General Mill Communication
Assignment 3: Leadership, Teambuilding, and Communication
General Mill’s Organizational Behavior and Leadership
Behind every thriving organization stands a strong leader. In an environment constantly changing, it is critical that those leading the organization are properly aligned in order to achieve the established mission, vision, and goals of the organization. General Mill’s mission is to “make lives healthier, easier and richer. General Mills is Nourishing Lives” (General Mills:Mission) . Each individual manager and leader within an organization has a different approach to achieving the organizations goals. Thus, this can be defined as their managerial leadership style.
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Max Weber suggested that some “leaders have a gift of exceptional qualities - a charisma that enables them to motivate followers to achieve outstanding performance” (Gibson et al., 2009, p.349). The ideal leader of General Mills should be described as a charismatic leader; constantly motivating employees, and leading by example. Similar to Weber’s definition, the ideal leader should be viewed as being charismatic not only to himself but to those whom he leads. There are three elements of a charismatic leader in an organization. First, a charismatic leader must possess foresight; constantly envisioning the future, setting high expectations and modeling behaviors that are consistent with the expectations that have been set. Secondly, a charismatic leader should also be influential, demonstrating personal excitement, confidence and patterns of success. Lastly, a charismatic leader should be supportive, empathetic and express confidence in others (Griffin, 2009, p. …show more content…
264). Management must seek to eliminate dysfunctional conflict because it can be detrimental to the health of the organization. It can have a negative influence on group performance and become a cancer or bad apple that spoils the bunch. It is also to be noted that functional conflict can turn into dysfunctional conflict if not managed correctly.
The effect that conflict has on organizational performance depends on the nature of the conflict and how it’s managed. It is important for conflict to be managed at the appropriate or optimal level. Conflict that is too low can hurt performance and conflict that is too high can threaten organizational survival (Gibson et al., 2009, p. 266). There are five different conflict management styles: Competing, Collaborating, Compromising, Avoiding, and
General Mill’s Organizational Behavior and Leadership
Behind every thriving organization stands a strong leader. In an environment constantly changing, it is critical that those leading the organization are properly aligned in order to achieve the established mission, vision, and goals of the organization. General Mill’s mission is to “make lives healthier, easier and richer. General Mills is Nourishing Lives” (General Mills:Mission) . Each individual manager and leader within an organization has a different approach to achieving the organizations goals. Thus, this can be defined as their managerial leadership style.
Gibson et al (2009) defines leadership …show more content…
Max Weber suggested that some “leaders have a gift of exceptional qualities - a charisma that enables them to motivate followers to achieve outstanding performance” (Gibson et al., 2009, p.349). The ideal leader of General Mills should be described as a charismatic leader; constantly motivating employees, and leading by example. Similar to Weber’s definition, the ideal leader should be viewed as being charismatic not only to himself but to those whom he leads. There are three elements of a charismatic leader in an organization. First, a charismatic leader must possess foresight; constantly envisioning the future, setting high expectations and modeling behaviors that are consistent with the expectations that have been set. Secondly, a charismatic leader should also be influential, demonstrating personal excitement, confidence and patterns of success. Lastly, a charismatic leader should be supportive, empathetic and express confidence in others (Griffin, 2009, p. …show more content…
264). Management must seek to eliminate dysfunctional conflict because it can be detrimental to the health of the organization. It can have a negative influence on group performance and become a cancer or bad apple that spoils the bunch. It is also to be noted that functional conflict can turn into dysfunctional conflict if not managed correctly.
The effect that conflict has on organizational performance depends on the nature of the conflict and how it’s managed. It is important for conflict to be managed at the appropriate or optimal level. Conflict that is too low can hurt performance and conflict that is too high can threaten organizational survival (Gibson et al., 2009, p. 266). There are five different conflict management styles: Competing, Collaborating, Compromising, Avoiding, and