Effective Management and Leadership Skills for Organizational Growth

This report delves into the essential aspects of management and leadership skills, using a case study of a non-profit organization to illustrate key concepts. It explores the synergy between management and leadership, emphasizing the importance of integrating both skill sets for organizational success. The report identifies suitable leadership styles, particularly democratic leadership, and provides strategies for enhancing both leadership and management capabilities. It also examines steps to motivate employees, including effective communication, recognition, and fostering a participative environment. The analysis highlights the significance of clear goals, building trust, and actively seeking feedback to create a positive and productive work environment. The conclusion underscores the importance of continuous improvement in these skills for achieving organizational objectives and fostering employee engagement. This comprehensive report is available on Desklib, a platform offering AI-powered study tools.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Ways to use Management skills and Leadership skills together..................................................1
Suitable Leadership style.............................................................................................................2
Strategies for improving Leadership skills and Management skills............................................3
Steps to motivate employees in organisation...............................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTION
Management is coordination of all the administration activities that include
organisation's strategies and plan to accomplish the goals and objective. This control by manager
who undertakes all basic responsibility, functions and carefully mange all the activities of firm.
In this assessment case study is given in that Laura is associate director of non profit organisation
in which evaluate skills building program (American Diabetes Association, 2017) . She supervise
two mangers appointed within the last six month the name of them is Kelly and Linda. Apart
from that management skills and leadership style that could be use together and suitable
leadership style that will be beneficial for company is studied. Strategies for improving these
skills and steps to motivate employees in the organisation is also being discussed.
MAIN BODY
Ways to use Management skills and Leadership skills together
Management skills and leadership style could be done effectively through proper
understanding of the both skills as in this case study Laura is playing the role of both manger and
leader. In this given study, both the managers are competent and successfully manage the
available staff. This will gives an opportunity to Laura to enhance the skills of leader style
through delegating the responsibility to the both the managers. She has to build the leadership
quality in herself rather than focusing on management skills because being a leader she will
easily be able to handle all the responsibilities that comes under her. In an organisation
leadership skills weigh more than management skills as it include all the qualities of that should
be in every mangers. Both the manager will be automatically motivated and confident to solve
the problem of their staff and mange their departmental employees. It will help them in building
sense of belongingness and commitment towards the company that will enable them to
understand the mission and vision of organisation. This include development of overall strength
and qualities of employees through correct guidance to them.
Better leadership is more important in every firm for improving the performing of employees and
it facilitated the effective communication and create good team through proper monitoring of all
the staff members (Deepak and Jeyakumar, 2019). This require understanding the behaviour of
different people thoroughly, this can be achieve by study of this style. As in this case study both
manger are capable and and if Laura free them from doing what they want to do, it will boost the
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feeling of sense of responsibilities and duties in them as they get authority to do their work
freely. If both the mangers are successfully able to mange their staff employees than almost
whole management will be monitored on its own. Managing the organisation is ultimately reqire
effective leadership quality in any manger that will be beneficial in the growth for both
organisation and employees working there. If manger has a combination of both the skills than it
will be like cherry on the cake, but that will be quite rare to find both this skills together.
Suitable Leadership style
Different Leadership style has been developed through evolving of situation and
organisation working in the management. Through this many leadership quality has come up to
resolve the internal issue of company that will improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness
of employees. According to this case study, Democratic leadership is suitable for the situation it
refers to taking the input from all team members and then decides the final action. It involves
every employees into the decision process and allow them to take appropriate steps according to
their circumstances (Demirkesen and Ozorhon, 2017). It will help them in increasing the
confidence and build sense of resemble and give the best decision as they feel part of
organisation. Laura having negative attitude towards the company, as it hiding important
information about the management to mangers and that leads to overworked on staff and due to
this miscommunication it makes the mangers frustrated. Due to this style it made the leader to
share all the necessary information to its manger and ensure effective communication and
relationship with its fellow employees. This is most helpful and used style in almost all the
organisation. It allow the lower level employees to take the required decision regarding the
project. It gives opportunity to the everyone to share ideas, participate and discussion, these all
the feature required in the Laura. In this company certain things are needed, as employees were
unaware about the what is going in the organisation. This leadership style is beneficial for
increasing the group morale an better contribution. IT give sense of engagement in the
management process, increase creativity and being rewarded and employees were feel motivated
and encourages due to include them in every decision process in organisation.
This leaders mostly include intelligence, social and ethical responsibilities, honesty,
fairness, capable and ability to motivate employees and develop the feeling in employees to be
see themselves with the associate of organisation. If Kelly and Linda were involve in decision
process then, the situation of being neglected by Laura is not arise in the management. If this
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style is implemented then almost all this issues will be solved as this is most suitable in this
situation. Both the mangers are even competent and skilled if leader include them into the
decision process than, they will definitely give best, innovative and creative ideas for sure.
Also from that both the manger will be able to communicate the issue of related finance
budget to their staff and that will tend to decrease the burden over them. In this situation,
miscommunication, mistrust and lack of involvement of lower level employees is exist and that
could be solved through this method or style (Gadde and et.al., 2018). Many of employees were
not aware about the condition in organisation that will build stress and lack of confidence among
them, that will also create confusion about what they required to do. At the end it will help in
developing what overall improvement and functional activities in organisation.
Strategies for improving Leadership skills and Management skills
To develop the strategies to improve the leadership skills, leader should follow certain
guidelines as this is very important to monitor and handle whole management. If it is not done in
proper manner than it create monotonous and tense situation kind of feeling in the organisation.
To ensure effective leadership some required strategies need to adopt, so that leader able to
perform as per the needs. It will know about what need to be done and what not. It will also help
in developing good environment and he also know how to treat the employees so that they will
perform better. Some strategies involve such as-
 Effective listening- Having effective communication skills are very necessary part in
every organisation. So, listening is also important skills that comes under this. Being a
effective leader they should listen what employee is talking about and understand their
situation (Prakash, 2018). Through this only they able to give proper feedback and give
suggestion to them. This can be done though eye contact and positive gesture, body
language towards them(Heath, 2018). This will reduce the problem of employees that
exist in firm because leader is listening to its employees passionately.
 Motivating the employees- A leader required to pump up the confidence and able to
influence the employees and give them courage to do that they can do everything. True
leader will empower their employees and make them realise in their capabilities that they
required a lot. This strategies is most powerful one, as it gives amazing outcomes and
most of leaders in this world are using this tool to improve their skills. This quality
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required in every organisation, where leader know needs and wants of employees and
according cater to them.
 Problem solving- This skills or strategies is very necessary and at the same time helpful.
In an organisation leader has a responsibilities of handling many issues and sometime,
situation has come where they have to take decision which should be prompt and clear.
So, every company needs one leader who has great decision making ability which will
aids the firm in formulating plan and policies (Jones and et.al., 2017). Nowadays this
skills is very mandatory to have as, in this evolving environment this quality assist in
taking fast decision that will improve the efficiency and productivity of management.
Manager has also need some strategies to improve their skills so that they can effectively able
mange whole management. Some are as follows-
 Clear goals and objective- It is very necessary to know about the goals and sired
objective to achieve otherwise how he will be able to deliver this to its subordinate. So if
that were clear about their organisation's vision and mission, it will be easier for them to
implement plan and rules in company.
 Building the trust- If subordinate has a trust over manger then it improve the Working
environment in organisation (Radujković and Sjekavica, 2017). As, they will do work
effectively and aids in maintaining good relation in the firm. This increase the
performance and quality in the employees and better output to the company.
Steps to motivate employees in organisation
Its important to build confidence among employees as they are asset for company , so
they should be treated nicely and make them feel important. It will boost their self confidence
and enhance the performance. There are some Steps to improve the performance and efficiency
in following way-
 Effective Communication- To develop the confidence in employees the must be treated
fairly and nicely by employer. It means giving a compliment about their work it will
boost their capabilities and they will put more hard work to make it better and more
appreciable.
 Balancing the thing- It refers to balancing out the negative and positive traits of
employees by avoiding its weakness and highlight their positive characteristics. Focusing
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on enhancing the good thing about the employees increase the productivity and they will
come out with better version of themselves.
 Recognizing and rewarding- Employees get motivation from monetary terms as well.
Employees who were constantly doing their work and giving great output need
recognition and reward in the form of raises, bonus and incentives, promotions, paid days
off, gift cards and appreciation through performance certificate (Keeling, 2018). It
develop and increase the believe in themselves and motivated in doing job at their
workplace.
 Know the requirement- It concern with developing the good relations with employee
through proper communication, by asking them about their personal and professional
issue if they have any. Reassure that they have everything that they want and try to
fulfilling their needs. This could be done if manger has sincere attitude towards them and
do not make them feel that they just doing their job.
 Increasing the participation- Through this employees feel attached create participative
environment, it develop the exchange of ideas and thoughts and that able to give it more
effectively as they working on the ground level. It increase the more ways and options to
the company. They feel their decision is somewhere going to help the organisation, this
will boost the confidence and decision making capabilities in the employees. In this
situation this step is necessary to adopt as they were unaware about what is the situation
in company.
 Receive the feedback- This is important thing that must be done by manger for asking
the feedback, as it will ensure that all the function in company is happening as per the set
goals and objective of organisation (Money and Garber, 2018). If required manager might
take some steps to improve the situation after consulting the employees.
CONCLUSION
It is to be concluded that Management includes all the managerial activities and function
that involve planning, organising, controlling, directing whole management process and it exist
almost the operational strategies and plan. In this study it has shown that in which way
management skills and lead skills could be done together according to the case study. Apart from
that best leadership style that suitable in case study, strategies to improving management skills
and leadership quality and steps to motivate the employees in the organisation has been studied.
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