Leadership in action : Business case in Ivory Coast

ISBN-13: 9786200569714 / Angielski

Armand Yao

Opis

This paper aims at assessing the moderating factors of leadership, in organisation. Cargill West Africa was used as a case study. This qualitative study was conducted from a follower's perspective, though semi structured interviews. The findings suggest that leadership is positively impacted with cultural differences between leaders and respondents. The latter perceive their counterparts as competent and experienced. The organisational culture of the company is favourable to leadership effectiveness in the company, opposite to size. Indeed, the company is considered as wide, the effort should be oriented toward transformational leadership style, more suitable in that case. The behaviour of the informants has had a positive impact onto the leaders, as they were able to foster a climate of trust though constant communication. Also, the authority level of their leader was not puzzling for the respondents, since they could balance it with their competence and self-confidence. Although the communication style is well perceived among most of them, it's mainly leaders' responsibility to keep it open and healthy for an effective leadership within the company.

O autorze

Yao, Armand
Armand Yao is an Agricultural Economist Engineer, born in Côte d'Ivoire. He hold senior management positions in leading multinational companies, then obtained in 2018, an Executive MBA from the British University of Lancaster. He currently works as a Consultant for various organizations and companies.