems and to
reduce those problems it is required that the company uses the situational or contingency theory
of leadership for different situations.
CONCLUSION
It is concluded that Yamila in order to improve the performance of company is required
to manage the workforce properly and for that it can use the situational theory in which it can
adopt different leadership style as per the situation existing in organisation.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Guarana, C. L. and Hernandez, M., 2015. Building sense out of situational complexity: The role
of ambivalence in creating functional leadership processes. Organizational Psychology
Review. 5(1). pp.50-73.
Horlacher, A. and Hess, T., 2016, January. What does a Chief Digital Officer do? Managerial
tasks and roles of a new C-level position in the context of digital transformation. In 2016
49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)(pp. 5126-5135). IEEE.
Nguyen, N. and Hansen, J. Ø., 2016. Becoming a leader-manager: a matter of training and
education. Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal. 30(6).
pp.10-12.
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