Leadership and Organizational Culture Change

This essay examines the ability of leaders to change the culture within complex organizations. It argues that leaders, possessing significant influence, can leverage their power to modify employee behavior and guide cultural shifts. The essay highlights the leader's role as a change agent, utilizing models like Kurt Lewin's change management model to implement planned changes. The process involves communicating the reasons for change, simplifying complex organizational functions, and securing top management support. The conclusion emphasizes that a leader's qualities and strategic approach are crucial for successfully navigating the challenges of cultural transformation in complex settings. A reference to Corfield & Paton (2016) supports the argument regarding the influential power of leaders in shaping organizational culture.

WRITING

Can a leader change the culture in the complex organization? Why?
Introduction
In the company, the leader tends to play a very significant role. In this context, it is
examined that it is with the help of leader only; a firm is able to accomplish its goals and
objectives within the given specified time limit in an effectual way.
Analysis
From the given thing, it can be said that yes leader does can change the culture of the
complex organization. This is due to the fact that a leader possesses very good influential power.
According to the viewpoint of Corfield & Paton (2016), a leader is very well known for its
influential power. This power enables leader in the process to change the current behavior of
employees and direct them in the right direction. Here, with the help of respective power leader
can make other people understand the benefits of bringing the cultural change in the complex
organization. Thus, it is by complying with the given type of activity only a significant change in
the culture of a complex firm can be brought. In addition to this, the leader also plays the role of
change agent. Thus, with an aim to bring the culture change in the complex organization it makes
use of the approach like Kurt Lewin change management model.
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Here, with the help of given model leader can perform a planned change in the complex
organization. For example, in the unfreezing step leader of the firm can communicate the
employees of the firm about the reason behind the process of bringing cultural changes. Thus, it
is through this way only change can be brought and finally, employees of the complex
organization will start acting as per the new culture in an effectual way.
Besides this, the leader can also simplify the complex functions of the corporation. For
example, in complex organization employees are bound with different rules and arrangement etc.
However, sometimes the given thing will have a direct impact on the tactical goals and
objectives of the firm. But, with the help of the leader, the given thing can be resolved. This
happens because the leader has good knowledge about different type of culture that is being
followed in the firms. Thus, on the basis of knowledge about the different cultures of
organization leader can give an effective suggestion to the complex organization. On the other
hand, the leader also gains support from top management in relation to cultural change can be
gained. This is because, while putting any point leader always come up with some valid reason.
Further, it will also help in the process of improving the operation of the firm.
Conclusion
From the whole analysis, it can be concluded that there are some qualities of a leader that
enable him/her in the process to attain any type of tasks that is being assigned to it. Here, it is
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through this way the only leader brings changes in the culture of the complex organization that is
considered a very difficult thing to perform.
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REFERENCES
Corfield, A., & Paton, R. (2016). Investigating knowledge management: can KM really change
organisational culture?. Journal of Knowledge Management, 20(1), 88-103.
Link:
http://oro.open.ac.uk/44928/1/PDF_Proof.PDF
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