Leadership Style Of Professor Dato’ Dr. Ansary Ahmed And Ways To Improve It

The leadership style as adopted by Professor Dato’ Dr. Ansary Ahmed

The role of a leader is considered to be largely crucial in the workplace and any leader who wants to ensure successful implementation of the different organizational goals as well as the objectives, will be required to ensure that they are successfully able to manage the different members well and see to it that these members are able to work well towards the overall goal of the firm at large. Hence, the primary purpose of this answer is to highlight the manner in which one of the educational leaders as present in the institution has been able to portray an excellent leadership style and in lieu of this has also been able to ensure that the organization benefits comprehensively under his guidance (Aeu.edu.my ,2018). The educational leader who has been chosen for the purpose of the particular section is Professor Dato’ Dr. Ansary Ahmed.  Professor Dato’ Dr. Ansary Ahmed is the Director and CEO of the Asia e University and has been guiding the overall university and has taken it to a commendable path of success and development. The given section follows a structured format whereby the leadership style as used by the leader has been described which is then followed by the strengths of the style and the latter half of the report discusses the manner in which I would attempt to improve the leadership style and suggest measures for the same.

Professor Dato’ Dr. Ansary Ahmed  has been associated with the particular institution for a long period and time and through he has portrayed his skills as an educational leader along with the reflection of considerable external factors which have had an impact on the overall institutional success (Aeu.edu.my ,2018).  As per my analysis, the leadership style as adopted by Professor Dato’ Dr. Ansary Ahmed is the participative leadership style.

The participative leadership style forms one of the most crucial aspects of the professional life. When the group is led by a participative leader, it becomes easy for them to perform their roles and be more likely to win their targets and assist in the accomplishment of the overall objective of the organization as well. On the other hand, if the leader simply gives certain orders and is unable to engage effectively with the different employees then the leader will not be able to attain success in the long run (Ward, 2016).  Hence, the participative leadership style is stated to be the most effective leadership style which can be adopted by any leader at large and also go a long way in ensuring that the educational leader will be successful able to ensure that the institution prospers in its different activities. Portraying this participative leadership style, the Professor Dato’ Dr. Ansary Ahmed has been able to successfully able to lead the institution.

The strengths of Professor Dato’ Dr. Ansary Ahmed in the Participative Leadership style

According to Tannenbaum and Schmidt  (2017), the participative leadership style is also known as the Democratic leadership style as it involves the decision making of the different team members as well in the particular achievement of the goal and ensuring that the organization is able to achieve its best performance. The leader ensures that he instead of acting as a boss, the leader acts as a facilitator which will then help the team in taking in help from the leader and give in their views as well. In this manner, the leadership style can be rightfully utilized in a setting which is volunteering in nature, or the business setting involves engagement of all the employees at large.

Professor Dato’ Dr. Ansary Ahmed as stated earlier makes use of the Participative Leadership style. The particular educational managerial style invites the input from the different employees and with respect to this, the staff is provided with considerable information in regard to the different issues of the firm, the course of action to be adopted and other such issues (Northouse, 2018).  Although it is considered to be a slow form of decision making as it involves time as well as efforts, the different strengths of Professor Dato’ Dr. Ansary Ahmed adopting the particular leadership style are as follows:

• Acceptance: By adopting the particular leadership style the different employees of the firm tend to accept the particular leader as the ultimate head and this thereby assists in reducing the resistance with respect to the different company policies as well as the experience. Additionally, it speeds up the implementation of the new ideas as well. When the employees feel engaged, they will perform in a better manner for the institution at large.
• Increased morale: The particular style brings about increased morale for the employees and ensures that the different members of the institute and the school will be easily able to perform well. Moreover, this higher morale can bring about exceptional changes in the institute and ensure that the employees have an active role to play.
• Fosters Creativity: Through engaging in a participative Professor Dato’ Dr. Ansary Ahmed   is also able to foster creativity into the different realms of the firm (Daft, 2014). This is because, once they are successfully able to engage in the decision making process, they tend to give in their input which can be considered to be good for the performance of the firm. The participative leadership will ensure that the different employees to make use of creativity and make the institution more efficient in nature.
• Retention: The participative leadership also encourages employee retention as when the employees in an institution feel valued, they tend to work in the firm for a longer and believe that they will be successfully able to prospect in their career growth as well as development (Ward, 2016). 

1. Hold focus groups: The professor can easily hold certain focus group meetings and other such facilities with the help of which, the professor would come to know the integrate working of the firm.
2. Conduct different surveys: The leader in the participative leadership is also required to ensure that they are successfully able to engage in surveys which would help them to understand the overall functioning (Antonakis and Day, 2017).
3. Improve the organizational processes: The organizational processes can also be improved in case the participative leadership is managed in a better manner. Hence, in lieu of this, the educational leader needs to ensure that
4. Act as a facilitator: Lastly, the educational leader following the participative leadership style should also act as a facilitator and provide various goods to the employee.

Conclusion

Therefore, from the given analysis, it can be rightfully stated that Professor Dato’ Dr. Ansary Ahmed as a participative leader has been performing considerably well and in lieu of ensuring that he is successfully able to integrate the different fucntions of the organization and ensure success in the long run. The given section undertook the analysis of the leader and examined his role as a participative leader. In this regard, the different strengths as possessed by the leader were examined which was then followed by the suggestions which can be followed by the leader in order to manage the institution and the business school in a better manner were also discussed at large.

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