Organizational studies and human resource management

Leadership and Management are two words in the business world that continue to fuel debates. According to Schedlitzki and Edwards “opinions indicate a similarity evident over the years, in the ambiguity surrounding the concepts of leadership and management”. The distinction between a leader and a manager can be the defining difference between an outstanding organization and one that is stands in the land of mediocrity. A leader of an organization who merely operates as a manager defines his or…

Case Study Essay 3 BUS 308 Robert A Landry 14-10. Based on readings, there were 3 factors that led to this becoming an open conflict. The first factor was management created a process conflict by removing the walls between Matt and Peter. Whereas before Matt and Peter were not aware of their differences in work habits and organization, removing the wall brought these differences out into the open. The second item was the existence of personal variables between the two men. Their differences…

Studies have indicated that most of the organisation’s priority is to meet or exceed their business objectives. The success of executing any strategy is dependent on how effective the leadership is communicating the strategy, as well as the performance of the employees who contribute towards its implementation. Therefore it is desirable for the leaders of organisations to make sure that the strategy they are driving is aligned with the culture that they want to instil in the organization. This…

What is a leader? The definition of a leader is one who leads or commands a group, organization, or country. A good leader is one who creates a new path in the wilderness and shines a light upon the weak. Leaders can come in all shapes and sizes, they can be old or young, educated or street smart. G. A. Henty’s historical fiction novel, In Freedom’s Cause offers many leaders who rise during the Scottish rebellion against English rule, but one of the most savvy, wise, and proud of all was King…

a leader promotes education and skill development to help his/her followers work toward and achieve their goals. As a CEO ranked high in the “Great Eight” leadership competencies of enterprising and performing, he is adept at building up skills, resources and a sense of self-efficacy in order to help his followers work toward their positive change (PSY 815, n.d.). Commitment to the growth of people is one of the critical characteristics of servant leadership, and one of the keys to empowering…

Leaders and followers The approaches which we discussed before were focusing on a leader who stands out from his colleagues as being special, different and leading the rest of the people. Here we will shift our discussion to other approaches that discuss the importance of the relation between the leader and his followers, in this case the leader will be represented as a team leader not a solo leader, in other word the “Servant”. Servant leadership is defined as a philosophy and set of…

which the organisation will cooperate later on, and how the organisation will be governed and driven (Quinney & Richardson, 2014). Organisational culture more often than not alludes to how individuals feel about the organisation, their view of management and the specialist framework, and the level of worker inclusion and responsibility to accomplishment of organisational objectives. Leaders need to discover that where culture may matter most is in its effect on the system and structure against…

(Bhal & Gulati, 2006). In the Udechukwu’s study (2006), it found that two variables namely organizational commitment and job satisfaction had significant impact towards intention to quit. And the intention to quit will result as turnover of employees in an organization, shown as below (i.e. Figure 1). Figure…

bringing about the recovery of the Japanese economy, after the collapse of it in War World II, his ideas were to outline the importance of product quality. In his historically famous book titled Out of the Crisis, Demings listed fourteen key points on management guidelines that many large corporations are still using today as a means for greater production from employees and increased profits. Deming’s contribution to the business world have shaped not just successful corporations, but an entire…

a) A mission statement is a synopsis of the aims, values and intentions of the person. It reflects their strengths, what they strive to achieve and their ethos. I agree that both A and B are personal mission statements. In source A, Mahatma Gandhi states the things that he would like to achieve each day, “I shall not fear anyone on Earth… I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. I shall conquer untruth by truth.” All of these things reflect Mahatma…