Assignment
Step I: ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Take a look at the Organization Chart provided by the company.
i. Based on your knowledge of hierarchies, would you say that this team has tall structure or flat structure?
ii. Underline your selection:
iii. Tall Structure
iv. Flat Structure
Step II: HUMAN RESOURCES
The company would like to improve the culture of its team and the quality of its work. Its leadership has provided you with a Process Chart detailing how it currently applies Human Resources best practices.
What step of the Human Resources Cycle is missing? Explain why it is important to include this part of the process.
Step III: You have been asked to help improve the leadership style of the team leader in order to meet the team's performance goals. The team leader has given you a description of what is most comfortable in terms of leading others.
i. Identify this leader's style of leadership. Underline your selection:
ii. Pacesetting
iii. Visionary
iv. Affiliative
v. Coaching
vi. Coercive
vii. Democratic
Explain your reasoning and list two benefits and two drawbacks to the style of leadership you identified as it relates to the performance of the team.
*Provide advice to the team leader on how to overcome the drawbacks of this leadership style
Step IV: REAL-WORLD APPLICATION
Apply the thinking in Steps I-III as if you were a Leadership Consultant hired by the company where you work or for a previous employer.
i. Review the organization chart for your company. Based on your knowledge of hierarchies, would you say that your company's team has a tall structure or flat structure? How does this affect the way your team works? Explain your answer.
ii. Consider the work conducted by the Human Resources team at your company. What steps of the Human Resources Cycle do they implement well? What steps of the Human Resources Cycle might be missing from your company or are not implemented as well as they could be? What is the effect of this on you and your team? Explain your answer.
iii. Lastly, reflect on the leadership style of either yourself or your supervisor. What leadership style do you have, or what leadership style does your supervisor have? What are the benefits and drawbacks of this style for your team? What might you or your supervisor do to improve leadership? Explain your answer.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.