Leadership and Organizational Culture

Leadership and Organizational Culture
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Leadership is crucial to the effective running and operations of any business or organization. For any organization to run optimally, it must have a properly vetted, qualified, and well-able leadership structure and organizational culture. There can be no room for confusion of a deficiency of clarity at the professional workplace as these two things can cripple the organization. Societally, with a lack of leadership, people tend to do what feels right to them; what they deem is best or right. This subjective approach towards human interpersonal relationships is backward and insufficient to handle the complexities involved in everyday life because what is best or right for one person might be the worst thing to do according to another individual. A set structured system of authority and leadership that is fair and unquestionable is thus a necessity for any society, and the same goes for any organization. Without well-laid leadership roles and offices occupied by the rightful individuals, an organization should never hope to be competitive in their field of business or engagement. This essay will delve deeper into leadership, the organizational structure, and its role in optimizing an organization’s operations.
           Keywords: Leadership, organization, culture, structure, optimization.
 
Leadership and Organizational Culture
Introduction
           The topics of leadership and the role of organizational culture are of vital interest to me because it relates to my unit of study now. The lessons learned and picked up in the course of this research study will prove to be of great importance someday in the future at the professional workplace. A good understanding and appreciation of an organization’s culture can help ease a new employee’s transition into the company as he or she will know what is required for them; when in Rome, do as the Romans do. A clear understanding of the significance and importance of leadership in an organization will inculcate and cultivate further respect for authority, and provide me with a better appreciation of the organization’s vision. This greater appreciation for that vision will make it easier to work towards it for myself because I will share in bearing it as one of the organization’s employees. Employees who do not believe or bear the leaders’ burden of the company’s vision, mission, and objectives cannot give their best efforts towards making that vision a reality. In contrast, employees and staff who believe in the leaders’ vision, understand it entirely is already more equipped to handle whatever comes their way and remain objective, working towards making the company’s visions, beliefs and objectives a reality. They put their best foot forward in doing whatever is required of them. They are ready to take the initiative to expedite their fellow workers and the company at large. This crop of workers and employees become the fuel that propels and skyrockets the organization to higher and previously unknown heights – sometimes even exceeding the o...