MBA401 Assessment: Analyzing Mark Zuckerberg's Leadership in Facebook

This presentation analyzes Mark Zuckerberg's leadership, focusing on his role as CEO and co-founder of Facebook. It identifies key factors contributing to his success, such as his ability to inspire, confidence, and decision-making skills. The presentation also examines how his leadership effectiveness can be measured through employee morale and the creation of a positive work environment. Furthermore, it explores how Zuckerberg's unique leadership style, including the adoption of a flat organizational structure and adaptive leadership theory, has contributed to Facebook's organizational success. The analysis draws upon various academic sources to support its claims and provides a comprehensive overview of Zuckerberg's leadership approach.

LEADERSHIP
Student’s Name

Introduction
 A successful leader
comprises the ability to
influence and encourage the
behaviour of other
individuals.
 In relation to the above Mark
Zuckerberg is recognized as
a successful leader who is
currently the CEO and the
CO-founder of Facebook.
 He has the ability to inspire
and have the intellectual
ability to become the
greatest leader (Friedrich,
Griffith and Mumford, 2016).

Success Factors of Mark Zuckerberg
 It is analyzed that Mark
Zuckerberg possesses the
social characteristics that
inspire the followers to follow
his actions.
 He has the traits that allow
him to become a successful
leader which includes
confidence, optimism,
energetic and has the ability
to take mature decisions.
 He has the courage to take
the actions and the
intelligence to back up its
decisions (Humphrey, 2013).

Key ways to measure effectiveness
 The effectiveness of the leader can be measured
through the subjective realm. It includes the analysis
of the morale of the employees in the organization.
 It is analyzed that Mark Zuckerberg has the skills
and personality to create a positive working
environment and increase the morale of the
employees (George, 2015).

Contribution of Mark Zuckerberg towards
organizational success
 The unique leadership
style of Mark Zuckerberg
effectively contributes
towards the success of the
organization.
 It is analyzed that the flat
organizational structure
adopted by Mark
Zuckerberg allows open
communication and
enhances the performance
of the employees
(Hoffmann, Proferes and
Zimmer, 2018).

Contribution of Mark Zuckerberg towards
organizational success
 Mark Zuckerberg
applies adaptive
leadership theory
under which it
motivates its team
to accept the
challenges in the
real world and
develop innovative
solutions for the
company (Koseoglu,
Liu and Shalley,
2017).

References
 Allio, R.J. (2015) Good strategy makes good leaders. Strategy &
Leadership, 43(5), pp.3-9.
 Friedrich, T.L., Griffith, J.A. and Mumford, M.D. (2016) Collective leadership
behaviours: Evaluating the leader, team network, and problem situation
characteristics that influence their use. The Leadership Quarterly, 27(2),
pp.312-333.
 George, B. (2015) The new global leaders. People and Strategy, 38(3), p.26.
 Hoffmann, A.L., Proferes, N. and Zimmer, M. (2018) “Making the world more
open and connected”: Mark Zuckerberg and the discursive construction of
Facebook and its users. New Media & Society, 20(1), pp.199-218.
 Humphrey, R.H. (2013) Effective leadership: Theory, cases, and
applications. SAGE Publications.
 Koseoglu, G., Liu, Y. and Shalley, C.E. (2017) Working with creative leaders:
Exploring the relationship between supervisors' and subordinates'
creativity. The Leadership Quarterly, 28(6), pp.798-811.