Week 4 Questions

1. How do your organization’s leaders influence your organization’s culture? How does the leadership of your organization achieve organizational goals?

Leadership is the practice of influence that stimulates subordinates or followers to do their best towards the achievement of desired goals. Where there is an organized group of people working towards a common goal, some type of leadership becomes essential. An organization’s leader influences organization’s culture by building up confidence and zeal among people to move towards the common objectives. A leader influences the behavior, attitude and beliefs of his subordinates.

1. The leader should communicate effectively and follow the principle of motivation.

2. He should listen to his subordinates properly and should consult the group in framing the policies and lines of action.

3. He should implement authority whenever necessary to implement the policies.

Good leadership improves motivation and morale of employees. It acts as a motive power to group efforts as it rectifies the imperfectness of the formal organizational relationships. By helping in cooperation and coordination of different departments working in an organization, good and effective leadership helps achieve organizational goals.

2. Can someone who is a leader NOT be a manager? Why or why not? Can someone who is a manager NOT be a leader? Why or why not?

A leader cannot essentially be a good manager. Because what a manager needs to have, a leader might not possess all the qualities of a good manager. A good manager has the knowledge of the organization, has technical knowledge and administrative ability to instruct and inspire. A leader can inspire people, communicate well and can even secure cooperation but without knowledge of the organization and technical knowledge, he cannot manage the complete organization effectively and efficiently.

A manager can always be a leader because the definition of a good manager includes a...