MNGT250 Portfolio Case: Organizational Behavior and Leadership Report

This report, prepared as a portfolio case for an Organizational Behavior and Leadership course (MNGT250), examines the application of key concepts within the context of the Bridgestone Corporation. The report explores the bases of power, specifically reward and expertise, as utilized by leaders within the company. It identifies influence tactics, including consultation and coalition techniques, employed to achieve organizational goals. Furthermore, the report addresses conflict management, describing a conflict scenario and analyzing it through the lens of conflict sources, phases, and approaches. The analysis incorporates references from the course textbook and lectures, as required by the assignment brief, which also mandates a minimum of one in-text citation per paragraph. The assignment covers Chapters 10, 11, 13, and 17 of the course material and aims to demonstrate an understanding of organizational behavior principles in a practical setting.

Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND LEADERSHIP
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND LEADERSHIP
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Bridgestone Corporation is a Japanese multinational company specialized in the
manufacture and sale of truck and auto parts. The organizational culture promoted in the
company is that of diversity and inclusiveness.
Bases of Power
The bases or sources of power used by the leaders at Bridgestone Corporation are that
of reward and expertise (4). The examples of the use of these sources of power can be
identified as the following:
Reward:
a) The leaders focus on cultivating the talent of the employees through reward systems
based on the performance (Bebridgestone.com 2020).
b) The employees are given several benefits such as paid holidays, vacations and flexible
time schedules based on their role in the organization.
Expertise:
a) The leaders focus on creative pioneering by proactively inspiring the employees to
develop their skills and foster teamwork to achieve organizational targets
(Bridgestone.com 2020).
b) The leaders utilize their knowledge and expertise in the industry as well as the skills
of the employees to decide upon a vision of making transformations to propel the
growth of the company (Bridgestone.com 2020).
Influence Tactics
The influence tactics used by the leaders of Bridgestone Corporation include
consultation technique and coalition technique (20). The examples of these techniques as
used by the leaders include the following:

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Consultation technique – This technique involves the fostering of optimum engagement of
the employees in business processes.
a) The leaders promote a corporate culture of diversity and inclusion where the
employees are given the freedom to voice their opinions and provide creative ideas
(Bridgestone.com 2020).
b) The employees are given training for their personal and professional growth, so that
they may be able to contribute to the organization more efficiently.
Coalition technique – This refers to the capacity of forming teams to work together towards
the achievement of organizational targets.
a) The leaders promote the culture of lasting teamwork through engaging teamwork
events and reward systems for high-performing teams.

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References
Bebridgestone.com. (2020). Our Company Culture, Values, and Mission - BeBridgestone.
Retrieved 20 April 2020, from https://www.bebridgestone.com/en_us/working-at-
bridgestone/our-culture
Bridgestone.com. (2020). Senior Management Changes News | Bridgestone. Retrieved 20
April 2020, from https://www.bridgestone.com/corporate/news/2019082301.html
Bridgestone.com. (2020). Philosophy | Bridgestone. Retrieved 20 April 2020, from
https://www.bridgestone.com/corporate/philosophy/
Power and Political Behavior – Chapter 11