MULUNGUSHI UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

STUDENT NUMBER: 202110067

PROGRAM: BACHELOR OF LAWS (LLB1)

COURSE: COMMUNICATION AND STUDY SKILLS ( GROUP A)

COURSE CODE: BCS 151

LECTURER: MR. MANCHISHI

ASSIGNMENT QUESTION: EXPLAIN THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP IN THE

ACHIEVEMENT OF GOALS IN AN ORGANISATION.

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Leadership and organization are two concepts that complement each other. It can be said that
where there is organization there is a leader. Leadership is the action of leading people in an
organization towards achieving goals. Leaders do this by influencing employee behaviors in
several ways. A leader sets a clear vision for the organization, motivates employees, guides
employees through the work process and builds morale. Organisation may be defined as a group
of individuals, large or small, that iscooperating under the direction of executive leadership in
accomplishment of certain common object. The objective of this paper is to explain the role of
leadership in the achievement of goals in an organisation. 

Leadership is someone’s ability to influence others, so that they behave as desired by the leader
(Soekanto, 2012, p. 250). Organizing members by coordinating all parties within the
organization is one of ways in which a leader can achieve organizational goals. Organizations
have complex structures that consists of many divisions which require leadership so as to direct
and guide members of the organization. Every organization has set goals that need to be attained
in a specified time frame. Therefore, a leader has a role in controlling and coordinating the
organizational members so as to meet and achieve the set goals (Hartog & Koopman, 2001).

Furthermore, another role of leadership in the achievement of goals in an organization is to

motivate members of the Organization. This can be done by finding factors that can prompt
members and keep them positive always. Motivation refers to condition that determine why
people do or refrain from doing things (Victor, 2014). In an organization, employees must have
motivation in order they can perform tasks effectively. Consequently, a leader has strategic role
to keep motivating employees. It can be said that when employees in an organization are highly
motivated, work is effectively done thereby meeting set goals.

In conclusion, this paper discussed the role of a leadership in the achievement of goals in an
organization. There are many roles of leadership in the achievement of goals in an organization
but this paper focused on two roles. These are organizing and controlling members of the
organization and motivating them in order to achieve high outputs.

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References

Hartog, D. N. D. & Koopman, P. L. (2011). Leadership in organization: Handbook of industrial,

work, & organizational psychology. SAGE Publication, 2 (2001), 166-187.

Soekanto, S. (2012). Introduction to Sociology. Jakarta: Persada

Victor, N. A. (2014). Employee motivation and job satisfaction in formal organization - a case
study of junior staff of Cross River University of Technology (Crutech), Calabar, Cross River
State-Nigeria. The Business & Management Review, 4 (4), 40-49.