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Autocratic Leadership vs Transformational Leadership

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  Autocratic Leadership vs Transformational Leadership Introduction While there are a range of leadership styles employed by leaders when managing subordinates, two commonly used styles include the transformational leadership style and autocratic leadership style.  A problem in the context of HRM is when leaders go to the extreme of adapting each of these styles respectively, which results in less effective organisational decision making and lowered efficiency in team productivity (Murphy, 2019). Autocratic leadership  Autocratic leadership typically involves making choices on the basis of the leader’s own judgements and ideas, while rarely accepting advice from subordinates.  This leadership style involves absolute authoritarian control over the team of subordinates (Meyer, 2017).  Autocratic leadership is believed to be a good option in times of crisis when clarity, control and quick decision making is crucial.  Nevertheless, this style has largely attrac...

Effectiveness termwork on an organization

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  INTRODUCTION Teamwork has been a Human growth, evolution, and survival have all depended heavily on teamwork. Teams outperform individuals in terms of organizational outcomes. One of the most productive work styles is teamwork. Because it satisfies requirements like social contact and attachment, teamwork also benefits individuals personally. Many management staff still don't do much to create teams, despite the abundance of evidence confirming the benefits that teamwork offers to businesses. The researchers investigated how different ethnic groups preferred teamwork and how self-awareness varied among the team members. it is suggested that organizations that are open and supportive of cultural diversity in the workplace are more likely to have effective work teams. Humans have always been motivated to organize into groups and cooperate in order to accomplish their objectives, find solutions to issues, come up with new ideas, hone their talents, and survive, among other thing...

Effective Employee Engagement

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Effective Employee Engagement Introduction  The extent to which employees are passionate about, motivated by and invested in their work as well as the organisation they serve is broadly referred to as employee engagement (Shuck, 2019).  Having a thoughtful and through employee engagement strategy which tailors to the unique needs of staff remains crucial to the long-term success of an organisation.  A noteworthy issue in HRM is when employees are less engaged, which affects their performance, productivity and organisational success as well.   Importance of effective employee engagement  Effective employee engagement is crucial because it drives performance.  Employees who are well engaged tend to look at the whole of the organisation, and understand their purpose, how and where they fit in; they also put in discretionary efforts into their work (Bridger, 2018).  All this leads to better decision-making, and organisations with a more engaged workfo...

Global Context of Social Responsibility Activities

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  Global Context of Social Responsibility Activities  Introduction As increasing numbers of organisations expand overseas and involve in managing a global workforce having unique rules and benefits, as well as different currencies and languages, with such global expansion comes a responsibility.  In the context of HR, this responsibility involves a challenge in garnering success of global organisations by respecting other workforce environments and cultures, and forming a global social consciousness (or profile) which increases shareholder value, increases brand recognition and boosts employee engagement while ensuring responsibly serving global communities where the organisation operates in (Cohen, 2017). Key areas of global social responsibility activities  HR plays a crucial role to ensure that global organisations are adopting social responsibility activities; this is done through areas like training and development, fostering community relations, and establishin...

Impact of employee engagement on organizational effectiveness.

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     Impact of employee engagement on an organizational effectiveness. Introduction   Employee engagement has been  recognized  as one of the most  important  issues for every  organization . Although   many   organizations   understand  this, they have very  little  knowledge  about   what  their employees  really   need.  The  strength  of any  organization  in the long  run  is its workforce. The  key  factors that  affect   employee  engagement include their  relationship  with their  immediate  boss,  confidence  in  senior   leadership, and pride in their work for the  organization,   among   others.   Various   studies   have  shown  that  employee  engagement is a complex  issue  and can be  affected  in...

Importance of Employee Retention

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  Importance of Employee Retention   Introduction It is important for a successful business to be consistent in all aspects, including its employees. Having a high rate of employee retention involves keeping employees in the organisation in the long-term which ultimately results in less resources and time needed to train new employees, while also possessing the loyalty required for successfully running the business (Cooper, 2016).  High staff turnover (implying low employee retention) is a significant HRM issue because a significant amount of company resources, time and money are spent for training new employees to replace those who leave.   Problems of high staff turnover  Employee retention is important because high staff turnover brings about a range of issues to business operations.  For instance, there will be slowing down of productivity due to current employees helping out the new staff member added to the team (Birdie, 2021). In addition, there...

Success of Learning Organizations

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  Success of Learning Organizations   Introduction The business environment is constantly changing now, unlike ever before.    With technological advances bringing in constant changes in the way how people and businesses operate, in order for an organisation to continue to stay appealing to customers, it is important to keep adapting to new ways of doing things (Smith, 2016).    A notable issue in HRM is when an organisation and its people are not continuously adapting to the changing environment, therefore making it challenging for an organisation to remain competitive and appeal to customers.   The importance of learning organisations In order for the business and its processes to remain relevant in the context of changing environmental circumstances, it is important for the organisation to engage in continually learning in order to adapt to the changing environment.    While it is not sufficient for only individuals within the organisation...