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Question 1
Identify and explain the five types of powers leaders such as Pooe have available to them.
In organizational operations, Sonto Pooe manipulates significant leadership powers that influence. The powers available to Pooe include legitimate, expert, reward, coercive, and referent power that motivates the creation of a stable workplace for the brand’s products (Ntozakhe, 2021). Legitimate power involves the formal authority that Pooe provides to a specific employee, which consists in structuring the position and sense of the order of operating in the enterprise through job titles. The reward power of Pooe consists of the authorization of work leaders in the enterprise to provide rewards to other employees of the organization to motivate better performance (SME Update, 2021).
Coercive power is the authority given to Pooe to gain compliance to the forces such as political, social, and economical through the influence of the agents. Expert power involves the type of authority provide to Pooe to act as a source of expertise in the organization through the induction of a high level of knowledge and skills, which motivates the role of other employees to expertise (Ntozakhe, 2021). Referent power is the authority of Pooe to articulate effective interpersonal communication and relationship skills that aid in the increase in the collaboration that influences decision-making in the enterprise (Ntozakhe, 2021; SME Update, 2021).
Discuss the consequences of each type of power on employee behavior.
The legitimate type of power imposed by Pooe results in the motivation of the role of employees in various positions. Employee behavior is significantly desirable as they are motivated to provide the best functions to elevate their positions and job titles (Ntozakhe, 2021). The reward power of Pooe encourages the employees as they are prone to a reward for better performance, which means that they will integrate significant operations to garner the rewards, leading to the positive motivation of their behaviors (SME Update, 2021). The referent power of Pooe leads to positive behaviors of the employees, where the relationship in the industry is compelling. The coercive power on Pooe creates negative behavior of employees as they are regulated in their political and social interactions and mandated to intensive operations to comply with economic agents (Ntozakhe, 2021). In addition, the expert power of Pooe positively impacts employee behavior, where their skills and expert management are challenged to increase, leading to the skyrocketing quality of interactions in the workplace.
Given the information provided in this extract and other research about her you may do on Pooe, provide your understanding of the type(s) of power she has used to build her organization and reputation thus far. Provide practical examples.
Pooe has integrated coercive power into the organization’s operations, where her mission concerns the need to create stability in the environment and people. This means that the power modifies the functions to tally with the legal concerns of the political, social, and economic backgrounds (Ntozakhe, 2021). Her reputation is to expand the industry to serve people on the planet by creating the responsibility of providing products that suit their bodies and hair. In addition, Pooe has induced expertise power where she claims to identify market gaps, meaning that she acquires necessary resources to decisively exploit the opportunity of hair and body products through the Clicks (SME Update, 2021; Ntozakhe, 2021). Her reputation is the leading industry in providing high-brand cosmetics, meaning that she focuses on inducing significant knowledge and skills in controlling brand equity.
Question 2
In your own opinion, are leaders made or born? Justify your response.
From my stance, leaders are made. My perspective is motivated by the perceptions of the top recognized influencer Ndamase who creates a significant impact on Instagram-user, leading the recognition of South African beauty and lifestyle vloggers in UK-based media company Hopper HQ (Israel, 2022). The effect of leaders is made from the decisions they make in exploiting a particular opportunity. Identifying the opportunity requires articulating skills that control the industry’s decision and goal plan, which means that the leader will be needed to plan for the chance. Ndamase is involved in using Instagram to influence users toward the beauty and lifestyle industry of South Africa, which requires a plan and decision (SME Update, 2021). This suggests that the skills of the leaders are motivated by their roles in planning the objectives that result in the control of future and current operations of the industry.
Explain whether Mihlali Ndamase is an effective leader. Or is she just a famous person? Justify your answer.
Mihlali Ndamase is just a famous person and not an effective leader. An effective leader is defined by the person’s necessity to induce appropriate methods, tactics, and strategies of influencing the position and opportunity of her specialization (Israel, 2022). Ndamase recognizes herself as the top influencer from South Africa, meaning that the role of being among top influencers is motivated other than the recognition from Instagram users. Ndamase associates Kylie Jenner, the highest paid Instagram user in the list posted on businesswoman and reality TV star (SME Update, 2021), meaning that other leaders coherently determine her roles as a leader. Influential leaders are confident in their own decisions and persuasiveness when they decide how and when to control the operations of their organization (Israel, 2022). I can suggest that the highest pay for Ndamase per post is associated with the influence of her collaboration with other influencers other than her mandate of controlling the posts.
The module’s prescribed textbook (i.e., chapter 6) discusses various leadership traits. Discuss these traits in light of your information about Mihlali Ndamase. In your opinion, which attributes does Ndamase display and which do not? Justify your responses.
From the considerations of leadership traits in chapter 6 of the module, Ndamase displays characteristics such as adaptability, integrity, passion, and self-confidence. Ndamase is involved in posting on Instagram about the beauty and lifestyle of South Africa, which motivates her income, meaning that she has the integrity to articulate the postings of the visuals (SME Update, 2021). Ndamase manipulates the leadership trait of self-confidence, where she recognizes herself to be among the top influencers from South Africa. The market of Instagram users is prone to competition from top influencers, per the list. Ndamase creates adaptability and passion traits as she is involved in the intensive competition. However, Ndamase does not display leadership traits such as decisiveness, creativity, and self-awareness. Ndamase relies on other top influencers as she compares her influence to Kylie Jenner’s, meaning she is not decisive (Israel, 2022). Ndamase fails to articulate self-awareness as she recognizes herself as the top influencer from South Africa.
Question 3
Discuss the influencing tactics available to leaders. In your opinion, which ones does DJ Zinhle use? Which ones does she not use? Justify your answers.
The influencing leadership tactics include legitimating, coalition, pressure, ingratiating, exchange, and upward appeal. Legitimating tactics involve the request based on position power that motivates the person’s alignment to a direction (Verma, 2022). The coalition tactic consists of the ability of the leader to collaborate with other leaders to produce a significant outcome in the merger aftermath. The ingratiating tactic consists of the process in which a leader creates self-presentation, opinion conformity, and enhancement with other leaders. An upward appeal is an appealing tactic based on the need to acquire favor on a horizontal integration. Pressure is a push tactic when the leader is imposed to stiff competitiveness of position.
Exchange is a coalition tactic where the leader shares ideas with other leaders to impact their enterprises from the decisions garnered from the perceptions of DJ Zinhle, the influencing tactics adhered to include legitimating, coalition, and exchange (SME Update, 2021; Verma, 2022). The act of Zinhle diversifying her income sources through bespoke music production, DJ, and Jiyade Atelier means that she aligns her operations to create significant revenue impact from the enterprises. The collaboration of DJ Zinhle with Brandon Reynolds creates a coalition and exchange tactic, where the leader can diversify ideas, decisions, and sources of income from the Jiyade Atelier launched. However, DJ Zinhle fails to articulate influencing leadership tactics such as upward appeal, pressure, and ingratiating. The collaboration creates a negative outcome, as per the October report, which means there was necessary to induce stress to make operational efficacy (SME Update, 2021). DJ Zinhle does not integrate enhancement of the business, meaning that she violates the need for ingratiating leadership tactics.
In your opinion, is Ntombezinhle Jiyane a charismatic leader? Motivate your answer. Provide practical examples to substantiate your argument.
Ntombezinhle Jiyane is a charismatic leader. The basis of the argument of Ntombezinhle Jiyane being a charismatic leader is on the ideas, decisions, and plans imposed in diversifying her sources of income (Verma, 2022). Ntombezinhle Jiyane induces significant operations, where she opens comprehensive sources of income, which requires professional skills and persuasiveness. Jiyade is involved in a series of events, including being a top-ranked disk jockey leading to her nomination for the All African Music Awards (AFRIMAs) in the “African DJ of the Year” (Verma, 2022). This suggests that Jiyade is involved in making professional decisions that guide her career. Jiyade opened a collaborated Jiyade Atelier with Reynolds, which creates the opportunity of exploiting the chance of brainstorming ideas. This means that Jiyade is a charismatic, professionally based leader and ready to make a persuasive working environment (SME Update, 2021). The collaboration in launching the Atelier means they had robust communication, meaning that Jiyade’s leadership is based on practical skills.
Question 4
Define self-leadership and discuss the various self-leadership strategies. In your opinion, which one does Dr. Moloi-Motsepe use? Which one does she not use? Justify your answer.
Self-leadership refers to the type of leadership in which a leader is involved in recognizing, improving, and exercising their leadership, which consists of the sense of understanding and developing who they are, what they can do, and what they are going to do (Karras, 2022). This type of leadership articulates the position in which a leader is influenced emotionally in terms of their communication and behaviors, which acts as the basis of inducing significant self-leadership. Dr. Moloi-Motsepe causes self-leadership in controlling her businesses. She is involved in identifying an opportunity in South Africa, garnering necessary resources and expertise, and starting and meeting the set goals (SME Update, 2021). Self-leadership strategies include establishing goal plans, building habits, optimizing operational purposes, harnessing available environmental resources, and self-cueing.
Dr. Moloi-Motsepe establishes a goal plan, where she defines the role of the Motsepe foundation: to contribute towards eradicating poverty and to sustainably improve the living conditions and standards of living of poor, unemployed, and marginalized people in South Africa and the world (Motsepe Foundation, 2022). The goal plans are built on a habit, where Motsepe actualizes the goals and diversifies the strategy under the 12 sustainable development goals (SDGs). The programs are optimized through the dimensions of the operations, including education and women empowerment. Motsepe fails to harness environmental resources, where she induces already established resources and expertise of the people (Karras, 2022). She fails to generate self-cueing due to sole decisions made in the Foundation and diversified areas.
Debate whether Dr. Moloi-Motsepe is a servant leader. Provide practical examples to substantiate your argument.
Dr. Moloi-Motsepe is a servant leader through the reflection of her operations and the structure of the roles of the Motsepe Foundation. A servant leader is defined from the position in which the objectives of the Foundation are based on the need to benefit other people other than the self (Karras, 2022). Motsepe established Motsepe Foundation to eradicate poverty and sustainably improve the living conditions and standards of living of the poor, unemployed, and marginalized people in South Africa and the world. This suggests that she is ready to serve others through the goals under SDGs, such as education, empowerment, and job creation (SME Update, 2021). The leader identifies education programs to improve people’s expertise, including STEAM, which benefits the sustainability of the community (Motsepe Foundation, 2022). The benefits are not solely developed by Motsepe, meaning that the leader is a servant to the community. The bibliography of Motsepe indicates that she garnered knowledge on medicine and child and women’s health, where she launched the Foundation to give back to society (Karras, 2022). This suggests that the leader uses her knowledge and expertise from higher education to create sustainability in community-based health.
Question 5
Identify and describe a leader you admire.
From the evaluation of the leaders, I admire Dr. Moloi-Motsepe, the founder of the Motsepe Foundation in South Africa. Dr. Moloi-Motsepe manipulates servant leadership, where she is involved in launching and establishing various projects that benefit society (Karras, 2022). I admire the supervision of Dr. Moloi-Motsepe as she harnesses her degree and postgraduate expertise to help the community by eradicating poverty. The aspirations of Motsepe are followed by establishing the goals that tally the SGDs, meaning that the plan’s legitimacy is politically and economically met (Motsepe Foundation, 2022).
The leader’s need is to ensure that the society is stable, where she practically creates groups founded on the need for global development through the substantial financial commitments of the group of families (Karras, 2022). This suggests that the leadership of Dr. Moloi-Motsepe gravitates toward creating stability in South Africa and transforming the society to cater to the people living in poverty and those marginalized. The leader manipulates characteristics and leadership traits such as passion, attitude, self-awareness, decisiveness, and integrity (Karras, 2022). However, she fails to create collaboration and integrates self-leadership, which impacts decisions and strategies in the effectiveness of the Foundation
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