THE EFFECT OF LEADERSHIP STYLE ON ORGANIZATIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT BETA GLASS

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

An essential part of assignment is co-coordinating the activities of people and directing their efforts towards the goods and objective of the organization. This involves the process of leadership and choice of an appropriate form of behaviors of employee in a work place.
Leadership is a relationship through which person influence the behavior or action of other people. This means that leadership cannot be separated from the activities of groups employee will effective team building leadership is related to the motivation of interpersonal behavior and the process of communication. Good leadership also involves the effective passed of delegation. The leadership relationship is not limited to leader’s behavior resulting in the sub – ordinate and employee’s behavior. Leadership is a dynamic process.
Good management leadership helps the top to develop team work and integration of individual and group goal. It aids intrinsic motivation by emphasizing the importance of the people to do management leadership may also be base on organizational power derived from status or position within the hierarchical structures and the use of formal authority or personal power derive from competence and expertise respect and urging encouraging people in the performance of their task.
The philosophy of golden rule management leadership is applied in such a way that employees are dedicatedly committed to their task in the organization
For example treat people fairly but according to their merit. In order to balance responsibilities to the company, the employee must be able to say “no” but employee should be encouraged to turn “no” into motivation to accomplish more:
1 Motivate people through giving vote of thanks. A good leader or manager must understand the value of praising people to success.
2 Make the other person feel important and let people know you appreciate them.
3 Encourage feedback and don’t value ability to listen.
4 Sandwich every bit of criticism between hot layers and heavy praise.
The above are choices of the managerial style which is not far from leadership. Therefore, style adopted inflated in employee commitment and performance.
Leadership style is a way in which the functions of leadership are carried out on which the manager typically behaves towards members of the organization or group. The development of behavioral science has drawn attention to the process of inter – personal behavior in the work situation and to the effect of leadership on those being lead. The attention giving to leadership style is more likely to work effectively for manager who adopts alternative style.
Effective leadership behavior is based, there on both on the willingness of the manager to help employees and the needs of employee for help. Leadership behavior will be motivational to the extent that it provides necessary direction, guidance and support. It helps clarify path goal relationship and removes any obstacles which binders attainment of goals a major variable in style of leadership adopted by managers is the nature of employees.

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
It is claimed that a human relation people oriented approach is more likely to lead to job satisfaction and work performance; however, it is not always the case that democratic is best. There are occasion when an autocratic style of leadership is effective it has been reviewed from the studies that when the situation is very favorable or very unfavorable in term of leader – employees relation, task structure and position power than a task oriented style of leadership is most effective, some subordinate / employee appear to prefer a more directive task oriented approach and respond better to more autocratic style of leadership.
A potential danger with the contingency approach is that the manager may appear to lack consistency in leadership. However although subordinate / employees may reasonable repeat some degrees of consistency management in approaching the same types of problems with the same style, this is not to say that different style of managerial leadership has a great negative effect on employees commitment and performance because of production of goods when the leadership is present, but drop in his absence. He gives order and demand that they carried out. No question are allowed and no explanation given group members assume no responsibility for performance and merely do what they are holding but in democratic style of leadership where there are no goal of employee and moral and deans of work are generally low. Certain working conditions can cause employees to be committed or perform badly in an organization.
The three main aspects to be considered in determining the most appropriate style of leadership are the manager, the employees and the work environment. Employees perform better when they are motivated and working in comfortable environment. Leadership is not only an essential part of the process of management. It is also an integral part of special structure and culture of the organization if the manager is to be successful in dealing with people and influencing their behavior commitment and action. This required leadership styles which help to faster a supportive organization culture.

1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
1 To show whether decision making is being share between managers and employees.
2 Examine if the employee in Beta Glass plc, Ughelli are committed to work and highly performance order.
3 Examine if employee feel successful under democratic leadership instead of laisser fiar style and autocratic.
4 Examine if type of leadership adopted affect employee commitment and performance.
5 Examine under what condition of leadership employees tend to perform better.