An HRM Essay on Leadership Challenges and Growth in Tesco PLC

This essay delves into the leadership challenges faced by Tesco, a multinational grocery and merchandise retailer, within the context of Human Resource Management (HRM). It begins by outlining the background and importance of leadership, highlighting its role in influencing and motivating employees to achieve organizational goals. The essay identifies key challenges such as providing inspiration, managing conflict, ensuring effective communication, and maintaining accountability. It further examines leadership from both employer and employee perspectives, discussing benefits like trust-building, conflict management, and employee motivation. A comparison with Sainsbury's, a competitor, provides insights into similar challenges and benefits. The essay concludes by emphasizing the importance of leadership in driving organizational growth and efficiency, referencing leadership's impact on employee energy and motivation. This essay provides a comprehensive overview of leadership dynamics within a major retail organization.

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Tackling HRM challenges in
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
Background of topic- Leadership.............................................................................................1
Importance of Leadership.........................................................................................................2
Benefits to the organisation linked to Leadership..................................................................2
Challenges faced by organisation in context to leadership....................................................2
Leadership from perspective of employer and employee.......................................................3
Benefits and challenges experienced by another organisation..............................................3
Improving organisation growth based on other business......................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
References:......................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
The concept of leadership is wide that defines the process influencing others for
accomplishing objectives and directing organisation in such manner that makes more cohesive
and coherent. The leadership attributes such as beliefs, knowledge, skills, values and ethics are
applied by leaders to carry out this process. It is a continuous process which is considered as
mutual relation between leader and followers. Leadership is a dynamic process and in
organisation good leaders are made not born (Bush and et.al., 2019). For the essay Tesco
organisation is considered which is a multinational groceries & general merchandise retailer
established in 1919, UK. The essay will cover the background of topic with its importance and
benefits. There is identification of challenges that organisation will encounter and from the
perspective of employer and employee what it benefits or not is considered. Further, example is
taken of other organisation that benefits and challenges they experience and how improvements
can be made and what other organisation do for improving growth.
MAIN BODY
Background of topic- Leadership
The conception of leadership was created by the Peter Drucker who invented
management and Warren Bennis invented leadership as business ideas which provide an
distinction between the managers and leaders. The managers are likes to do things right whereas
leaders are people who do right thing. The leadership defines the ability of influencing and
motivating others to bring out best in them which focuses on encouraging individuals for adding
more to overall effectiveness of organisation. This helps in achieving the common goals in
organisation by directing workers & colleagues with strategy to meet the needs of company
(Chon, and Zoltan, 2019). The leaders in the organisation have critical thinking skills which
helps in knowing the best way of using resources. The leadership has link with performance in
business context where effective leaders help company to increase their bottom lines. The
leadership capabilities can be developed through leadership courses, mentorship and experience
as leaders are made not born. There are some leaders who posses traits which comes naturals to
them or developed early in their lives. The leadership in organisation shows workers how they
can perform their responsibilities effectively and supervise regularly to complete their tasks.

Importance of Leadership
For the success of any organisation leadership is important management function as this
assists in directing organisation resources for improving efficiency and achieving the goals. In
the organisation leadership is important as leaders start work by communicating policies and
plans with subordinates. With economic and non-economic rewards, employees are motivated
and therefore to get work done by subordinates (Hidayat, and Wulandari, 2020). Leadership is
important for building morale by having co-operation of employees towards work so that they
perform with best abilities for attaining goals. In leadership, leader provides company vision as
organisation have people with several talents and capabilities which helps in supporting
individual efforts towards the collective objective. Leadership is important for motivating and
inspiring teams along with coordinate personal actions for advancing common goals & leader
help companies in achieving excellence.
Benefits to the organisation linked to Leadership
In the organisation leadership is important for both in developing strength and power of
organisation along with helps in managing relationship and resources. In context to Tesco
employees requires leadership as these benefits in showing direction, motivation and inspiration
for performing best and control actions that can damage business as whole. The leadership serve
several benefits to organisation of Tesco as this enable business in developing deep and more
trusting relationship with clients. The team members, employees are encouraged to work in
difficult situation (Leithwood, K., 2018). The strong leader ensures effective communication
when big decision are made by company related to new strategy or change then it becomes
crucial to inform everyone in company which can be reached through emails or staff meetings.
This helps in reducing miscommunication in organisation. The strong leader ensures that
appropriate resources are available to staff members and having right tool helps in performing
job effectively through all this leadership benefits the colleagues in producing quality work by
showing them care in organisation.
Challenges faced by organisation in context to leadership
The organisation faces several challenges while addressing the issue of leadership. The
first challenge is providing inspiration which organisation face as leader motivates and inspire
the team to complete the work which becomes difficulty in challenging work environment. The
second challenge is related to conflict which affects the company productivity and performance

if handled poorly by the leaders in context to Tesco. The other challenge is effective
communication as it is required on multiple levels and becomes hard because it takes
commitment. To make communication effective it requires clarity of messages, consistency and
discipline. If leaders of Tesco are not clear with the company vision and messages it can leads to
miscommunication which can affect the company in achieving its goals. The lack of
accountability is a challenge for Tesco company which hampers the work of not getting done and
better ideas are falling through crack. If leader refuse to take accountability, then disorganisation
increases and in workplace entire team is damaged (Lord, and et.al., 2020).
Leadership from perspective of employer and employee
The leadership from the perspective of employers benefits the employees and workplace
by developing trust where team members can work in collaboration and becomes more
accountable towards their own work and for others. The leaders help employers of Tesco in
building trust by developing relationship and bonds between team members. In organisation
information is power as effective leaders in promotes communication by encouraging people in
order to share information when it needs to share which makes easy for managing the conflicts
resulting in positive outcomes.
The leadership helps in influencing the employees which benefits them in better handling
of workplace related challenges and leaders raise innovation and creativity to reach them their
full potential. The leadership helps in motivating employees in in the form of monetary such as
salaries and bonuses by implementing schemes and reward system. This helps in recognising
hard work and achievement in order to make staff feel appreciated what they are performing and
motivating to continue good work. The leadership helps in increasing employee engagement in
employees (Shen, and Joseph, 2021).
Benefits and challenges experienced by another organisation
To know the challenges and benefits in leadership which is faced by other organization
the example of Sainsbury is taken which is a competitor of Tesco. As leadership is pervasive
function which applies to every organisation and leaders are required in company which helps in
accomplish objectives & goals of company. The Sainsbury also faces some challenges in context
to leadership such as developing of employees which is a challenge that Sainsbury can face as
leaders are required to provide coaching and mentoring in effective way so that employees can
perform their task. Managing stakeholder is other challenge which organization face as manging

relationship, politics and images in work environment is challenging which needs managerial
support, influencing others, groups and individual which becomes difficult sometimes for
leaders.
The organisation is benefited by the leadership in same way it provides advantage to
Sainsbury that helps in achieving its goals towards the company vision. The effective leadership
helps in solving problems which arise in business such as low productivity, to solve this leader
can revise training process so that employees can have all tools to have success in their roles
(Wollmann and et.al., 2020). There can be increase of efficiency in context to Sainsbury as
leaders make changes in business such as using online software for tracking metrics that can help
in reviewing employee performance. The inclusivity is maintained by leader in organisation as
leadership helps in removing barriers to employee success. In workplace leaders can provide
health accommodation, time off to employees to make them feel welcoming without considering
their backgrounds or abilities.
Improving organisation growth based on other business
Leadership is the management function that helps to the organisation's resources for
improved the efficiency and achievement of goals which is helpful for growth of organisation in
context to Tesco. Leadership is the strength for any organization Growth as it boosts employee
energy, & motivation. This Leadership management is important any organization to increase
efficiency and organizational goals. For any organisation's growth of Tesco leadership is the most
important part because a good leader can balance the efficiency of employee and encourage them
by motivating for the work which is helps in company's growth. Effective leaders provide clarity
of purpose, motivate and guide the organization to realize its mission and vision. Leadership
influence, rather than authority, enhances organisational productivity and growth through
engagement and motivation. The ability to have an effect on the character, growth, or conduct of
someone or something, as well as the effect itself, is defined as influence (Zaccaro, and et.al.,
2018).
CONCLUSION
From the above it can be concluded that leadership is an integral part of human life. The
direction is set by the managers and take use of management skills for guiding the people in right
destination in smooth & effective ways. The effective leadership becomes the main requirements

of the organisations which can provide the positive results and also improve the proficiency of
the employees. On the topic of leadership, the report was based which discussed the concept of
leadership and its importance in organization. Further essay cover benefits and challenges which
is faced by the organisation.
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