5OS06: You are the Head of Organisation Development (OD) for Magma Park, a large distribution centre for white goods: Leadership and Management Development, Assignment, UK

Case study

You are the Head of Organisation Development (OD) for Magma Park, a large distribution centre for white goods. The Magma Manufacturing Company delivers various white goods (major appliances such as fridges, freezers, washing machines, etc) by light truck, from its national UK distribution centres to eight retail outlets in the UK.

Due to the pandemic, Magma have lost some of their management team due to furlough and downturn of business. You have recently appointed 5 new managers that have been chosen as part of an internal talent pathway. They are current employees that have worked for Magma for up to 10 years so understand the business and how it works.

You have been tasked with developing a guidance document for all new managers to support them with their development into management and then provide a report to the senior leadership team so they can assess the cost/benefit ratio of offering leadership and management interventions.

Task One

You want to provide a document for the rest of your team to help them understand the importance of leadership and management development, the role that OD play, as well as what initiatives could be developed to help newly appointed managers of their management journey. This should be designed to be distributed via your OD Teams channel so this can be reviewed at any time.

The document should be split into two sections:

Section 1

a) Analyse the external factors that drive the need for leadership and management within the organisation (AC 1.1)

b) Explain the key differences between leadership and management roles and styles and the implications of each for organisational effectiveness. (AC 1.2)

c) Compare the different knowledge, skills and behaviours required for leadership and management in organisations. (AC 1.3)

Section 2

a) Discuss the role of people professionals in supporting leadership and management development initiatives. (AC 2.1)

b) Evaluate the different concepts and range of approaches that are available for effective leadership and management development (AC 2.2)

c) Discuss why diversity and inclusion should be an integral component of leadership and management development initiatives. (AC 2.3)

Task Two:

vThis task requires you to produce a report to your senior leadership team (SLT) to help them understand how you can measure the effectiveness of leadership and management development initiatives and the role they play.

The report should contain:

a) Evaluate the indicators of successful leadership and management development initiatives. (AC 3.1)

b) Explain the range of stakeholders and the involvement they have in leadership and management development initiatives. (AC 3.2)

c) Assess the impact and importance that leadership and management development initiatives have on organisational culture, strategy, reputation, and performance. (AC.3.3)

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