Effective Approaches to Leading and Managing Teams in Organisations/Projects

Demonstrate critical knowledge and understanding of key theories and contemporary research evidence on effective approaches to leading and managing teams in organisations/projects, using creative techniques to enhance practice where needed.

1.Demonstrate critical knowledge and understanding of key theories and contemporary research evidence on effective approaches to leading and managing teams in organisations/projects, using creative techniques to enhance practice where needed.

2.Analyse and evaluate team, leadership and management behaviours that are pivotal to successful people management practice and design creative proposals to enhance leadership, management and team-working practice.

What am I required to do in this assignment?

Discuss how G&K can change its management and leadership approach to achieve its goal of creating a truly engaged workforce.

The report needs to answer (in no specific order) the following questions.

·How can a command and control leadership style influence employees’ motivation in G&K?

·Discuss the problematic management approaches in G&K?

·What human resource management practices can G&K use to add value to the organisation?

·How can G&K motivate employees to become more committed to organisational goals?

Please justify your answers.

What do I need to do to pass? (Threshold Expectations from UIF)

In order to pass the assignment, you will need to:

·Use a range of creative techniques to generate distinct options to enhance leadership/management/team-working for the given organisation/project/case, identifying techniques used, justifying one to take forward.

·Produce an action plan which addresses the challenges including a clear cost identified.

How do I produce high quality work that merits a good grade?

To achieve a good grade in this assignment, you need to consider the following.

·Avoid excessive description and provide a critical analysis of the case study.

·Your assignment should be succinct, relevant and well-structured.

·Your assignment has more than one part to it so make sure you answer all the parts comprehensively.

·Do not only rely on lecture notes for your assignments - go back to original sources. Evidence of wide reading will gain better marks.

·Use references accurately.

How does this assignment relate to what we are doing in scheduled sessions?

This task will allow you to better understand the role of leadership and its effects on organisational performance and gain a better understanding of the kinds of human resource and leadership issues faced by organisations. The task will also give you an opportunity to draw on what you learned in class to make your own analysis of the HR practices used in the case study. Doing so will help you develop your ideas and acquire key skills such as creative thinking and problem solving.

How will my assignment be marked?

Your assignment will be marked according to the threshold expectations and the criteria on the following page.

You can use them to evaluate your own work and consider your grade before you submit.