Analysis of Organizational Culture, Leadership, and Teams at Tesla

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of Tesla's organizational culture, leadership styles, and team dynamics. It begins with an introduction to Tesla and its position in the automobile industry, followed by an examination of its organizational culture, including the impact of globalization, leader...Read More

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Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................2
Part 1 Effectiveness of organizational at tesla.............................................................................................3
Part 2 Reflection on group work..................................................................................................................7
Part 3 Personal reflection on employment ...............................................................................................11
Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................13
References.................................................................................................................................................13

Introduction
Tesla is one of the leading company in automobile sector. Which provide products like
electric cars that help them to engage large number of customers with their products and services
and make proper utilization of available resources. Report is about culture prevailing in Tesla
and its effectiveness to develop their employees and motivate them towards working of an
organization. Leadership skills are also prepared to motivate and develop employees. Report also
shows employment in Tesla and its effectiveness. Impact of globalization on overall working of
Tesla. Development of group and team in Tesla.
Part 1 Effectiveness of organizational at Tesla
Spotlights on Tesla culture
Organizational culture is assumptions values and ways of interacting that contributes to
overall environment of an organization. Members behavior in an organization effects overall
working of organization(Gelfand, Choi and Prokopowicz, 2019.)
. Culture means shared attitudes, beliefs. Tesla organizational culture shows competency of their
human resource to bring creativity in overall working of an organization. Tesla culture shows
innovation to develop new products that have ability to satisfy their customers wants and desires.
Their culture shows them to think like customer that help them to bring innovation and develop
products that are able to satisfy their customers wants. Creates culture to work in a team to
achieve goals and objectives of their business and to increase effectiveness of their products and
services. Try to those things that their competitors are unable to complete.
Leadership at Tesla
Effective leadership help each and every individual to develop effectiveness of their
products and services. Tesla need to develop effective skills in their leaders so that they are able
to develop and help in effective utilization as well as achievement of their goals and objectives.
Tesla need to use different leadership that help them to develop their business.
Democratic leadership

In this style leaders of Tesla needs to provide jobs and opportunities to their employees
on the basis of their abilities and skills that make their organization effective and help them to
develop their business at a large scale.
Autocratic leadership
In this style leader will not involve their employees while decision making they decide on
their own but it effects overall success of their organization and demotivates their employees.
Strategic leadership
This leadership help to set plans for development of Tesla and leaders are able to attract
large number of customers towards effectiveness of their organization(Carlson, 2015.)
.
Transformational leadership
In this leaders try to push their employees out of their comfort zone so that they are able
to achieve goals ad objectives of business by increasing participation of their employees towards
working and development of organization.
Transactional leadership
In this leaders of Tesla need to reward and appreciate efforts of effective employees that
help them to increase employees involvement and they work towards development of their
organization.
Coach style leadership
Leaders try to develop effectiveness of their employees by nourishing their skills and
abilities that help them to achieve goals and objectives of their business on time and increase
their effectiveness.
Organizational context
Impact of globalization

Tesla motors provide products and services like electric cars and other services to satisfy
wants and desires of their customers to engage effectively them with their products and services.
Globalization effects working as well as products and services of Tesla(Hess and Andiola, 2017.)
. Globalization means advancement of infrastructure, development of technology and
transportation.
Expand market
Globalization help Tesla to develop their business at a large scale and expand market of
their products and services. Development of technology and infrastructure help organization to
increase effectiveness of their products and services. Help them to develop new technology that
are effective to satisfy their customers wants and need. Development of internet help Tesla to
reduce marketing price of their products and services and help them to reduce cost of their
product and provide quality services to their customer and develop their business.
Free flow lab our
Tesla is able to hire effective and skilled employees from different nations that help them
to develop and increase effectiveness of their products that have ability to increase and expand
business at a large scale. It help Tesla to develop future opportunities for their business and
increase effectiveness of their products and services and develop their business at a large scale.
Improved infrastructure
Development of infrastructure help to increase availability and effectiveness of their
products and services and help them to develop their business at a large scale. Development of
infrastructure help them to expand their products and services to different economies. Provide
them safety while movement of their goods and resources from one economy to another.
Whole organization
Rational and social organization
In Tesla their written rules and policies that are require to develop business at a large
scale. Proper division of lab our in Tesla help them to achieve goals and objectives of their
organization. (Wiesbaden, 2016.)

They develop formal communication to share information in an organization and help them to
develop their business at a large scale and increase effectiveness of their products. Rationality I
Tesla help them to adapt new technologies to develop electric cars. Tesla requires special skills
and abilities in their employees to develop new products and services. Company needs to
develop discipline and timely completion of task and duties.
Power and politics
Power of leaders and managers in Tesla help them to develop effective task and
opportunities for their employees and make them effective towards achievement of goals and
objectives of organization. Power help them to provide direction to their employees. Help to
perform better and effective decision making of organization. Power sometimes make employees
feel unimportant to organization. Whereas politics in an organization effects overall growth of
business. Reduce efforts of effective employees towards development of organization. Make
organization ineffective towards achievement of goals and objectives of organization. Politics by
some employees in Tesla make demotivates other employees and reduces their abilities towards
development of organization.
Organizational culture and leadership
Tesla organizational culture works to provide innovation products and services to their
customers. Their aim to define culture and values of their organization to their employees.
Leadership helps them to motivate and develop effective working of their employees in an
organization. Leader help to achieve goals and objectives of an organization to develop
organization at a large scale.
Groups and teams
Tesla needs to develop effective teams and employees that help organizational to achieve
goals and objectives. Effective team help to share skills and abilities in an organization(Wich and
Magee, 2019.)
. Leaders and managers needs to set group goals for their employees and help them to achieve goals
and objectives. They develop and set strategy for their employees so that they work effectively. Need to
concentrate on an individual to develop their skills that help organization to achieve their goals and

objectives. Employees need to be fast that help organization to achieve goals on time. Tesla need to
develop their employees to work passionately and effectively in an organization.
Individual level
Motivation and job design
Employees in Tesla are work effectively to satisfy their wants and desires. It help companies to
save money and work effectively towards working and development of organization. Tesla need to
inspire their employees they motivate their employees to become successful and achieve goals and
objectives of their organization. Tesla invest lot of money to hire effective employees to develop their
organization. Employees need to develop variety of skills and talents and have control over planning and
development of required task. Employees need to work effectively and to work hard for overall
development of organization at a large scale to work effectively towards overall success in an
organization. Tesla need to develop overall skills of their employees to develop flexibility in scheduling
which help in overall production and development of organization. Job rotation help to develop effective
utilization of skills and abilities of their organization at a large scale. Tesla need to try to retain their
quality employees. Help to motivate and satisfy their customers.
Part 2 Reflection on group work
Difference between a group and team
Groups Teams
Group is a collection of individual employees
who work with coordination and effective
communication with their efforts.
Team is a group of people who work
effectively to achieve a common goals or
objective.
In a group there is only a one leader In a team there are large number of leaders
Groups are working independently on their
own guidelines
Teams are working by depending o each other
that help them to achieve goals of
organization.
In a group employees are working
individually with their own efforts and
effectiveness(Burke and Howell, 2018.)
In a team employees are working with each
other by sharing their skills and abilities.

Groups focusing on achievement of their
personal goals
Teams work to accomplish team goals
effectively.
In a group an individual member is
accountable towards their own working.
In a team each whole team is accountable
towards their working. Without purpose a
business organization is not able to build
team.
Team roles
Shaper
Tesla need an effective team in which employees have ability to face challenges, and
effective communication skills and motivate other team member to achieve goals and objectives
of their organization.
Implementer
Implementer are well organized and help Tesla to develop their ideas into action and
plans. Implementer are slow to accept change in a team.
Finisher
They try to identify errors and problems in a team that effect them while accomplishing
goals and objectives of their business.
Coordinator
Tesla need to develop coordination in an organization that help them to develop
effectiveness in their organization(Dipboye and Dipboye, 2018.)
. Coordination help them to achieve goals on time.
Team worker
Team workers in Tesla need to resolve conflicts employees in a team work and help each
other to accomplish goals and objectives.
Resource investigator

Team leaders help to analyze resources available in an organization and effective towards
achievement of goals and objectives of an organization.
Balance of team roles
Tesla need to develop balance in a team and require effectiveness in an organization in
their employees. balance help to develop success in a team. By providing roles and
responsibilities to their employees help them to achieve goals and objectives of business. Leader
of Tesla need to be visionary that help them to achieve goals and objective of business. Leaders
needs to analyze weakness in a team that help them to achieve goals and objectives of business.
Stages of group formation
Orientation
In this stage group are formed employees are develop communication with each other. In
this Tesla need to understand purpose of their group.
Storming stage
In stage where employees have competition in between them and chances of rise in
misunderstanding is also increase in Tesla.
Norming stage
Groups are more familiar with each other and develop effective communication and
respect each other Tesla develop enjoyable and fun environment for their employees.
Performing stage
Employees in a group trust each other and work towards accomplishment of goals and
opportunities set for their organization.
Adjourning stage

In this stage group achieved the task they set for accomplish in an organization. The
project is ended in this stage.
Group dynamics
Group dynamics help Tesla to understand how groups are formed and help them in
overall development of their organization(Lashley, 2017.)
. Help them to analyze process require in development of groups and hep them to achieve goals
and objectives of an organization. Help to motivate employees towards common goal in an
organization. Employees are working for achievement of a common task and work effectively to
increase profitability of Tesla.
Pseudo team
In this team members are not working together to perform effectively or to develop their
performance. They are not interested in creating common goal or purpose that help them to
achieve goals and objectives of their organization.
Potential team
Members are working hard to develop their performance and they share skills and
abilities with each other that help them to achieve goals and objectives on time effectively and
attractively. Members of Tesla are working on a same purpose.
Real team
IN this team members have skills required to accomplish tasks. This are small groups of
people who have common purpose and objectives to achieve.
High performance team
In this team members help each other to develop performance of each other that help
them as well as in overall development of organization
Leadership of a team

Tesla require leadership to build strong communication in their employees that help them
to achieve goals and objectives on time(Romero, Uzzi and Kleinberg, 2019.)
. Communication help organization to get effective information that help them in increasing
profitability of their business. Leaders always need to motivate their employees to work
effectively towards achievement of their goals and objectives that help them to attract large
number of customers. Help employees to develop consistency in their work that help them to
achieve their goals and objectives. Need to develop smooth working in an organization and
provide guidelines to their employees to work effectively. Leaders of Tesla need to be confident
to attract others and have required knowledge to control working of an organization. Need to be
innovative to attract large number of customers and inspire all other employees in company to
bring creativity and innovation in their work.
Part 3 Personal reflection on employment
Types of organization motivate and engage
Organization who are able to cope up their employees problems and work effectively
towards development of their employees are able to engage employees effectively towards their
working. Organization need to develop participation of their employees in decision making.
Organization which develop equality in working of organization. Flat operation structure of an
organization help to engage employees with working of an organization. Helping employees to
understand new technology and work.
Why more productive in this organization
Increasing participation of employees in decision making help them to attract customers
to work with full of efficiency. This organization familiarize their employees and think about
achievement of personal goals of their employees. Flat operation structure help to reduce
inequality and develop smooth working in an organization.
Organizations where less engaged and productive

Those who are not working for welfare of their employees and not able to satisfy their
employees need and wants and not able to attract their customers towards working of their
organization.
Identity personality and emotion relation with work experience
Person’s identity effects overall working in an organization(Forsyth, 2018.)
. Person working in a big company and get lower level job in another job in another company
then it demotivates him and not able to work effectively according to requirement of their
organization
Personality effects overall working in an organization. If employee is more effective in
playing politics then he is not able to help organization to achieve their goals and objectives. He
is more emphasize on playing politics in an organization. If employee is effective and help
organization to achieve their goals and objective then company is able to achieve their goals and
objectives at a large scale.
If an employee is too emotional to work in an different environment then he is not able to
cope up with the changes and it effects their overall development.
Strength and weakness of employment
Strength
Employees creativity help business to achieve their goals and objectives and attract large
number of customers towards their products and services. Employees flexibility to change with a
change in work environment help them to achieve their goals and objectives. Dedication towards
development of organization help them to improve their effectiveness in an organization.
Employees need develop continuous learning that help them to develop new plans and
technologies towards development of organization.
Weakness

In employees are ineffective to develop communication then it effects overall
coordination in an organization. If they are not able to develop attractiveness and effectiveness of
organizations products and services then it effects their overall profitability. If employees are too
sensitive then they are not able to work for development of organization. If they are insecure
towards their work then it develop ineffectiveness in an organization.
Address weakness and set targets for development
Performance in work help to analyze performance abilities to identify opportunities.
Analyze performance of other employees and compare(Sangra, 2019.)
. Need to analyze time taken to complete a task and goal.
Require to develop overall effectiveness of employees. Need to communicate with other
employees and acquire their skills and abilities. Increase participation in team work and develop
effective utilization of resources. Try to bring creativity and innovation in their working that help
to achieve goals and objectives of organization.
Conclusion
Tesla culture is to provide innovative products and services to their customers that help
them to engage large customers with their products and services. Leadership help them to attract
large number of employees and motivate them towards achievement of goals of their
organization. Development of a balance in a team help them to achieve goals and objectives of
their organization. Group dynamic help to develop effective team that help them to achieve goals
and objectives of their organization. Globalization help Tesla to develop their business at a large
scale and improve their efficiency. Strength and weakness analysis help in overall development
of employees.
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