Work Place Report on: Leadership (focus on Democratic Leadership); Managing Change and Empowerment. Within your analysis you should discuss how you would expect the organization to be managed based on the relevant theory or textbook suggestions. You shou

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Introduction

The organization that I am considering in this report is Galaxy Star Trading (GST ) in which I am an employee . This organization is run using a mixture of authoritarian leadership and democratic leadership . In this regard most of the decisions made at the management level and are mostly made without considering the employees This is a negative aspect in managing of this organization that should be rectified

Galaxy Star Trading Ltd was founded in 1989

in Nairobi , Kenya . Since then it has expanded significantly in terms of diversification of goods and services it provides . In 1994 , GST came up with branches across Africa and offices in Asia . This strategic change was due to the growing market . GST is currently a dynamic company with extensive network throughout Africa and United Arab Emirates . The company deals with goods and services including sale of Telecommunication Mobile phones , electronic equipments e .g Televisions and radios . In addition the company deals with automotive spare parts and importation and exportation of new and used cars

Leadership

This organization should be managed through a democratic leadership so that the hurdles come through communication breakdown will be curbed . Democratic leadership considers the suggestions of the members of the organization as well as those of the leaders . In doing so all suggestions are considered to be important in contributing the final decision . Since this organization has many branches , which make it difficult for a single leader to lead it , the company should delegate the responsibilities of controlling the company 's activities to the managers who will be team leaders and represent the grievances of their groups to the executive management Democratic style of leadership is the most suited for this company because some employees have information that could assist in the well being of the company . In this sense the advantage of the democratic leadership to be used in this organization is that it will boost morale for the workers since they will be recognized as important entities of the organization . This style of leadership has mutual benefits for both the employee and the leader such that it allows them to make better decisions (Weiss : 1979 ) Also this kind of leadership will not only eliminate the problem of employees being lazy but also unleashes the ability of employees to lead within them selves . When this organization uses this method of leadership the production is bound to increase too (Maslow : 1970 ) suggests that people are in a continuous state of motivation and the nature of that motivation is variable and complex . He further shows that people rarely reach a state of satisfaction except for a short time . The organization can use this theory to focus consistently at the employees immediate goals thus making them consistently motivated . Democratic leadership in this sense comes with an intrinsic satisfaction that makes the employees motivated and satisfied

Managing Change

Theoretical expectation requires change to be managed so that conflict can be averted . Change...