Assignment Sample on M31864 International Leadership and Managing Diversity
Slide 1-Introduction
- One of the main approaches of international leadership is to manage the cultural diversity in the company
- There is a requirement of effective leadership in a cross-cultural context
- In this report, the different approaches of leadership and the main issues leadership in Nokia will be discussed
It is the duty of an international organization to apply different approaches to leadership while if the company will not be able to implement effective leadership then the company will be affected. Additionally, if the leadership of the organization may not be able to understand the cultural diversities of the company then it may create many cultural and leadership issues in the company.
Slide 2- A brief discussion about Nokia
- Nokia also follows a specific leadership style and the management of the company is for the operative management of the company
- The leaders for the company did not have proper decision making and problems solving skills which affect the success of the company
- Moreover, the leaders are not creative and innovative and for that reason, the company lost its competitiveness
It needs to be stated that the leadership styles of the company did not have the authority to influence the employees and the lack of creativity ruins the growth of the company
Slide 3- Culture issues in Nokia
- The main cultural issue of Nokia is that it is not able to provide higher productivity during the unwanted and uncertain condition
- Moreover, due to a lack of innovation and creative approach the product development of the company has taken a long period of time
- The leadership of the company is not able to deal with existing challenges of the company and that affected the growth of the company
Cultural awareness is one of the most important elements of the organizational culture as it is the duty of the organization to develop the cultural issues of employees who worked in the organization. The management of Nokia was not able to improve the cultural awareness of the employees which is mainly responsible for the failure of the company. Additionally, if the product development of the strategy was incorporated into the organizational culture of Nokia then the company will be able to achieve optimum success in this existing industry.
Slide 4 – The impact of ineffective leadership style in the organizational culture of Nokia
- The existing leadership style of Nokia is not effective which badly impacts the organizational culture of the Nokia
- The poor decision making process of higher management is also responsible for creating multiple organizational issues in Nokia
- The management of the company was not able to share the vision of the company with the employees which harmed the growth of Nokia
It needs to be stated that the cultural vision of the leaders of Nokia was not able to provide the right duration for the success of the company. Additionally, when other mobile companies were focusing on making Android phones then Nokia did not focus on making Android phones and that ruin the competitive advantage of the company. The ineffective leadership of the company was not able to develop a suitable business model for the growth and success of the company.
Slide 5- Ascertaining the international leadership capabilities
- There are many factors that affect the modern leadership style in an organization
- A leader needs to have effective management and negotiation skills and that may help the leaders to manage the employees of the organization
- Moreover, a good leader needs to have effective communication skills to communicate with employees
Nowadays, the development and proper improvement of leadership capabilities are one of the most highlighted matters for organizations as a formal training program is extremely effective in enhancing leadership capabilities (Boak and Crabbe, 2018). It is the prime duty of the leaders of Nokia to understand the cultural difference by using multiple cultural models which play a crucial role in managing diversity. The organizational culture generates a beneficial impact in the organization as it influences the productivity of the organization while toxic leadership may result in toxic management and toxic personality (Moczydłowska and Wojdyłło, 2017).
Slide 6- Implications on leadership and management across culture
- It needs to be stated that there is a huge impact of effective leadership styles in managing diversified organizational culture
- A leaders is always focus in building a team oriented culture which will support the collaborative approach of the team
- Modern leaders need to play a clearly defined role to mage the diversity culture by negotiation and effective problem solving skill
It has been observed that culture always influences the leadership of an organization as a leader of the organization needs to have a cultural intelligence that will help the leaders to adopt an effective leadership style in cross-cultural situations (Solomon and Steyn, 2017).
Slide 7- Effect of communication skill in a cross-cultural context
- A leader needs to have effective communication skills to understand the needs of stakeholders
- Effective communication skills also influence the decisions making skills of leaders which is essential required in different cultural context
- There is a positive relationship between the effective communication skills of leaders and the success of the team in an organization (Giudici and Filimonau, 2019)
The leaders and managers of an organization need to improve effective communication skills which may help the organization in maintaining a healthy relationship with the employees of the company.
Slide 8- Effect of negotiation skill and team working skills in a cross-cultural context
- It needs to be noted that the leaders of Nokia do not have proper negotiation skills which affect the team working spirit of the company
- The leaders of the company need to understand the culture of the UK and require to adopt negotiation skills according to the culture of the company
- The effectiveness of team working skills of Nokia depends on the negotiation skills of organizational leaders
The negotiation skills of leaders are extremely impactful in dealing with conflicts and organizational tensions which indicates the negotiable skills of leaders has a direct link to the human resources and operational system of the company (Tsai et al., 2019).
Slide 9- Effect of problem solving skill in a cross-cultural context
- The leaders of an organization need to discuss problems with the employees of the organization which may organizational culture more transparent
- The leaders of Nokia will not be able to understand the problems of the company which affect the production and performance of the company
- If the leaders of the organization do not have proper problems solving skills the decision making the company may be affected
The Hersey Blanchard model is one of the most innovative models to understand different approaches of leadership and according to this model, leaders need to sell, tell, delegate and participate and also require to focus on workplace factors.
Slide 10- Effect of decision making skill in a cross-cultural context
- The decision making process of leaders has a close association with the problem solving skills of leaders
- The decision making process of Nokia is not effective and not suitable to understand the different cultural contexts of the organization
- Moreover, the vision, perspective and decision making style of a leader may have the possibility to be affected by different cultures
A leader of the organization needs to understand the different cultures of the company or else it will be extremely difficult for leaders to understand different philosophies of leadership styles that affect the decision making process of the leaders.
Slide 11-Prime features of Charismatic leadership
- Charismatic leadership is an innovative style of leadership that executes radical vision on the organization which is immensely essential in resolving the problems
- One of the biggest features of Charismatic leadership is that it always provides confidence and enables creativity in the organization
- The leaders of Nokia need to be more creative as lack of creativity and innovation is main responsible for this issues within the company
Charismatic leaders always believe in influencing and motivating the individual performance of an employee by providing performance based rewards which is extremely essential in different cultural contexts (Meslec et al., 2020).
Slide 12- Prime features of Ethical leadership
- The prime feature of ethical leadership is that it influences the employees of the company by sharing the cultural goals and organizational values of the company
- There are some principles of ethical leaders such as respecting others, building a strong community and teamwork, and implementing proper justice in the workplace
- The management of Nokia needs to follow ethical leadership which helps the organization in establishing more integrity and fairness in the workplace
Modern managers and leaders need to implement the approaches of ethical leadership which will make their leadership styles more effective and realistic.
Slide 13- Prime features of Transformational leadership
- The leadership approaches of transformational leaders are designed to influence or motivate the employees of an organization
- transformational leaders always focus on moral values which helps the management of the organization in achieving the team oriented goals of the company
- The leaders of Nokia may not be able to influence employees which affect the team performance
Job satisfaction of employees is extremely essential for the growth of the organization and for that reason transformational leaders need to motivate employees to increase organizational engagement and job satisfaction (Eliyana and Ma’arif, 2019).
Slide 14-Prime features of authentic leadership
- Authentic leadership always focus the long term goals which may help the organization to deal with new and uncertain challenges
- Authentic leaders are extremely creative and always design new strategies to deal with new challenges of the company
- Authentic leaders of the organization need to have listening skills which will be useful in solving existing issues of employees
Work engagement is essential for the modern organization as authentic leadership helps in improving the organizational commitment of employees which may result in higher productivity of the company.
Slide 15- The main approach of different leadership styles in an organization
- The concept of leadership is changing day by day, however, Nokia will not able to execute effective leadership styles according to the cultural context of the company
- It is the duty of the leaders of the company to identify and recognize different cultural approaches of the company such as masculinity, sociability and many more
- A leader of the organization need to have six specific traits such as good intelligence level, confidence levels, integrity mind and charismatic approaches
The main task of the leader is to maintain balance and a good relationship between the top level and middle level management.
Slide 16- Impact of toxic leadership in an organization
- The toxic leadership is extremely harmful to the company as it always influences negative outcomes of the company
- The main responsibility of leaders is to not attack the self-esteem of employees or else it may result in degradation in organizational culture
- A leader needs to control anger and use emotional intelligence to manage the diversified culture
Toxic leadership in an organization is mainly responsible for organizational conflicts which ruin the relationship between the employees and the organizations of the company
Slide 17- Leading people across culture
- Effective styles of leadership always analyse the cultures and make a decision which is important to manage the diverse culture
- It is the duty of the leaders to respect the culture of all employees by using several skills such as negotiation and communication skills
- The leaders of Nokia were not able to understand the diverse culture of the company and that mainly affect the productivity and performance of the company
The leaders of a company need to be extremely caring, realistic, innovative which may create a positive impact in understanding the cultural nature and styles of the organization and it is also useful in reducing cultural conflict in the workplace (Groysberg et al., 2018).
Slide 18- Recommendation for Nokia
- It should be recommended that the leaders of the company need to follow an effective leadership style such as transformational or authentic
- Managing the dissatisfied culture is one of the most difficult jobs for the company as the implication of effective leadership may solve the problems
- The leaders of Nokia needs to identify the key issues which make the leadership of the company extremely toxic
It needs to be advised the leaders of the organizations needs to establish cultural integrity by using leadership styles and cultural framework
Slide 19- Trait theory and leadership
- The leaders of the organizations needed to follow the 5 factors personality to develop the leadership skills in an effective way
- A leader requires to avoid neuroticism or else the depression and anxious level of leaders may be increased
- The oneness of leaders is extremely helpful in improving the leadership skills as it helps the leaders to be more creative and curious
One of the main approaches of the model is to resolve the leadership issues of a leader and improve the communication, negotiation, problem solving and decision making skills of the leaders.
Slide 20- Conclusion
- It may be concluded that poor leadership styles affect the organizational culture
- Nokia needs to adopt effective leadership styles to gain a more competitive advantage
- The leaders of a company need to implement different leadership approaches to manage the actual diversity
Moreover, it is the main duty of Nokia to establish leadership at all levels of the company for better productivity and performance.
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