Leadership Styles in one of the Philippine’s Largest Multinational Conglomerate as Perceived by Board Members, Management Personnel and Staff: As a Basis for Policy Formulation

Abstract

Leadership can be defined as the process through which an individual guide and motivates a group towards the achievement of common goals. Research has examined whether or not there are some differences in leadership, and these differences can be seen from a relationship based or task-based perspective. 

The purpose of this study is to assess the leadership style in one of the largest Philippine’s Multinational Conglomerate as perceived by Board Members, Management Personnel, and Staff at Mandaluyong City, and to present a synthesis of the voluminous amount of material that has been written on the topic, primarily in the literature of management, psychology, sociology, and political science. The first section of the paper throws light on the topic if there really exist some differences in leadership styles. The following section opposes the findings supporting the statement that differences in leadership styles do exist and also brings a point of attitudes and behaviours that have affected the growth of ambitiousness. The last section of the paper discusses the effect leaders at several levels of management, social and political levels and how our conventional wisdom has affected our attitudes and beliefs towards work outputs.  The findings of the study show that leadership (managers’ behavior) itself can be a reason for such problems. The researcher is of the view that when adopted collectively transformational, Laissez-Faire, and Innovative leadership styles are the most effective leadership styles perceived by the Board Members, Management Personnel, Staff Members in one of the largest Philippine’s Multinational Conglomerate.  Based on the findings, it could be concluded that results of this investigation can be helpful in designing certain programs and strategies to increase the awareness among managers and leaders this corporation.