¶ … Leaders: The 4th Armoured Brigade Combat Team
Organizational development is often a challenging task for most organizations. The challenge appears in processes such as leadership development, employee management and engagement, as well as change management.[footnoteRef:1] If not handled properly, these processes may hinder the achievement of organizational goals and objectives. The 4th Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) is currently facing significant challenges as far as organizational development and leadership processes are concerned. The challenges specifically include communication concerns, ineffective leadership, poor motivation of soldiers, lack of team work, interpersonal conflicts, as well as organizational culture issues. It is imperative for these challenges to be addressed if the team is to effectively execute its deployment goals and objectives in the future. As the new commander of the brigade, I have an instrumental role to play in addressing the challenges. This essay describes the major challenges facing the brigade and the measures I will use to address them. [1: Thomas Cummings and Christopher Worley. Organization development and change (Boston: Cengage Learning, 2015), 1-13.]
One of the major challenges facing the brigade relates to leadership. The style of leadership used in an organization can significantly influence the extent to which organizational goals and objectives are achieved.[footnoteRef:2] Leadership style informs the culture of the organization. It influences the values, beliefs, norms, and practices that bind a certain group of people. Generally, leadership style may either be authoritative (dictatorial) or democratic (inclusive or participatory). At ABCT, the style of leadership is evidently dictatorial. This is normative, as authoritative leadership is often the norm in most military contexts -- subordinates are expected to follow the instructions of their superiors without questioning. While authoritative leadership may be important in such contexts, especially in terms of quickening decision-making, it may sometimes prove to be detrimental. [2: Ibid, 476-477.]
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