LCBB6003: Leadership & Management Theory and Practice - Assessment 1

This report provides an overview of leadership and management theories and their practical application within an organizational context, using Morrisons as a case study. It delves into various leadership styles, including trait theory, situational theory, transactional management theory, and participative theory, explaining how these are implemented to motivate employees and achieve organizational goals. The report also includes a reflective section detailing personal learning experiences and skill development within Morrisons, highlighting the application of different leadership styles in project management and conflict resolution. Furthermore, it outlines an action plan for future leadership development, focusing on enhancing communication and decision-making skills through targeted activities and training. The document emphasizes the importance of effective leadership in managing employee performance, fostering a positive work environment, and ultimately contributing to organizational success. Desklib offers a range of similar reports and study resources to support students in their academic pursuits.

Leadership and management,
theory and practice

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Overview of organisation............................................................................................................3
Leadership and management theories ........................................................................................3
Reflection ...................................................................................................................................6
Action plan..................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Leadership is referred as the procedure that is implemented in organisation for the
purpose of leading, directing as well as influencing the behaviour of employees for achieving
defined goals and objectives of organisation in best possible manner. Basically, leadership is the
ability of an individual to persuade other organisational members to perform efficiently and
contribute in attaining pre-defined goals efficiently. On the other hand, management is
determined as the activities of creating organisational planning, mission and goals, organise
resources properly, leading and controlling organisational employees for accomplishing goals
and objectives (Bachmann, Habisch,and Dierksmeier, 2018). These leadership and management
concepts are implemented in organisation for managing things in proper way and motivate
employees to perform efficiently. The report consists various leadership and management
theories and styles in the context of organisation. There are roles and functions of leaders in
leadership are covered. Furthermore, there is a reflective part is mentioned in this report that
covers learning experience and development of various skills during learning procedure within
organisation.
Overview of organisation
In this report the chosen organisation is Morrisons which is British fourth largest
supermarket chain established in the year of 1899 by William Morrisons. Headquarter of
respective organisation is situated in Bradford, England, UK. It provides food and drink, books,
clothing and various other products to its customers through 494 stores all over the world.
110,000 employees are currently working with organisation and it's net income is approx 348
million Euros. Morrisons provides quality products and services to its customers and conducts
various social media marketing campaigns to know about target market and audience and
provide them products and services accordingly for maintain effective positioning in market
place and gain competitive advantages (StorbergWalker, and HaberCurran eds., 2017). It
provides online services and home delivery option to its customers that enhances organisational
customer base and profitability ratio.

Leadership and management theories
Morrisons implement various leadership as well as management styles and theories in
business for inspiring and motivating employees so they can perform their defined functions
properly and efficient manner and contribute effective role in attaining organisational goals and
objectives. Leaders consist various qualities that enables that to perform functions in nest
possible manner. Leaders of organisation has various qualities and skills such as effective
decision making, personality traits, how they manage employees actions and maintain effective
relationship among whole organisation that help to achieve determined objectives efficiently
(Clarke, and O’Donoghue, 2017). As in Morrisons adopts combination of various leadership
styles that facilitates leaders to manage employees performance and motivates and inspire them
to accomplish task with full effectiveness on time. There are some leadership as well as
management theories and styles that are applied by the Morrisons are mentioned below:
The trait theory: The concept of trait leadership theory is referred as the personality traits
that develop various quality in leaders that enables them to influence leaders for performing in
best possible manner. The respective leadership theory focus on assessing various personality
traits and other characteristics that are required to execute effective leadership in organisation
that help to deal with different situations effectively. The concept id theory depends upon various
personality traits such that produces specific behaviour pattern that enables to deal with different
situations efficiently. Morrisons implements trait theory in organisational operations that clearly
states that having specific or certain qualities not guarantees that leaders poses effective and
strong skills. Respective theory states that some leaders have excellent listening as well as
communicating qualities that does not mean that every good communicator or listener is good
leader (Crawford, 2019). Morrisons provides various training and development programmes for
employees for enhancing various skills, competencies and capabilities in their personality and
motivates them to perform all defined task in best possible manner.
Leaders of organisation plays essential role in implementing trait leadership theory in
organisation. There are some specific leadership traits and characteristics that separates effective
leaders from others (Wajdi, 2017). Leaders have various qualities and capabilities to handle
different situations effectively such as they are adoptive in nature, motivates organisational
employees and think critically in difficult situations as well as they have emotional stability that
enables them to lead all employees towards common direction and gain desirable outcomes.

Situational theory: Morrisons adopt situational leadership theory in which leaders of
organisation selects appropriate leadership theory and course of actions as per specific situations
that help to deal with that critical situation efficiently. As Morrisons conducts its operations at
international level so, its leaders take decisions after analysing all situations and conditions to
handle situation in best possible manner. If organisation has knowledgable, skilled and
experienced leaders and it requires quick and effective decisions that organisation can choose
authoritarian leadership style that enables to take fast and efficient decisions according to
situation. Whereas in the situation when organisational employees are skilled than organisation
can apply democratic leadership style. The leadership style facilitates to take effective decisions
according to situations.
As proper implementation of leadership style in organisational operations facilitates
leaders to manage employees actions and improve their performance through motivating them
and provide various training and development opportunities (Harrison, 2018). Leaders guide
employees to work according to situation. Leaders analyse situations in various perspective than
take decisions to execute appropriate leadership and management theories and styles to handle
situation efficiently. Effective and suitable leadership style facilitates organisation to attain all
defined goals and objectives on time.
Transactional management theory: Transactional leadership and management style
focus on leading and motivating organisational employees through appealing to their own-
interest. Transactional leaders have formal authority and responsibility to lead whole
organisation towards achieving common objectives. Followers have to follow the instructions
that are provided by the leaders. Leaders of Morrisons motivates employees through providing
them rewards and punishment on the bases of their performance (Herington, and van de Fliert,
2018). As Morrisons adopt transactional leadership theory in which leaders create effective
working structure and communicate it employees to make them aware about what organisation
exactly want from them. Furthermore, leaders clears all consequences that are associates in
achieving or not achieving defined working performance.
Leaders of organisation plays essential role in communicating all organisational
strategies, policies and expectations of organisation form employees. Leaders evaluates
employees performance and provide them rewards as well as punishment according to their
performance and activities. Rewards motivates employees to complete their defined task in best

possible manner or if some situations they are not able to achieve desirable performance than
leaders inspire them to perform properly. Motivates and inspired employees are able to perform
operations efficiently and contribute in attain organisational goals and objectives in desirable
manner.
Participative theory: Participative leadership theory is considered as the best or ideal
leadership style in which leaders of organisation involve employees in organisation decision-
making process. It enhances employees participation and contribution in decisions and operation
because employees are directly linked with operations and they can provide proper suggestions
and innovative ideas that help to achieve defined goals and objectives in efficient manner on
time. Morrisons includes employees in strategy formulation and decision-making process to
enhance their commitment towards organisation (Hutton, 2017). This supportive approach
facilitates organisation to take quality decisions that lead organisation towards attaining growth
and development objectives.
Morrisons organises various meeting and conferences to get point of views, innovative
ideas and employees perspective towards situation. Leaders motivates and inspire employees to
take active participation in organisational decisions and other activities. Through getting ideas of
employees and knowing their perspectives, leaders motivates them properly to perform
efficiently and contribute in attaining defined goals and objectives in best possible manner.
Reflection
I am working in Morrisons organisation where I get various opportunity to learn new
things. In this organisation, I get opportunity to lead a project in which my seniors assign me
various responsibility. Seniors also give me freedom to select team members required to
complete this project. For this, I select people with different skills as some people who are good
in communication, while some has good technical knowledge. I select 10 members in
organisation in order to perform task assigned to us,. Before starting this project in company, I
divide whole work and asked team members to select work as per their preferences and interest.
In this situation, I adopt democratic style of leadership and provide freedom to team
members to give their opinion as it helps to increase chances of success in company. This
leadership style allow team members to actively participate in decision making process. For
completion of project, I include all team members in which they are freely express their views
and opinions (Komarov, and Aloyan,2017). Before starting this project, I was feeling little

nervous but at same time happy and responsible as my seniors trusted on mew and giving such
big responsibility. I also has fear in my minds of failure which make me more nervous but after
completion of this project, I was feeling happy and satisfied as we get desired results.
During this project, I develop various new skills including time management,
communication, interpersonal skills, managing work load and many more. To complete this
project before deadline , I made schedule for every activity which helps me and my team to
complete work on time. Due to some misunderstanding, we got delay in completion of one task
which create workload on team but we manage to handle that workload. Also I adopt Belbin
team model and other leadership like situational leadership which helps use for this project
(Shuck, Adelson, and Reio Jr, 2017).
While doing this, there is conflict occur in team due to miscommunication which create
problems for other members as they are not able to concentrate on their work. In this situation, I
meet both members included in conflict and provide solution to their problems which helps to
team to focus on their work. I also develop communication skills as this helps me to
communicate with team meters and also to provide explanation of description of this project to
seniors. In the end of project, we get success and my seniors are good with my performance. I
delegate success of project it my team which make team members of project more satisfied.
I have learned various new things while doings this project as I learned about different
style of leadership and their suitability for group members. I also learn to apply various
leadership theories and model which helps in handling team effectively. I developed new skills
which helps me in future period of time in order to handle team effectively and also manage
team work. I have learnt various skills throughout the my working experience that will help me
to complete my work in future properly (Rodd, 2020). In my future work if I get opportunity to
work with team than I concentrate on focusing on communication to clear all policies to other
members that make them able to perform efficiently towards achieving defined goals and
objectives.
Action plan
Leadership
developments
Objectives
leadership activities
do I need to
undertake to achieve
my objectives?
Where will I develop
my leadership to
achieve my
leadership
Time limit

objectives?
Improve
communication skills
I have analysed
leaders activities to
understand that how
leaders of
organisation handle
various conflicts. To
improve my
communication skill it
is required to adopt
various leadership
skills that enhances
various leadership
qualities in my
personality.
I will attend various
online courses and
workshops to develop
these skills in my
personality.
18th September, 2021
To improve
decision making
skills
I will examine
decision-making
procedure of leaders
in different business
situations or
conditions. I will
implement various
leadership skills to
take suitable decisions
that help me to
complete defined task
in best possible
manner (Roe, K.,
2020)
I will participate in
various workshops
and internships in
business where I
analyse situations and
take decisions
appropriately.
10th October, 2021

To enhance time-
management skills
In the process of
starting the project,
initially I need to
describe the work
among all team
members according to
their time schedule. It
helps me to complete
project on defined
deadline.
I will take seminars
and online courses to
gain time-
management skill.
20 October, 2021
CONCLUSION
As per above report, it can be concluded that the concepts of leadership and management
plays important role in organisation to guide employees, persuade and manage them properly for
accomplishing defined goals and objectives of organisation on specific time. There are various
leadership and management styles are used by the organisation to run all functions efficiently
and gain various competitive advantages.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Bachmann, C., Habisch, A. and Dierksmeier, C., 2018. Practical wisdom: Management’s no
longer forgotten virtue. Journal of Business Ethics, 153(1), pp.147-165.
Clarke, S. and O’Donoghue, T., 2017. Educational leadership and context: A rendering of an
inseparable relationship. British Journal of Educational Studies, 65(2), pp.167-182.
Crawford, M., 2019. Solo and shared leadership. Principles of educational leadership and
management, 3, pp.57-72.
Harrison, B.T., 2018. Revaluing leadership and service in educational management. In Vision
and Values in Managing Education (pp. 8-20). Routledge.
Herington, M. J. and van de Fliert, E., 2018. Positive deviance in theory and practice: A
conceptual review. Deviant Behavior, 39(5), pp.664-678.
Hutton, D. M., 2017. Leadership performance model for the effective school principal. Journal
of School Leadership, 27(4), pp.553-580.
Komarov, V. F. and Aloyan, G. N., 2017. A study of Kurt Lewin's Styles of Leadership by
business games method. World of Economics and Management, 2017(2), pp.110-120.
Rodd, J., 2020. Leadership in early childhood: The pathway to professionalism. Routledge.
Roe, K., 2020. Leadership: practice and perspectives. Oxford University Press.
Shuck, B., Adelson, J. L. and Reio Jr, T. G., 2017. The employee engagement scale: Initial
evidence for construct validity and implications for theory and practice. Human
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StorbergWalker, J. and HaberCurran, P. eds., 2017. Theorizing women & leadership: new
insights & contributions from multiple perspectives. IAP.
Wajdi, B. N., 2017. The differences between management and leadership. Sinergi: Jurnal Ilmiah
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