SLM 4- ASSIGNMENT

                        

NAME: UTIBE JANE EKERE

SLM- ASSIGNMENT 4: Examine the impact of latest developments in business world (ethics,
Organizational value, CSR) on organizational value and leadership.

RUBRIC 1: Critically explore the exercise of leadership and influence.

RUBRIC 2: The importance of ethics, value and corporate social responsibilities to an
organization.
RUBRIC 3: Evaluate leadership and sustainability concepts and trends.

ANSWER (Using a case study of Regenesys Business School)

INTRODUCTION TO REGENESYS BUSINESS SCHOOL.

 Regenesys Business School is a private institution established in 1998 based in Johannesburg, South
Africa, with more than two hundred thousand trained students placed in reputable organizations across
the globe. 
 

Regenesys has proven to be one of the fastest-growing and leading institutions providing management
and leadership development skills.

As global thought leaders with campuses in the heart of Sandton, Lagos, and Mumbai, we do not just
instruct and train; we develop astute business leaders with a passion and sense of responsibility to
holistically manage people, profit, and the planet creatively and sustainably. (Regenesys business
school, 2021)                                                                                                                                               

Our Subsidiaries:

 Regenesys Institute of Management, India

  Regenesys Business School, Nigeria
 Regenesys Foundation
 My Wealth Investments
 Dananda Talent
 Urban Well-Being
 Success Tours

CRITICALLY EXPLORE THE EXERCISE OF LEADERSHIP AND INFLUNCE IN

REGENESYS BUSINESS SCHOOL
Regenesys is fully committed to developing leaders capable of professing solutions to challenges
facing the world from unemployment and poverty caused by pandemics, corruption, and sustainable
development.

Regenesys business school sees LEADERSHIP be innate and not restricted by any position held.

Leadership is the foundational cause of problems faced today in the world.

Regenesys occupies top LEADERSHIP alumni in multinational corporations and institutional positions
all around the globe. (Vanguard News, 2021)

(Vanguard News, 2021)

Regenesys business school sees INFLUNCE as the power of altering behaviors through the presence of
others.

Power is a combination of both internal and external forces. This means that anyone can access a
certain amount of power, regardless of their ranking.

TYPES OF POWER
 Legitimate power: This is a formal kind of power that is received at a certain authoritative
position in an organization.
Regenesys business school for example the Chairman or executive director’s uses legitimate
power to determine all activities in the organization.

 Reward power: This kind of power is the ability to offer recommensation or prize in such a
reciprocating job done or success achieved.
Regenesys business school demonstrates this kind of power as a means of motivating its
employees to achieve more.

 Expert Power: This kind of power comes with the combination of academic skills and a well
established career in an area of expertise.
Regenesys business school has leaders with both skills, such as having our expatriates working in
our organization to achieve organizational purpose.
Referent power: This significant kind of power is not given but inbuilt. This has to do with the leaders
interpersonal skills.
Regenesys business school adores natural leaders with this significant type of power through
building and gaining the trust, honesty and integrity of the employees. This natural ability births
out the capacity to influence team members.

Coercive power: This kind of power is mostly used in organizations to force will on employee of which
leads to mindset of consequence which may leads to employees losing their jobs.
Regenesys business school does not exhibit this particular kind of power, as may affect employees
retention in the organization.[ CITATION Eat21 \l 1033 ]

POWER TACTICS

Influence tactics are action plan that leaders maximize to change attitudes, values, or behaviors of
their employees in an organization.

1. HARD OR PUSH TACTICS

2. SOFT OR PULL TACTICS

The influence tactics can be categorized into 2:

Other types of influence tactics include the following:

1. PRESSURE: As a push tactic, the aim of pressure is to make a person change their
behavior or carry out an order by using intimidation, threats, and authority. In most
cases, it is not an effective tactic.

2. ASSERTIVENESS: Assertiveness is one of the push tactic that could be setting

unreasonable limit, repeatedly making requests, and getting upset with employees.
It is also relatively ineffective .

3. LEGITIMATING: Legitimating is simply persuading someone to comply with a

request, given their designation or situation. It’s a push tactic, and its success is
limited.
4. COALITION: Coalition is a tactic that leaders use to leverage employees who
support them. They form alliances with these employees and use them to try to
influence others. As a push tactic, it’s fairly ineffective .
 5. EXCHANGE: Exchange is a push tactic, though a moderately effective one. It
involves offering a reward or benefits to employees who comply with what you
request of them .

6. UPWARD APPEAL: An upward appeal means simply requesting for support of

your leader or line manager before making a request of your employee. This tactic
is also moderately effective, as it gives the leader influence and authority over their
direct report .

7. INGRATIATING: Ingratiating means flattering someone before asking them to do

something. It might look like offering to help them with something or paying them a
compliment. This is a pull tactic, and it is moderately effective.
8. RATIONAL PERSUASION: Rational persuasion is a way of influence on people
using logical arguments and descriptive prove. It is also a moderately effective pull
tactic .

9. PERSONAL APPEAL: This push tactics is used as a means to appease team

members or employees to get a thing done.

10. INSPIRATIONAL APPEAL: This push appeal tactics enhances employee

productivity as it appeals to emotions, value and ideals.

11. CONSULTATION: This pull tactics evolves through tactical planning and decision
–making. It is also inter-professional.[ CITATION Eat211 \l 1033 ]

CONCEPT OF DELEGATION AND EMPOERMENT IN RBS

The need for delegation of authority is necessary to complete tasks successfully especially when
the tasks are of high risk.

F.C.MOORE argued that the word ’Delegation’ means assigning work to the others and giving
authority.
DELEGATION
Improves bounding and productivity with
team members
Builds effective time management skills
It develops team skill-set and learning ability
[ CITATION The211 \l 1033 ]
EMPOWERMENT
Enable employee’s independency and
confidence such as closing sales with client
and meeting up sales target
Brings out creativity to task assigned such as
Telesales team
NECESSITY OF PROPER DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY AND EMPOWERMENT FOR
INFLUENCING HR IN AN ORGANIZATION

 Ease work load of top management

 It enhances relationship which exists between superior and subordinates to improve
performance in Regenesys Business School.

ETHICAL LEADERSHIP
Regenesys business school being an educational sector imbibes the ethical leadership theory to
improve behavior and attitude of employees.

VALUE BASED LEADERSHIP

This kind of leadership in Regenesys business school is mainly for regularizing employees with
the organizations core value in accordance with government regulations.[ CITATION Bra21 \l
1033 ]