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Team Leadership/Management Style

Part 1: According to the Sarin and O’Connor (2009) article, certain style and goal structures of team leaders have a strong influence on internal team dynamics.  Based on your research within the article and textbook, as well as your own experience, what team leader management style would be most effective in leading a team in which you were a member?

Part 2: DeRue, Barnes, and Morgeson (2010) found that team leadership style effectiveness depended on the level of charisma exhibited by the leader.  Drawing from the article and the textbook, have you ever worked for a charismatic leader?  What style (coaching or directing) did that leader administer?  Was he or she effective in leading you as part of the team?

Answer:

 Part 1: 

Participative leadership style would have been the best management style for our team which was working on a project to improve our e-commerce platform. With participative leadership style, team leaders have an opportunity to involve their team members in the decision-making process, consult their team members and ask for their inputs. Participative leadership generates a special type of trust that enables team members to take ownership and the responsibility of the project outcomes (DeRue et al., 2010).

An effective team management style has much impact on the internal dynamics of a team. Communication behaviors, collaboration and conflict resolution strategies are the key elements of the internal dynamics of a team. Communication involves the exchange of information between individuals working in a team. High communication quality and frequency have been associated with greater team performance and productivity. Collaboration is the extent to which individuals within a team work together to accomplish a particular task. Since a team is made of individuals with different perspectives and functional backgrounds, the probability of conflict is very high hence the need to incorporate conflict resolution strategies (DeRue et al., 2010).

Part 2: 

According to (Sarin & O'Connor, 2009), a charismatic leader is the one who uses personal abilities to induce extraordinary influence on his followers.  They are skilled at upgrading the performance of the team and seek radical reforms to accomplish the goals efficiently. I have been working for a charismatic leader for two years now.

He has been effective in leading our team since we promptly meet the goals and objectives of our team. Also, team members have high emotional attachment and involvement with him. Lastly, we experience high job satisfaction which is much essential in developing an effective team. This results in low-stress levels and low job burn out since members of the team have an opportunity to work by themselves without micro-managing.

Article 2:

Answers:

PART1

According to Sarin s. et al., (2009) a team leader is a person who has the most important role of creating a work environment inside a team who will not only motivate them but is also responsible for their behavior towards the team. Organizations are led by the managers with good leadership qualities who is responsible for generating wealth and employment for the companies which also depends on their behavior which should be responsible and sustainable Alonso‐Almeida et al., (2017) A team leader with strong leading and management skills will contribute very much towards the success of the team. However different types of leadership management styles are suitable for different types of team structures.

 

Previously I have worked in a very small team which consisted of 4 members. Due to some circumstances, additional team members were not allotted to the team and huge amounts of work had to be done by us. In this situation, our manager has displayed participative and supportive leadership qualities which were most effective. participative leadership allows the team members to be involved greatly in the decision-making process before taking the final decisions. Whereas in supportive leadership, the team leader takes care of the wellbeing of the team members which shows the persons respect towards the members. This will create a healthy working environment. Sarin s. et al., (2009). These two kinds of leadership have helped the team greatly to perform under stress as everyone were given importance as well as their decisions.

 

 

PART2

According to D. Scott DeRue et al. (2010). charismatic leaders are persons who whose personal abilities have an aura and creates an extraordinary and ardent impression among their followers. In other words, leaders with such charisma act as the means of change who bring about great improvements in the performance of the members through profound changes or implementations in his methods. I have previously worked with a manager with charisma who I really admire for his qualities. He followed the coaching approach for the team where we were encouraged to take responsibility for the tasks assigned to us. Our mistakes were treated as a learning experience and were encouraged to perform better for the next tasks. There was no micromanagement which made us perform better.