Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products: Principles of management and leadership Assignment, UOL,UK

Scenario:

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engines, cloud computing, software, and hardware. In this scenario, you are a new employee at Google LLC and the senior management, to test you, asked you to distinguish the concepts and nature of management and the function of leadership. After that, you will have to evaluate the concepts and definitions of leadership and their influence on management. Before you finish this first section you will have to evaluate the influence of effective and ineffective leadership and management on team behavior and business performance. After that, you will have to analyze the characteristics of different leadership styles.

Once you have completed this section you will have to then evaluate the suitability of different leadership styles for different purposes and situations. Once you are done with that you will have to evaluate the factors that affect the suitability of different management styles and the ethical dimensions of leadership styles. Once that task is finished you will have to analyze the relationship between job satisfaction, commitment, motivation, and business performance. Once that is done you will have to evaluate the implications of motivation and empowerment for an organization’s structure and culture. Finally, you will have to analyze the implication for employee relations policy of a strategy that empowers a workforce and the principles underpinning a rewarding strategy. In the last part of your report, you will have to assess approaches to performance management and appraisal and the factors involved in managing a work-life balance and their implications for individuals. Before you finish you will have to first evaluate the use of tools and techniques to measure human resource interventions and then finally identify areas for improvement through reflection.

Task 1

I. Understand leadership and management theories and principles

1. Distinguish the concepts and nature of management and the function of leadership
2. Evaluate concepts and definitions of leadership and their influence on management
3. Evaluate the influence of effective and ineffective leadership and management on team behaviour and business performance.

Task 2

II. Understand leadership styles

1. Analyze the characteristics of different leadership styles
2. Evaluate the suitability of different leadership styles for different purposes and situations
3. Evaluate the factors that affect the suitability of different management styles.
4. Evaluate the ethical dimensions of leadership styles.

Task 3

III. Understand motivation and empowerment

1. Analyze the relationship between job satisfaction, commitment, motivation empowerment and business performance
2. Evaluate the implications of motivation and empowerment for an organization’s structure and culture