Leadership of Southwest Airlines

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Development of the Human Factor

According to (Carter ,1996 , Human Resource Development falls in the category of activities that develop different personnel within an organization for example career wise , for training purposes and in the general development of the organization . This is slightly different from Human Resource Management which being a key management activity allows those in leadership positions to decide the staffing requirements recruitment and training of the most

competent employees , monitoring the performance issues of all employees within the organization and ensuring that the personnel and management practices in use conform to the various regulations put in place within the organization

Human Resource in an organization deals with people whose work is to staff and operate an organization which places it in the same category as the management of financial and material resources

In an organization , the blending of Human Resource development with leadership trends allows the bringing out of the Human side within any given organization . The leadership trends must bring out the distinctive personality of the organization since this is the future of the organization

The leadership within the organization must be such that the leaders possess coaching as compared to control skills . This is for the sole reason that the motivated employees have goals and objectives to achieve and they are always looking for proper ways to achieve them . The organization must therefore provide learning opportunities for the staff which are continuous and provide an opportunity for growth of both the employees and the organization

Motivation is one of the key requirements for this to be sustained . The employees must be willing to assume responsibility for their tasks by trusting the management , this is what is referred to as a self- motivating work force which results from good leadership within any organization

The workforce should also be self-Educated since with the changes in technology , there is need for the possession and acquisition of skills that enable those who work within an organization to keep it ahead of their competitors . This can be done through self or team education . When an organization empowers its workers , they assume responsibility and consequently narrow the knowledge gap between the workers and the management of the organization

Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines is one of the organizations whose social invention has enabled those who work there to discover and realize their true capabilities . This can be attributed to how the social environment within the organization combines humor with responsibility within the workplace . The employees are allowed to work in teams without necessarily being supervised

Prospective employees during job interviews must not only only portray their self-development attitudes but must also have a good sense of humor and people with such characteristics are the only ones hired by Southwest Airlines

Freiberg (1996 ) attributes the success of Southwest Airlines to the management which has created a culture of treating employees as number one assets through programs such...