GEN103: Organizational Leadership Strategies Research Project

This assignment presents an annotated bibliography focusing on organizational leadership strategies. It addresses the research question: "What are organization leadership strategies which can be incorporated in the leader for taking effective decision in the betterment of the enterprise?" The bibliography includes three sources: a scholarly article by Li, Chiaburu, and Kirkman (2014) on empowering leadership; a scholarly article by Sapp (2015) discussing leadership and organizational effectiveness; and an ebook by Christopher (2015) on leadership trust. Each entry provides a reference and an annotation summarizing the key findings and their relevance to the research question. The annotations highlight concepts such as contingency approaches to leadership, the importance of decision-making and emotional intelligence, and the role of trust and communication in fostering effective leadership within an organization. The assignment brief also included a worksheet to generate search terms and a description of the research topic's relation to human resources management.

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Annotation Bibliography

Contents
Research Question........................................................................................................................................................................................................2
Scholarly Article 1:......................................................................................................................................................................................................2
Scholarly Article 2:......................................................................................................................................................................................................2
Ebook:..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................3

Research Question
What are organization leadership strategies which can be incorporated in the leader for taking effective decision in the betterment of the
enterprise?
Scholarly Article 1:
Reference:
Li, N., Chiaburu, D., and Kirkman, B. (2014). Cross level influences of empowering leadership on citizenship behaviour: organizational support
climate as a double edged sword. International journal of management, 43(4), 1076-1102. Retrieved from: Ashford library Journal
collection.
Annotation
The study of the scholarly article evaluates that understanding of the leadership can be enhanced by applying contingency approach. Individual
plays a vital role in developing cross level relationship. Direction provided to the team depends on the psychological behaviour of the in-charge.
Behaviour and attitude of the leader affects the organization working climate. The author highlights uniformity in positive effects which can be
observed on the organization climate by the individual role in developing cross level relationship. Investigation of this scholarly journal provides
guidelines to my research which is prepared for identifying role of critical thinking in managing organization leadership. The specific
information which is collected from the paper is that contingency approach influence the leadership style adopted by the individual to manage
the complex situation of enterprise.

Scholarly Article 2:
Reference:
Sapp, A. (2015). Discovering humanity, leadership, and organizational effectiveness. Human capital media Industry Insights. Retrieved from:
Ashford library Journal collection.
Annotation
Research journal focuses on identifying the success parameters of the business. Good decision taken with respect to the utilization of money and
selection of people are the pillars of success. Psychological behaviour of the leader validates the assessment of action taken for the betterment of
the industry. Effectiveness of the leadership depends on decision taken by the leader in the benefit of organization working climate. Decision
making capability of the leader depends upon its emotional intelligence. Criticism and negative feedback provides path to extend learning
ability. Assessment of leader can be judged by analysing the down streaming of problem done to get better results for the organization. The
research paper helps in highlighting the role of leader in taking effective decision for the betterment of the organization. This paper helps in
collecting data for the strategies which can be adopted by the leader to develop their plan and change behaviour according to the requirement of
the enterprise so that good team work can be developed within the working culture of the enterprise.
Ebook:
Reference:
Christopher, E. 2015. Leadership trust: built it, keep it. 1st ebook. Retrieved from: Ashford library ebook collection.
Annotation

The central idea of book is that good leadership can be shown by the leader after examining the problems and issues which are associated within
the organization environment. Observation and behaviour of the leader affects their participation and willingness in solving the problems of the
enterprise. Trustworthy decision can be taken by managing effective communication within the working units of the enterprise. It is required to
initiate team development by incorporating individual communication so that integrity and loyalty of the team can be judged. Feedback on the
performance of the team members should be periodically shared so that they can get knowledge about their pitfalls and area of concern. It helps
in sharpening their skills and inner talent which directly benefits the growth of the enterprise. It provides direction to our research by evaluating
dimension of trust and action taken to manage individual communication so that effective decision can be taken for the betterment of the firm.
Quality of leader depends on its observation power in determining conflicts and differences in the working culture of the team members. It can
be resolved by managing communication with them.