Leadership Skills Solved Assignment (Leadership Style)

1.What is your reaction to this conversation? What would you say to Morgan to help him lead the organization?

Morgan has an old-fashioned vision. He is managing under the assumptions of a even, predicable environment. Explaining that today's environment is changing and disordered would help him alter his position as leader of the organization. Morgan needs both leadership and management skills to provide direction for Airstar. Management focuses on establishing detailed plans and schedules for achieving specific results, then allocating resources to accomplish the plan. A vision is a picture of an motivated, desirable future for the organization or team Leadership calls for creating a compelling vision of the future for Airstar and developing farsighted strategies for producing the changes needed to achieve that vision .To be convincing or compelling for followers, the vision has to be one that Airstar employees can relate to and share. Morgan needs to develop his leadership skills.

2.  To what extent do you rate both Morgan and Robinson as a good manager versus a good leader according to the dimensions in Exhibit 1.3?

      Overall Morgan and Robinson rank low in the dimensions of a good manager.

Direction: Morgan and Robinson rank low on direction which includes planning. The organization is under threat, and they are not sure which direction to take. They have considered potential acquisitions, imports and exports, more research, and additional repair lines.

Alignment:  Robinson ranks far higher than Morgan on alignment which includes organizing and staffing. Robinson believes in the “principles of good organization” that written whereas Morgan assigned tasks informally.

Relationships: Morgan ranks low on relationships which includes acting as boss. The employees write their own job descriptions and there is a significant amount of conflict.

Personal qualities:  Robinson ranks much higher on personal qualities than Morgan because he has management expertise and insight into the organization. He proposed that the group study the organizational chart and the various corporate business tasks.

Outcomes:  They rank low on the management dimension of outcomes. They can’t maintain stability. The organization is being increasingly chaotic, and instead of creating a culture of efficiency, there is a duplication of work and poor communication.

Neither Robinson nor Morgan rank high in the dimensions of leadership. Direction:  neither has created a vision and a strategy for the company .Alignment, neither has created a shared culture that helps employees grow. Relationships, Robinson includes others more than Morgan, but neither really motivates follower’s .Personal qualities There is no emotional connection between Robinson or Morgan and the employees of the company. Change Robinson is trying to bring about change but Morgan realizes that he is part of the trouble.

3.If you were to take over as president of Airstar, what would you do first? Second? Third. 

First, the president should make sure that Morgan gains some leadership skills. Leadership takes practice and hands-on experience. expressive about leadership research would help Morgan analyze situations from a variety of perspectives and learn how to be a more effective leader. Morgan should study leadership training and build up a vision for the future of Airstar in a altering or changing environment.

Second, Morgan should line up employees to carry out the vision for Airstar.

Third, Morgan must develop personal relationships to motivate and strengthen or boost others and to unlock the personal qualities of Airstar's employees so they can work toward the execution of Airstar's vision.