University of Phoenix: Leadership Case Study Evaluation

This case study analysis examines various aspects of organizational leadership through three distinct cases. The first case explores shared leadership, discussing obstacles, implementation strategies, and the benefits of different leadership styles, including democratic, autocratic, and strategic approaches, and the importance of job design elements. The second case focuses on United Airlines, evaluating the handling of incidents, the pros and cons of a bureaucratic organizational structure, and suggestions for future improvements in organizational structure and strategy. The third case analyzes Active Cultures (Patagonia), identifying key dimensions of culture, communication strategies, and potential drawbacks related to organizational culture, such as poor communication and excessive competition. References from academic sources are also provided to support the analysis.

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Contents
Case 1: Sharing is performing.........................................................................................................2
Case 2: Turbulence on United airlines.............................................................................................3
Case 3: Active Cultures...................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6

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Case 1: Sharing is performing
Answers
1. The obstacle of the sharing leadership are described below-
 To develop a working relationship
Shared commitment to the firm
 Cultivation of self-awareness
To overcome the above obstacles related to the sharing leadership, the organization have an open
system of communication, leader perform properly, encourage the employees to do face to face
communication and the leaders need to learn the difference among the leading and managing the
process (Fitzsimons, et al., 2011)
2. To implement the shared leadership initiative in the company the CEO needs to see all
the qualities in the leader that have all the abilities of the human resources in an
organization. The CEO needs to see the qualities of the leader that he can work in the
process of sharing leadership. The leadership styles are the main process in the
organization and this can increase the qualities of the leader in the business. The
leadership styles are democratic, autocratic and strategic leadership. In democratic
several standards are used in the process of the organization that is handled by the
leaders. The autocratic leaders do not include the individuals in their process of the
leadership. These leadership styles are very effective in the growth of the organization as
it improves the profitability of the business. The several elements of job design need to
have in the initiative to increase the effectiveness in sharing leadership approach are job
rotation, job enlargement, job engineering and job enrichment (Robbins and Judge,
2019).

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3. The instances of the traditional approach used to prefer in the shared leadership approach
are a top-down approach, linear thinking approach, decisions making the approach and
one-way approach. These instances are used in the shared leadership approach as the
instances increases the leadership approaches and manage all the activities of the leaders
in a proper manner. As per these instances, it is analyzed that the traditional leadership
approach is more beneficial in the organizational culture.
Case 2: Turbulence on United airlines
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1. Yes, the United Airlines handled the recent string of incidents as these strings are not
appropriate for the organization and it distracts the consumers. These incidents are all
related to the consumers so they can decrease the profitability of the organization.
No, the united airlines do not have the power to remove these people from the flights
because no airlines company have the power to remove the people from the flights due to
some other reasons as this can decrease the attraction among consumers. This can affect
the overall profits of the organization.
2. The pros of the bureaucratic organizational structure for an airline are described below-
 Accountability
 Equal chances to succeed
 Job Security
The cons of the bureaucratic organizational structure for an airline is described below-
 Decreases the productivity and innovation
 Decreases employee morale
 Poor management of finance
Yes, the above pros and cons are justified for United Airlines as these advantages and
disadvantages are much related to the united airlines as the structure are same as according to the
pros and cons.

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3. United Airlines needs to maintain the overall process in the future and should manage the
process of the organizational structure. By managing the organization structure, United
Airlines manage the strategies of the business and increase the profitability of the
organization (Bortolotti, et al., 2015). The suggestions regarding the improvements of the
organization are described below-
 The organization need to combine the several functions of the business so they
can increase the productivity in the airlines market
 The organization need to manage each function as per the proper organizational
structure of the airlines.

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Case 3: Active Cultures
Answers
1. The key dimensions of culture that make Patagonia successful are described below-
 The culture of the organization needs to be detail-oriented
 The innovative culture is one of the main key dimension
 The stable culture is also the main dimension of the organizational culture
 The culture needs to be outcome-oriented so the better outcomes need to be
achieved
The organization helps to foster the culture by using these key dimensions seriously and manage
all the process of the organization. These dimensions are very much important for the
organization as this help to maintain the overall culture of the organization.
2. Yes, Patagonia uses the communication strategy that is used by other companies for
managing the culture of the organization. This strategy is very much important for
Patagonia as this comes in one of the useful strategies that gives various advantages to
the organization. The communication strategy used to manage the communication among
the leaders and the employees and the lifestyle becomes better by this strategy or model
(Aarons, et al., 2015). This strategy increases the overall growth of the organization.
3. Patagonia has many drawbacks related to the culture as it creates many difficulties in the
overall process of the organization. The main drawbacks of the Patagonia culture are
described below-
 Poor communication of Patagonia is one of the major drawbacks that affect the
culture of business
 The organization create too much competition so it also becomes a drawback for
the business
 Micromanagement is also a major drawback for the organization culture
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References
Aarons, G.A., Ehrhart, M.G., Farahnak, L.R. and Hurlburt, M.S., 2015. Leadership and
organizational change for implementation (LOCI): a randomized mixed method pilot study of a
leadership and organization development intervention for evidence-based practise
implementation. Implementation Science, 10(1), p.11.
Bortolotti, T., Boscarino, S. and Danese, P., 2015. Successful lean implementation:
Organizational culture and soft lean practices. International Journal of Production
Economics, 160, pp.182-201.
Fitzsimons, D., James, K.T. and Denyer, D., 2011. Alternative approaches for studying shared
and distributed leadership. International Journal of Management Reviews, 13(3), pp.313-328.
Robbins, S. P. & Judge, T. A. (2019). Organizational behavior (18th ed.). Upper Saddle River,
NJ: Pearson.