Reflective Journal: People, Culture and Contemporary Leadership

This reflective journal explores key concepts in leadership, organizational culture, and employee engagement, drawing upon various academic journals and personal insights. The author reflects on theories of organizational performance, talent management, and leadership development, including different leadership styles and their impact. The journal discusses the importance of sharing cultural ideas, employee engagement, and the role of talent management in aligning organizational needs with employee performance. The author also reflects on the impact of leadership development programs, the effect of leadership styles on organizational effectiveness, and the influence of company culture on leadership approaches. The journal concludes with a synthesis of these ideas, highlighting the importance of organizational culture, leadership development, and their combined effect on employee performance and organizational success.

Running head: REFLECTION ON LEARNING
Reflection on Learning
Name of the student
Name of the University
Author note

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Introduction
Organizational culture refers to underlying beliefs and the assumptions that helps in
contributing to the social along with the psychological environment of a company. It
discusses about the expectations along with the philosophy of the employees that helps in
guiding the behaviour of the employees. Contemporary leadership refers to the dynamic
relationship in between the leaders and the collaborators that helps in evoking the real change
in a company. Leadership can be said to be interpersonal influence which directs the
employees towards the achievement of the goals. The leaders in a company should be able to
accommodate the changes that can help in improving the efficiency of employee
performance. The purpose of this reflective essay is to throw light on the theories of the
organisational performance, culture and the engagement of the employees in a company. The
reflective essay elucidates on the talent management and the role that is played by the
leadership development in a company. It elaborates on the various kinds of leadership styles
that can work for the growth of a company. The essay talks about the relationship in between
the organizational culture and the performance of the employees in a company.
Journal 1:
Muduli, A., 2015. High performance work system, HRD climate and organisational
performance: an empirical study. European journal of Training and development, 39(3),
pp.239-257.
The most significant thing that I have been able to learn is that the cultural ideas
should be shared within an organisation. The organisational culture is established on the basis
of the cognitive systems that helps in explaining how the employees make the decisions
within the framework of an organization. I have been able to understand that the management
should introduce the employees with the norms and the objectives that can help them in

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understanding the organisational culture. I have understood that understanding of the
organizational culture can help in improving the performance of the employees. The various
levels of the culture in a company are on the basis of multifaceted set of the beliefs and the
values that helps in determining how the organizations carry out the business. The concept of
the organizational culture can be said to be of vital importance as it can act like a glue that
can help in bringing an entire organization together. The norms and the values prevailing in a
company have a strong influence on the people who are attached to a company. The insight
can be said to be connected to the organizational as the right kind of organisational culture
can provide encouragement to the employees working in a company. The perception of the
employees regarding the subculture can be said to be connected to the commitment of the
employees towards the company. The management should conceive the employees to be
more significant as compared to the rules in a company.
Journal 2:
Slack, R.E., Corlett, S. and Morris, R., 2015. Exploring employee engagement with
(corporate) social responsibility: A social exchange perspective on organisational
participation. Journal of Business Ethics, 127(3), pp.537-548.
I have learnt that the culture of an organization can play an important role in engaging
the employees in a company. The employees who are engaged can be more dedicated
towards the work and it helps them in working with a lot of vigour. The power culture can be
said to be a kind of culture that is characterised by the power that emanates from central
leader and it operates with the help of procedures. The employee engagement can be said to
be of vital importance in the present age because it is related to that of organisational
performance. The engagement of the employees can have a positive effect on the aspect of
the employee task performance. The implication of the concept is that the support culture can

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have an important effect on the element of the employee engagement. The organisational
members sharing the values along with the assumptions can help in the growth of an
organization. The understanding can be said to be of great importance as the effective
corporate culture can help in engaging the employees at that of the fundamental level. The
managers along with the organisational leaders are responsible for transmitting the culture
among the employees of an organization. I have been able to realize that the achievement
culture can have important effect on the factor of engagement of the employees. This theory
can prove to be useful in my career as it has helped me in understanding that the relationships
in an organization should be characterised by the mutuality along with the trust which can
help in serving the needs of the members.
Journal 3:
Cascio, W.F. and Boudreau, J.W., 2016. The search for global competence: From
international HR to talent management. Journal of World Business, 51(1), pp.103-114.
In my opinion, talent management can be said to be integral part in relation to the
human resource management. I have understood that it is the deliberate approach which is
implemented for the recruiting and the development of the employees in a company. It helps
in retaining the people having the required aptitude or the skills that can help in meeting the
present and the future needs of a company. I have been able to realize that the maintenance of
the pro-people organizational culture can help in the long-term growth of a company. I have
been able to learn that it is indicative of commitment of a company in the retention and the
development of the talented employees. The theory of the talent management has become an
integral part of the process of management in the modern age. The insight can be said to be
connected to the concept of the high-performance workforce in a company. The proper
management of time can help in increasing the efficiency of the work in a company. Talent

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refers to set of the unique abilities which are possessed by the individuals. The persistent
talent gap can hamper growth along with development of a company. It can prove to be
useful in my future career as it can help in devising the plans that can help in mitigating skill
gap in a company. It can help me in aligning the organizational needs with the performance
of the employees that can help in meeting goals of a company.
Journal 4:
Dong, Y., Bartol, K.M., Zhang, Z.X. and Li, C., 2017. Enhancing employee creativity via
individual skill development and team knowledge sharing: Influences of dual‐focused
transformational leadership. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 38(3), pp.439-458.
The important thing that I have been able to learn is that the leadership development
can help in expanding capacity of the individuals that helps them in performing the leadership
roles in a company. It helps in executing the strategies of a company by building the
alignment that helps in growing capability of the other people. It helps in the development of
the abilities along with the attitudes of the individuals in a company. I have understood that
leadership development can be said to be relevant as it can help in strengthening connection
in between efforts of the individual leaders along with the systems in an organization. It helps
in influencing the operations in a company. The concept can be said to be of great value as it
can help in developing the potential of the leaders in a company that can pave the path for the
development of the employees in a company. The success in relation to the leadership
development can be said to be influenced by quality of programme along with the level of the
support that the leaders get in a company. I have been able to understand that leadership
development can be said to be common process in relation to the succession planning that can
help in producing the leaders of the high calibre. I have been able to realize that the

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development of the leadership programs can pave the path for the optimal results that can
prove to be useful for a company.
Journal 5:
Iqbal, N., Anwar, S. and Haider, N., 2015. Effect of leadership style on employee
performance. Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review, 5(5), pp.1-6.
The great leaders in a company should have the leadership styles that can help in
providing the direction and motivating the employees in a company. I have learnt that the
various kinds of leadership styles can have effect on the element of the organizational
effectiveness. Leadership can be said to be a social influence where leader seeks voluntary
participation of the subordinates that can help in reaching the goals of a company. The
organizations need the effective leaders who can understand complexities in relation to global
environment. The mechanism of the leadership styles have an effect on the element of the
team innovation that can affect the productivity of the employees in a company. I have been
able to understand that the leadership styles can have an effect on the organizational
commitment that can influence the work satisfaction in a positive manner. The leadership can
be said to be culturally oriented that helps in embracing the beliefs along with the values of
an individual. The behaviour of the leaders have an effect on the trust along with the
satisfaction of the employees within the framework of a company. The organizations in the
present age need dynamic leaders who knows to how to implement programs on the basis of
the situation. The transformational style of the leadership focuses on developing of the
followers and it helps in transforming the people in a company. I have understood that the
transactional leadership are instrumental in playing the exchange role in between the
managers and the subordinates. The learning can prove to be of use in my future as I have

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understood that ethical behaviour of the leaders have a mediating effect in between the
leadership styles and the job performance of the employees.
Journal 6:
Hoch, J.E., Bommer, W.H., Dulebohn, J.H. and Wu, D., 2018. Do ethical, authentic, and
servant leadership explain variance above and beyond transformational leadership? A
meta-analysis. Journal of Management, 44(2), pp.501-529.
In my view, the culture of a company has an influence on the kind of leadership that is
present in a company. The vision can be said to be essential for the leadership as it provides
guiding principle regarding the communications of a leader. The inspirational leader uses the
larger vision that helps in organizing the work in a team. I think that the organization should
have culture which can support the leaders in building the leadership skills. I have understood
that the companies having a culture supporting the servant approach honours the needs and
the demands of the employees. The realization have dawned on me with the help of the
learning that the company culture should favour the servant leadership style that can help in
fostering trust and encourage the learning within the framework of a company. The
organization which prefers the authoritative style of the leadership have the managers who
have the power of making the decisions in a company. I have understood that the
organizations that can balance the respect and the trust can help in the long-term growth of a
company. The insight has helped me in understanding that the transformational leaders are
responsible for fostering the culture of the inspiration in a company that helps in the long
term growth of a company.
Conclusion
The subject has been able to teach me about the aspects of the organizational culture
and its effect on the engagement of the employees in a company. I have been able to gather

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the knowledge that the development of a leader is imperative for the growth of a company.
The leadership development can help in increasing the chances of improving the performance
of the employees. The development of leadership can help in strengthening the connection in
between the efforts of leaders and that of the organizational system. The companies in the
present age should have the dynamic leaders that can help in the process of implementation
of program in a company. Transformational leaders develops the followers that helps in
adhering to the needs of the people in a company. The leadership vision can be said to be of
crucial importance because it helps in providing the guidance to the other employees in a
company. Inspirational leader makes use of noble vision that helps in the process of
organization of work. The culture of an organization should be capable of supporting the
leaders and it can help in the area of building the leadership skills. The subject has been able
to imbibe in me the knowledge that culture is developed based on cognitive systems which
helps employees in making decisions. The engagement of the employees can pave the path
for augmenting the performance of the employees. The employee engagement can bear
positive influence on the element of the task performance. The support culture proves to be
effective in increasing the engagement of the employees. The organizations should be able to
endow respect in the employees that can create the way for the success of a company.