Leading in a Changing World - Bam Taksina

Analysis of Leadership   Even though the term of leadership and management are sometimes apparently identical, they are different. Leadership explains the behavior of a person who leads subordinates by influencing with understand, so that they willingly perform the assigned jobs. While management is a process by which a person who strictly follows the procedures to get the jobs done through their followers (Mullin, 2016). However, Mintzberg (2009) argued that we cannot really separate these two behaviors in practice. Therefore, this blog aims to discuss about different approaches in managing the work of followers.   Four main factors that affect leader’s traits include demographic factors, values, abilities and skills, and personalities (Nahavandi, 2015). Demographic factors can be ethnicity, or inborn qualities that are individually distinctive. Values are cultivated from upbringing and stable. While abilities such as creativity, are natural talent and long-lasting, skills ar...

The challenges of managing diverse teams   “It is people who are the organization” (Mullins, 2016, p. 2)   Nowadays, in the dynamic business environment, it is essential to understand the organizational behavior, which is related to the understanding of people’s manner. In the organization, despite the same vision and mission, employees come from different societies as well as having diverse backgrounds and attitudes, which are factors that considerably associate with company’s goal (Taras, Steel, & Kirkman, 2011, p. 189). To stand competitive, being specialized is inadequate because it is necessary to work cooperatively in  cross- cultural teams .  Thus, it is significant for managers to supervise members, especially with diverse perspectives, towards achievement and objectives.    However, diversity in workplace sometimes demonstrates downsides. For example, in some organizational agreement, diversity could lead to misunderstanding and cause cultural ...