Importance of Leadership, Motivation, and Structure in Firms

This report delves into the critical elements of effective leadership, motivational techniques, and organizational structure within firms. It explores the importance of enhancing worker motivation through recognition, incentives, and promotions, highlighting their impact on achieving organizational objectives. The report examines different leadership styles, including autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire approaches, and their suitability in various contexts. It also discusses the significance of organizational structure, differentiating between flat and tall structures and their implications for communication and decision-making. Furthermore, the report emphasizes the benefits of effective leadership in setting direction, resolving employee issues, and guiding firms towards their goals. The conclusion stresses the necessity of selecting appropriate leadership styles and organizational structures to maximize firm performance, supported by the findings that non-financial means of motivation are more effective. References from Roussel (2011) and Rausch (2007) are cited to support the analysis.

IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP, ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND MOTIVATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR
FIRMS MANAGERS
Leadership meaning: is the path through manager
influences behavior of employees and gives guidance or
direction to them to attain goals and objective of
organization.
Importance of an effective leadership within firm
Helps in setting the direction of employees: With the
help of an effective leader, direction can be given to the
workers towards the tactical goals of corporation.
Helps in resolving the doubts of workers: The main
work of leader is to give guidance to the employees and
resolves all the problems.
Types of leadership styles
Autocratic: wherein leader does not take suggestions
from the employees (to be adopted firm has to make
some quick decision).
Democratic: wherein leader takes gives due importance
to the suggestions given by its employees.
Laissez-faire: In this style, leader hand off its workers
and give them chance to make the decision about the
firm.
Importance of enhancing the motivation of workers
 Helps in attaining the objective of firm in faster way if
employees are satisfied and motivated.
 Best services can be delivered from motivated employees
WAYS OF ENHANCING THE MOTIVATION OF
WORKERS
To boost the motivational level of employees, following things
can be done:
 Giving the letter of recognition: Few words of
appreciation with recognitions is good.
 Monetary incentives can be given to the best performer or
star performers.
 Promoting worker: The motivation of employees can also
be enhanced by giving them high roles and responsibilities.
The organizational structure is basically being classified
under the two headings:
FLAT: which possess very few levels of management; so managers
enjoys wide span of control. This structure is effective as it enables
fast and clear communication between the managers who works
within firm.
TALL: entails many levels and is effective as it clearly defines the
roles and responsiblities which need to be abide by the workers.
However, the decision making capbility of manager gets slow as
while taking any decision, manager has to get approval from higher
authorities.
Motivation: is a process through which the
enthusiasm of workers can be enhanced; as a result
they effectively contribute towards the goals and
objectives of corporation.
References: Roussel, L., 2011. Management and Leadership for Nurse Administrators. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
Rausch, E., 2007. Leadership in management education and development: criteria for quality decisions. European Business Review. 19(3). pp. 257-268.
INTRODUCTION
The poster emphasizes on the type of leadership styles, which can be used by a
manager in different types of organizational structure. Apart from this, usefulness of
the different motivational techniques for the firm will be discussed.
From the given figure, it has been identified that the non financial
means of motivation are more effective than the financial one. This is
because, it plays very critical role in raising the motivation of workers
in an effective way.
CONCLUSION
It is very necessary for an organization to have an effective strategy
for enhancing the motivation of workers; as else profits of
corporation will be impacted in a negative way. It is also necessary
for firm that it must select right leadership style as well as an
effective organizational structure.
Organizational structure: is hierarchical
arrangement of an organization
Importance of framing organizational structure for the firm
1. Helps in clarifying the roles and responsibilities.
2. Assists in establishing an effective communication
between the respective reporting authorities of workers.