Business Case Study: Lush Cosmetic Is An Effective Company

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Lush cosmetic is an effective company however an unsuccessful areas as shown is the lack of communication between senior management and the staff. This is because the people in the managerial position do not know how staff feels about the changes at the outlet. According to the business practice video, one of the staff within the Lush outlet store do not feel comfortable about the changes to their uniform as they feel like they’re in prison. They prefer the old colorful uniform as this enable them to express their work performances freely. Other unsuccessful areas at Lush is the shortage of the ingredients and the lack of stock. As shown in the video that workers won 't wont able to get their work done because of the lack ingredients to make …show more content…
Increase homogeneity team members rather than heterogeneity, and enhance interaction within leaders and teams. Building trust among team members and make sure they have the trust on the team leader will support team decisions and able to adapt to changes (Dirks, 2000). After observing the Lush cosmetic video, a various relevant aspects of management has been found. As it said by the CEO in 2007 , the staff and the company were under stressed and do not work properly. The CEO then sent Linda , Director of communication for Lush to go undercover for 4 days. She join the front line to work in disguise and find ways to improve the company.
Evaluate the management and leadership styles you
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Lok and Crawford (2004) state that Leadership styles has been become visible to be a primary way in the effectiveness of the organization, and diverse leadership styles are now and then more successful in different situations (Lok & Crawford, 2004). The effective organizational leaders are mostly consistent and are reliable in the way they attempt to influence the behavior of members within the group, this pattern of behavior being the leadership style of a given manager.The behavior of numerous managers is too complicated to be in any way described by a single style. It is the managers responsibility to use their style to suit the given situation within the business. There are various approaches, trying use leadership style , this is by utilizing diverse terms and criteria for analyzing the issue.Diverse recommendation on management and leadership approaches by CEO’s at Lush have been utilized to attempt in solving different issues and find ways to improve the

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