Name: Asheesh Maharana

SUPERSTAR LEADERS

Roll #: EPGP 04B 016

The questionnaire that was created to assess the organizational culture of DKH is segregated in terms of three fundamental aspects of Fiedlers Theory: 1. Leader-member relation 2. Task structure 3. Position power The detailed version of the questionnaire slip up can be found in the attached excel sheet. The result of the situational analysis is presented in the graph. Dr Shekhawat and the doctors in his team score less in the leadermember relations. However, the score is higher in position power and task structure. The category of the situation is Leader Member Relation: Poor Task Structure: High Position Power: Strong This relates to category V

The next step is to determine the type of leadership of Dr Shekhawat. Least Preferred Coworker questionnaire is used to determine the leadership style of Dr Shekhawat. Each of the items of LPC is scored on the basis of evidences from the case. The total score of LPC exercise for Dr Shekhawat is 56. This indicates that the leadership style of Dr Shekhawat is Task oriented type. The task oriented leaders perform well in very favorable situations that is represented by Categories I, II, III, VIII. Relationship oriented leaders perform better in moderate situations that are represented by Categories IV, V, VI, VII. Since, Dr Shekhawats task oriented leadership is prevalent in a situation that belongs to moderately favorable (category V), it becomes a mismatch of the leadership style to the situation. This might be the reason behind the high attrition rate among the doctors who dont realize that their long term goal can never be achieved at DKH under Dr Shekhawats leadership. Since Fiedlers theory is backed up by the assumption that a persons leadership style cannot be changed, Dr Shekhawat can try to improve the leader-member relations score by showing empathy towards his employees and gaining his team members trust back. Once he is able to achieve this, the situation would become Category I that is a favorable situation where the task oriented leaders perform well.