Globalization Trends and Leadership Changes

Prewitt J., et,al, (2011). Developing Leadership in Global and Multi-cultural Organizations. International Journal of Business and Social Sciences. Vol.2.No.13. https://www.ijbssnet.com/journals/Vol._2_No._13_Special_Issue_July_2011/2.pdf
The article dwells on the aspect of leadership and the contemporary globalized environment where the employees of all organizations are mixed in terms of age, experience, cultures and race. The three authors, all of whom are professors in different universities concentrate on discussing how organizations have become multicultural in nature and how the leadership must change to adopt the global leadership characteristics. Such a global leadership, they say needs to take into account the culture, the global strategy and the competitiveness of the competitiveness of the current market. Further, the article discusses the taxonomy of global leadership competencies and meta-competencies. In this respect, they discuss how ethics in the highly diverse cultural workplaces can be taught and the leaders need to conform to adapt to the needs of the organization and how this adaptation can be achieved. The article discusses how leadership competencies no longer confine to the behavior or personality or the values and knowledge, but those qualities that enable one to perform effectively in an environment outside their own nation and organizational culture. It is noteworthy how the article goes further to give how one can identify global leadership competencies and capability.
The article stands out in various ways particularly in discussion of the topic therein. It sheds light on the aspect of leadership that is widened to cover the global platform and not just the localized approach. Further, it gives various real life examples that had taken place in different parts of the world, this gives it a global approach and easier to understand. It is also interesting and credit worthy that the article, in recognition of the global challenges on the cultural basis that women in leadership get, chooses to dedicate a significant section to discuss and highlight women in leadership and how they can manage to make it in the contemporary environment. Lastly, the academic value of the article is unquestionable since it comes out as a highly researched and referenced article looking at the numerous high quality references that have been used therein.
This article has a close relationship with the chapters by Spears, L. (1995). Reflections on leadership: Chapters 1, 2, 3 in that they both highlight the aspects of the changing leadership dynamics in the contemporary world. Spears reflect on servant leadership and how this approach to leadership has proven to be palatable with many organizations globally. In the same trend, this article also discusses how the global trends have reshaped leadership in a manner that it has to accommodate the diverse cultures and how it has to first reflect on the people among whom the leadership is being applied. Greenberg, J. (2013) in his book, Managing behavior in organizations mainly concentrates on the scientific approach towards organizational behavior and gives the practical ways that can be used by the managerial teams and good leaders in effectively managing the contemporary organizational environments. He highlights scientifically proven leadership approaches that take into account the current challenges that come with the globalised scientific issues. On the other hand, leadership is discussed by Rath, C. and Conchie, B. (2008) in their book Strengths based leadership as a virtue that goes beyond the work based aspects, but into intrinsic issues like hope, faith, individual stability and compassion. These are issues that a good and effective leader needs to be able to inspire in his followers since these help make the contemporary work environment more comfortable and development focused than in organizations without these.
This article and the concepts discussed therein are instrumental in reshaping my workplace and the organization as a whole in that, bearing the continued cultural diversity of this organization, it can no longer be viewed as an American company anymore, but must now conform to the global standards. The organization, being that it deals with members of staff across a vast geographical demarcation and customers from a wide spectrum, there is need now more than before to deeply understand global leadership competencies and meta-competencies.
References
Prewitt J., et,al, (2011). Developing Leadership in Global and Multi-cultural Organizations. International Journal of Business and Social Sciences. Vol.2.No.13. https://www.ijbssnet.com/journals/Vol._2_No._13_Special_Issue_July_2011/2.pdf
Spears, L. (1995). Reflections on leadership.