Applied Research for Organizational Leader

Question: Evaluate organizational management theories and methodologies that impact organizational growth. Answer: Introduction: According to Ali (2015), the standards of learning and teaching need to improve incessantly if the educational institutions want to ensure that the students and the young people achieve success in the future. Therefore the role of the school leaders is vital to improving the outcomes of the school that can motivate and influence the working environment of the institution. In this context being the Principal of the ABC school, I would conduct a feedback session of the staffs of the school including the teachers, clerks, and other administrative staffs in order to collect input on the developing leadership in the institution (Harris et al., 2013). Questions and inputs: Question 1 How does a school Principal influence the potency among the employee workforce of a school? Question 2 Describe your vision for the improvement of this organization. Question 3 State about the contributions made by you in order to make your visions relating to the school true. Question 4 What was the impact of your leadership activity on facilitating change in the school? Give an example of an example. Question 5 Do you aspire to be the head of any department? If yes, in which department and how far have you completed your journey to achieve the goal? Question 6 Explain the input that you have given in the development, communication and strategic planning of your present schools vision. Question 7 How do you exemplify your present institutions vision for excellence in your day-to-day practice? Question 8 Demonstrate the relation that you have established with other employees of the institution. Question 9 As a leader of the students what are the attributes that you think you possess in order to manage the student community? Question 10 What are the personal learning objectives from the previous year and how you are going to address those issues? (Ali, 2015). Significance of the questions: The main reason for designing the first question was to know whether as a leader of the teacher and other staffs of the school, the potent possessed as a Principal is enough or not in influencing and motivating them to follow my shadows. The outcome of the question would help to understand whether compliance is noticeable as a Principal or not. According to Coelli Green (2012), a systemic leader needs to have the trait of compliance in order to execute specific rules to achieve sustainability. The second question was ked in order to test the vision and thought of the employees of the school. The answers would reflect their thought process and their desire to upgrade the status of the school in terms of education service and quality achieved. As stated by Auerbach (2012), every leader has a distinct outlook towards his or her career and this ultimately positively affects the growth of the organization. The outcome of the questions would help to understand the prospect of the school ( John et al., 20140. The third question would help to understand the extent of contribution given as a leader in order to fulfill the vision and bring about desirable changes in the school atmosphere. As discussed by Calik et al., (2012), accountability is a key component in developing oneself as a leader. Thus, this question would reflect the extent of accountability possessed by the staffs in the completion of the pre-set objectives. If an individual realizes his or her responsibilities and liabilities towards his organization then, he or she is a leader by definition. The fourth question would help to understand the situations where the staff has used this quality in order to produce positive affect in changing the shape of the school (Leithwood Hallinger, 2012). One of the key aspects possessed by the successful leader is ambition. According to Goleman Boyatzis McKee (2013), Ambition is a quality that helps an individual to develop the standards and qualities of his or her organization. As discussed by Ali (2015), it is very important for a leader to have an ambition so that it can help them to grow as a leader as well as raise the set up of the organization. In this context, the fifth question would help to identify the areas in which the employees want to excel and whether their ambition is ethical and valuable or not. The sixth question would help to realize whether the employee has focus and accountability towards his or her work. The knowledge of 5hew strategic planning made by the staff would help in identification of his or her potential and vision towards the changing of the institutional function and structure (Leithwood, 2016). The importance of the seventh question is to check the level of compliance possessed by the staff and also it would help in recognizing their level of understanding about the standards of the school and their input to maintain the rules and regulations. As stated by Goethals et al. (2014), a successful leader is one who abides by such rules to bring success in the organization. For example, the tolerance and patience are the qualities of an effective teacher. This quality helps to understand the issues of a student and give a solution to such issues. Such actions ultimately help the students to excel in life and fulfill the mission of the school of creating excellence (Leithwood, 2016). The eighth question was framed in order to understand whether the employee is cooperative in nature or not. In order to run an educational institution, it is very important to create a healthy environment where a child can gather knowledge peacefully. As stated by Goethals et al. (2014), a systemic leader shows gratitude towards others. This quality reduces negative emotions such as greed, anger, bitterness, etc. The ninth question symbolizes the traits that are required in order to be a successful leader among the student community. According to Harris et al. (2013), a successful leader needs to possess compliance, ambition, vision, patience, tolerance, etc. The last question was made to recognize the understanding level of the staff. It is very important for a leader to learn few things out of every issue. Such a question can help in understanding their learning (Leithwood, 2016). Conclusion: This assignment needed to develop ten practical questions based on the input of the staffs in regards to the development of leadership in the school. The feedback obtained from the staff would help in understanding whether the employees have developed the leadership quality in them in order to create a leadership environment that could bring about changes in the school development. An effective leader has certain traits that help in recognizing them among the crowd which includes ambition, vision, compliance, patience, humility, accountability, gratitude, tolerance, courage and humor. In order to recognize whether these qualities are possessed by the employees of the school or not, as a Principal of the ABC school, these questions were designed. The feedback would ultimately help in recognizing the strengths and weakness of the staffs. Their inputs on the leadership would help to recognize my potential and strengths as a Principal and components that could be used in the future to de velop a leadership environment in the school. 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