Relationship Between Leadership and Employee Motivation at Asda

This report examines the critical relationship between organizational leadership and employee motivation, using Asda as a case study. It begins by defining organizational leadership and employee motivation, emphasizing their interconnectedness. The report then explores the specific relationship between leadership styles and employee motivation within Asda, highlighting the impact of leadership on employee behavior, performance, and overall organizational success. Furthermore, it identifies the benefits Asda gains from fostering an effective relationship between leadership and employee motivation, such as a positive work environment, improved productivity, and a competitive edge in the market. The methodology section outlines the data collection methods, types of investigation, research philosophy, and ethical considerations. The discussion synthesizes the findings, emphasizing the importance of leadership and motivation for organizational growth. The conclusion reinforces the direct link between leadership and motivation and their collective impact on achieving organizational goals.

Inquiry Based Learning
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Contents
TOPIC: Analyse the relationship between organizational leadership and employee motivation
within an organization......................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Research aim:.........................................................................................................................4
Research objectives:...............................................................................................................4
Research Questions:...............................................................................................................4
Literature Review.............................................................................................................................5
Concept of organizational leadership and employee motivation...........................................5
Relationship between organizational leadership and employee motivation within Asda......5
Benefits gained by Asda due to effective relationship between organizational leadership and
employee motivation in an organization................................................................................6
Research Methodology....................................................................................................................6
Discussion........................................................................................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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TOPIC: Analyse the relationship between organizational leadership and
employee motivation within an organization.
INTRODUCTION
Leadership is referred as the ability of a person to influence and motivate an individual to
work with full potential in order to achieve set objectives. In an organisation, a leader plays an
important role as it guides and motivate staff members because of which activities are
implemented in a proper manner and objectives are achieved effectively and timely (Graves and
Sarkis, 2018). Employee motivation is defined as the efforts put by a company in order to retain
its staff members and to motivate them to work with full zeal within the organisation. There is a
direct relationship among leadership and employee motivation as an effective leadership
motivate staff member to work effectively and appropriately. Along with this, leadership also
allow a company to delegate and make employees understanding the work due to which they
take full interest and focus on completion of assigned work timely. It is important for a company
to focus on ensuring that leadership is transfer effectively so that it can gain growth and success.
For the present study, Asda is taken into consideration. It is a British supermarket chain which
was developed in year 1949 and headquartered in Leeds, United Kingdom. The company has
presence in around 633 locations and has 1,50,000 approx. staff members which is one of its
main reason growth and success at marketplace. The main objective to conduct this study is to
gain insight about analyse the relationship between organizational leadership and employee
motivation within an organization.
Problem statement:
The present study has been conducted to analyse the relationship between organizational
leadership and employee motivation within an organization. In addition to this, it helps company
in developing effective working and deal with the issue they are facing. One of the main problem
which will be addressed by conducting this investigation is find out relationship among
leadership and employee motivation. The present will contribute to gain insight about benefits
gained by an organisation due to effective relationship between organizational leadership and
employee motivation in an organization. In context to this, the researcher has developed aim,
research objectives and questions that will further support to gain maximum information and
develop valid conclusion. The proposed aim, objectives as well as questions is given below:
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Research aim:
"To analyse the relationship between organizational leadership and employee motivation
within an organization. A study on Asda
Research objectives:
 To gain understanding about the concept of organizational leadership and employee
motivation.
 To examine the relationship between organizational leadership and employee motivation
within Asda.
 To determine the benefits gained by Asda due to effective relationship between
organizational leadership and employee motivation in an organization.
Research Questions:
 What is the concept of organizational leadership and employee motivation?
 What is the relationship between organizational leadership and employee motivation
within Asda?
 What are the benefits gained by Asda due to effective relationship between organizational
leadership and employee motivation in an organization?
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Literature Review
Literature review is defined as a comprehensive summary of previous studies on a particular
topic and area. In addition to this, there are various sources which are needed by investigator for
collecting secondary data that is articles, books, Journals, website and so on. The main objective
of this section is to analyse the gap from the previous studies. In addition to this, it also helps
investigator to address research aim and objectives in an appropriate and systematic manner.
Concept of organizational leadership and employee motivation
As per the view point of Moe, (2021), Organisational leadership is defined as the ability to lead
team of individuals towards attainment of company’s objectives and mission. In addition to this,
leadership plays vital role in a company as it helps in motivating employees to put their full
potential to attain objectives. Organisational leadership allow a company in effective problem
solving due to which no issues are arise within the workplace (What Is organizational leadership
and why is it important? 2021). Moreover, it helps an organisation to bring creativity and
innovation as it considers the viewpoint of employees while taking decision. It is determined
that organisational leadership allow a company to remain goal-oriented that leads towards higher
growth and success. On the other side, employee motivation is defined as the ability of a
company to influence staff members to retain with them for longer time period. It is important
for a company to motivate staff members on continuous basis as it leads towards increase in
performance, employee retention, increase in productivity and profitability and many more.
Relationship between organizational leadership and employee motivation within Asda
As per the viewpoint of Hilal, (2017), the relationship between the employee motivation
and the organizational leadership plays a very important role in the organisation and when it
comes to motivation, it is basically defined as the major driving force and helps in bringing
success to the employees. In context to Asda, the overall influence of the leadership styles affects
the motivation drive among the team members. With the help of internal motivation, it can be
only boosted up with the help of good leader who basically empowers and inspire their teams to
have a major influence on the behaviour of employees. In reference to organisation, at the
beginning level, strong motivation helps and allows the organisation or team to achieve its aims
and objectives. If in organisation, nobody is motivated, then nothing is going to get done. In
context to ASDA, the democratic leadership style is considered to be the most effective one and
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it supports the employees in motivating high productivity, giving them a sense of ownership and
employees feeling valued. The concept of leadership plays a very important role and trust in
leadership is considered to be a critical factor when it comes to employee performance. The
behaviour of leadership highly affects the motivation of the employees and the behaviour of
leadership has a significant and positive impact on the performance of the employees, intrinsic
motivation and extrinsic motivation (The Relationship Between Employee Motivation and
Leadership, 2017).
Benefits gained by Asda due to effective relationship between organizational leadership and
employee motivation in an organization
According to Perez, (2021), it is analysed that there are many benefits attained by an
organisation because of effective leadership and employee motivation. One of the advantage is it
help to maintain positive working environment where employees work happily and effectively
(Benefits of employee motivation, 2021). In addition to this, it allows organisation to execute
activities properly that has positive impact on the productivity and performance of an
organisation. Moreover, it helps company to achieve competitive edge at marketplace as
compare to its rivals. It is determined that with the help of leadership a company is able to
delegate activities and responsibility in a proper manner which has positive impact on
performance, productivity and profitability of organisation.
Research Methodology
It is stated as an effective procedure by which researcher conduct systematic study over the
selected topic of investigation. It is a significant chapter that supports researcher in providing
data about the methods used to collect information along with the reason of using it in present
study (Daniel, 2018). The main sections that is included is given below:
Data collection methods: It is basically an effective method that assist researcher in
collecting data on the particular topic. It is mainly of two forms which is primary as well as
secondary. In order to conduct the present study, researcher uses secondary method. The sources
to collect this is books, articles, Journals, newspaper and many more. One of the main reason to
select this is it help in obtaining maximum data in less time period (Kumar, 2018). Moreover, it
directly contributes researcher in achievement of valid research outcome in an appropriate
manner.
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Types of investigation: It is analysed as an effective form by which data is collected and
analysed by the investigator. It is mainly done by wo methods which is quantitative as well as
qualitative. In order to conduct the present study, qualitative method is applied as it will support
researcher in analysing data within a detailed way by considering human based perception.
Research philosophy: It is acknowledged as the way that is mainly followed by
researcher in order to analysed collected data in an effective and detailed way. It is mainly of two
forms which is interpretivism and positivism (Li and et. al., 2020). With reference to present
study, investigator applied interpretivism philosophy as it supports to evaluate data along with
the reason towards findings.
Research design: It is seen as an effective method that is adopted by researcher in order
to conduct study within a proper manner. There are mainly three forms of research design that is
exploratory, descriptive, experimental and many more. It is important for researcher to use and
apply appropriate method as it help to develop valid conclusion. In relation to the present study,
explanatory form of research design is appropriate as it support researcher in collecting data
within a detailed way.
Ethical consideration: It is defined as the ethical principles and values that needs to be
followed by researcher in order to conduct activities in a proper and ethical manner. In relation to
the present investigation, researcher has made use of secondary method. The various ethical
principles are confidentiality, anonymity, informed consent and so on (Mukherjee, 2019). In
order to gather data, the researcher make use of relevant sources due to which there is high
validity and reliability. Moreover, investigator has also give more preferences to recent articles in
order to obtain data in an effective manner.
Discussion
From the above discussion it can be concluded that organizational leadership and employee
motivation plays a very important role in the organisation. In addition to that it helps in
understanding how effective leaders can support the organisation for the purpose to maximize
efficiency and fulfilment of goals. Moreover, it helps in deep understanding about the
relationship with the organizational leadership and employee motivation and how this
relationship plays a very important role in the organisation. In addition to that, there also had
been a brief discussion on the advantages gained by the organisation due to the effective
relationship between the employee motivation and organizational leadership in the company.
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From all the above topics,it helps in deep understanding about the leadership and motivation and
how it basically contributes in the overall development of the company and contributes in the
success of the organisation (Thomas, 2021). Furthermore, it helps in understanding the
importance of employee motivation and the application of various leadership styles and how it
offers various benefits to the company for the betterment. In addition to that, it helps in deep
knowledge about the various benefits and advantages that an organisation gets due to the use of
various leadership styles and motivational factors. In reference to ASDA, the organisation's
managers and leaders uses accurate leadership style and various motivational factors for the
purpose to perform their day to day operations and contributing towards the overall success of
the company and also focusing on motivating their employees. With the help of employee
motivation and leadership, it helps the individuals to develop and grow recognition, goal setting
and opportunities.
Conclusion
From the above discussion, it has been concluded that both leadership and employee
motivation is important within an organisation in order to gain growth and success. In addition to
this, it is analysed that there is a direct and effective relationship among leadership and employee
motivation. Leaders influence and directs the staff members due to which they put their full
potential to execute assigned activities that has a positive impact on the performance of an
organisation. Furthermore, it is determined that there are various benefits that an organisation
attain because of effective relationship between organizational leadership and employee
motivation and these are increase in performance, maintenance of positive working culture,
employee retention and satisfaction, systematic execution of activities and many more.
Moreover, it is vital for researcher to make use of effective methods for an investigation as it
help in developing valid and reliable conclusion.
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