M5.29

ASSESSING YOUR OWN LEADERSHIP CAPABILITY AND PERFORMANCE

Date 30/6/14
Word count of text not including front page, bibliography page, appendices: 2432
Margaret Hellon M5.29
Introduction
The company is a small-medium sized enterprise that has traded for 50 years. It employs approximately 75 staff ranging from labourers , site managers, middle management and senior management and directors.

The business is very successful having traded for 50 years but maintains its’ small to medium sized enterprise status . This is possibly due to the fact it is a family run enterprise and the Director has maintained an equilibrium throughout prosperity and recession. This is mainly due to his astute business acumen and an unwillingness to expand too quickly fearing a collapse within itself should the business expand too quickly, as has happened to many of its’ competitors and rivals.

The company has retained its staff with little or no turnover, this is mainly due to the prevailing leadership style and its current structure and the attitude of its’ staff as will be discussed later in this assignment.

My role is varied, however, my main title is Sub-contract/Quality systems Manager. I have developed my role over the six years I have been employed with the company, after starting as a Purchase Ledger Clerk. I work in an accounts department of seven people, all having their own particular jobs.
I have management status over my own departments.

REVIEW THE PREVAILING LEADERSHIP STYLES IN THE ORGANISATION

There are several theories of leadership, however for this assignment we will focus on three different styles. Firstly, I will need to explain Trait theory

Trait Theory Focuses on what an effective leader is and not how to effectively lead. The Trait approach to understanding leadership assumes that certain physical , social and personal