This section has contrast and comparison of transformational, transactional and autocratic leadership styles. Transformational leader motivate and inspires his team to perform tasks and to achieve the desired goal. On the other hand transactional leadership portrays direct and effective leadership style, the direct authority given to the leader with regards to punishing and rewarding team members depending on the results of the project. On the contrary, autocratic leadership is characterized ...
Task 1 Chosen organisation: Ikea Describe and analyse the primary internal and external influences to which Ikea is subject. Task 2 Chosen theme: Demographic factors i. Analyse how demographic factors influences policies and decision-making within Ikea. ii. Critically evaluate the effectiveness of the organisation's or industry-sector's response. iii. Demonstrate some areas for improvement in the responses of the organisation or industry-sector. Written in: British English Executive Summary: ...
Excellent staff it one of the best competitive advantage that hard to be imitated. Some organisation believe that staff is the key factor for an enterprise to succeed or fail and treat them as most import assets of their organisation. These 'people-oriented' organisations owned high loyalty staff that has high degree of satisfaction is called 'high-commitment organizations'. While some companies that apply principles of scientific management style, use scientific management to pursue high pro...
This paper performs a strategic analysis of The Coca-Cola Company further Company, a leader in the beverage industry. The Company, the world's leading soft drink maker, operates in more than 200 countries and owns or licenses 400 brands of nonalcoholic beverages. The company faces challenges in today's marketplace because of market driven changes. Now the market of the company is geographically vast and it is controlling it with great success. SWOT analysis is performed to understand the exte...
The project work is all about organizational Power, Politics & Conflict theses three words seems to be very simple but have major impact on organization. To understand these three first it is needed to understand what organization is. Social unit of people systematically arranged and managed to meet a need or to pursue collective goals on a continuing basis. All organizations have a management structure that determines relationships between functions and positions, and subdivides and delegate...
Power is a function of dependency where one entity is dependent upon another. It is segmented into multiple sections, each affecting the company in a distinctive way. "Bases of power" classifies the sources of power into multiple sections. "Dependency" Organizations worldwide all have many different ways of achieving power and with that power leads to whether or not the power manifests positively or negatively. Leadership is a key factor to the success of a business. Successful leaders have g...
Critically compare traditional approaches to leadership development with those designed to promote sustainable practices. Outline the impact sustainable leadership may have on organisation success. "Sustainability is about building a society in which a proper balance is created between economic, social and ecological aims" (Széjeky & Knirsch, 2005:628). Sustainable leadership became necessary through the depletion of resources and the environmental restrictions of the countries, e.g. the Kyot...
An organisation is a social arrangement which attain collective goals, which controls its own performance, and which has a boundary separating it from its environment. In a systematic approach Organizational Behavior is the study and application of knowledge about how people, individuals, and groups act in organizations. OB interprets people organization relationships in terms of the whole person, whole group, whole organization, and whole social system and builds better relationships by achi...
Introduction The aim of the project is to study the human resource planning and recruitment and selection processes and strategies of 2 companies - one public and one private. We also need to do an environmental analysis and its impact on the Human Resource Planning of these 2 companies. Based on the study, we have to conduct a job analysis and write job descriptions/ job specifications for 2 positions from these companies. Once that is done, we need to do an analysis of the human resource fo...
INTRODUCTION: American Airlines was the U.S.'s largest carrier in 1992. It had a fleet of 622 jet aircraft, flying 2,450 flights daily to 182 locations. It also had innovative technology and programs. They were the first to introduce a computerized airline reservation system called Sabre, ‘Super Saver' fares and frequent- flier programs. Despite these innovations, American Airlines and the airline industry as a whole was still not operating as profitably or providing customer satisfacti...
