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Saud ALriyami

Dr. Victoria S. Pando

ELA-350V-

November 3, 2017

Preferred Leadership Style

The latest study by Deloitte suggests that up to 86% of business leaders and human resource rate being a leader is one of their most challenging tasks (Hudson, 2017). Leadership is essential to any business success as agreed by 92% of the respondents in a survey conducted by Hudson Company. Therefore, a leader is very useful to a company, and he or she will be more helpful if the best strategies are put in place. A leadership strategy is responsible for providing the link between what the organization aims at achieving and what the firm's people require in order to get there. Leaders can choose among the traits of a framework so as to be effective within an organization.

Industrial engineering being my future profession, I may prefer structural leadership as my frame. This is because structural administration can be enduring and influential if it is extra subtle than other forms as stated by Lee G. Bolman. The structural frame is primarily concerned with the architecture of the firm (Defoe, 2013). This will entail structure, goals, roles and relationships, technology and coordination of them. Thinking of an organization chart, labor division, responsibilities, procedures, rules, hierarchies, systems among others which coordinate a firm's diverse activities into a joined-up exercise relate to this frame.

The threats for companies and their leaders’ entails maintaining, aligning and designing structural shape with the existent conditions, technology, goals, environment, and task. Problems come up when the structure doesn't line up. Therefore, as a leader, it will be an obligation to make new things happen and seek innovative ideas, search for opportunities, experiment and take risks in order to challenge the process. Look for ways for individuals to change, to grow, to improve so they can get extraordinary things done.

Redesigning will be the remedy in case of misalignment (Defoe, 2013). A rational analysis will induce the implementation and development of job and work roles and suitable reorganization and integration of group and lone efforts. Most important role of a shared vision is to give focus to human energy – yours and your constituents. A vision demonstrates the leader's concern for creating long-term value. A leader needs to know where the organization is going before they can determine how to get there. Using this frame is more efficient because the leader will be like acting as an architect or analyst unlike the other structures; human resource, political and symbolic.

The structural frame will interest of the individuals rather than the organization's interests (Smith, 2012). Being in the engineering industry, a technological and structural culture, the company will do well as decisions based on this frame generates excellent outcomes. An example of a company that has become successful due to this frame is the United Parcel Service as it has structural and technological culture.

The structure will be of help because industrial engineering is flexible and this type of frame is ideal. The disadvantage of this structural frame is that it has risk because it ignores everything falling outside the rational breadth of jobs, policies, organization charts and procedures. Too much relying on this structural frame can have a negative impact towards innovation, thus making the organization less resilient and become more rigid. Leadership being a transformational process, it increases employees motivation, satisfaction, and performance by means of altering their values, desires, and beliefs (Ambar, 2015). It will be difficult for employees to come up with innovative ideas and they will be reluctant to accept one-sided decisions while working under a leader with this structural mindset and this may reduce their satisfaction at work.

References

A. K. (2015). Impact of Leadership Styles on Followers’ Job Satisfaction:. Retrieved from http://www.ijbmi.org/papers/Vol(4)1/Version-2/H0412077084.pdf

Defoe, D. (2013). Understanding Organizations Using the Four Frame Model. Retrieved from https://www.psycholawlogy.com/2013/05/31/understanding-organizations-using-the-four-frame-model-factories-or-machines-structure-family-human-resources-jungle-politics-and-theatres-temples-or-carnivals-symbols/

Hudson. (2017). Retrieved from http://au.hudson.com/talent-management/importance-of-leadership

Smith, M. J. (2012). An Examination of Four Organizational Dynamics. Retrieved from http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1057&context=od_theses_msod