Applying Leadership and People Management in practice: case studies

This week’s topics

Applying Leadership and People Management in practice: case studies

1. Case analysis
2. Linking theory to practice
3. Evaluating evidence
4. Leadership In HRM - applying the theories
5. Lecture 05: "Leadership Styles: Adaptation - Studies / Case: ""From Sindhi to Siddhi"" (Part I)"

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Assess the skills and attributes needed for leadership.
• 1.2 Evaluate the differences between leadership and management.
• 1.3 Compare and contrast leadership styles for different management positions.
• 2.1 Evaluate ways to motivate staff to achieve organisational objectives.
• 2.2 Assess the connection between motivational theories and reward.
• 2.3 Assess the effectiveness of a reward system in leading an organisation.
• 2.4 Evaluate the methods employers use to monitor employee engagement and performance.
• 3.1 Analyse the factors involved in planning the monitoring and assessment of work performance.
• 3.2 Discuss how development needs of an individual employee can be assessed.
• 3.3 Evaluate the success of an assessment process.
• 4.1 Discuss theories related to team building.
• 4.2 Evaluate the benefits of team-working for an organisation.
• 4.3 Analyse ways in which managers can resolve conflicts within a team to achieve organisational goals.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Case-study workshop: apply the unit’s concepts to a real or realistic case and evaluate the outcome.

Study materials

Videos

• Leadership In HRM - applying the theories · YouTube · The HR Hub with Andrea Adams · 22 min · for registered students
• Case Studies: Predicting Employee Performance · YouTube · Wharton People Analytics Conference · 42 min · for registered students
• Financial Times: Understanding engagement to improve productivity · YouTube · CIPD · 3 min · for registered students
• The Key Differences Between Leading and Managing · YouTube · Dr. John Kotter · 4 min · for registered students
• 10 Most Common Types of Leadership Styles (With Real-World Examples) | From A Business Professor · YouTube · Business School 101 · 8 min · for registered students
• Goleman's 6 Leadership Styles - A Styles Models of Leadership · YouTube · Management Courses - Mike Clayton · 8 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Workplace Dispute Resolution and the Management of Individual Conflict: Five Case Studies · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students
• Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research · Reading · Arxiv, article · for registered students
• Leadership for a collaborative and inclusive future (Messenger review, 2022) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students