N201 Business Management and Leadership

Introduction:

Leadership style and employee engagement are linked to each other in any type of organization, irrespective of its size. Engagement of the employees explains the situation in which the employee takes any decision based on his or her choice about his loyalty to the company. The organizations in which the level of employee engagement is high has greater productivity as compared to those companies where the level of employee engagement is low (Allio 2012).

Discussion

Difference between leadership styles of Apple and Google

The leadership style of Google is unique and unusual, which encourages the creativity and loyalty of the employees of the employees. The main emphasis of the leadership in Google is on innovation. The style of leadership followed in Google is called Free-rein or Laissez-Faire  leadership, which refers to the style of leadership where the employees of the organization are included in any type of decision taken by the management of the company (Choudhary, Akhtar,  and Zaheer 2013).

The leadership style followed by Steve Jobs in Apple was autocratic leadership, which refers to the type of leader who believes in taking his own decisions and the employees will just follow his decisions. This type of leader does not take a collaborative approach when taking decisions related to the organization (Gunter, Hall and Bragg 2013).

Inclusive Talent Management Versus Exclusive Talent Management

Inclusive talent management approach is followed in Google, where the employees are included in the decision making of the organization, exclusive talent management approach is followed in Apple, where the employees are not included in the decision making of the organization (He 2012).

Difference in the structure of the organizations

Organizational structure of Apple is centralized, on the other hand, the organizational structure of Google is distributed and has an approach towards new products (Koch 2017).

Employee engagement in Apple and Google

The level of employee engagement is high in Apple, due to this the employee retention rates are also high. The reason behind this is, that the employees feel more connected to the company. In the same manner, the employee engagement rates is high in Google, and they are involved in the decision making of the company (Steiber and Alänge 2013).

Impact of leadership style on employee engagement

The leadership style of Apple impacts the employee engagement as they not involved in the decisions of the company, on the other hand the Laissez-Faire leadership style of Google also impacts the employee engagement as the employees are involved in the decisions in the company (Choudhary, Akhtar and Zaheer 2013).

Recruitment process of Apple and Google

The recruitment process of Apple is different from that of Google. Both the companies have a rigorous recruitment process. However, Apple has a different recruitment process for different departments whereas Google has the same recruitment process for all the departments and they aim at hiring the best of candidates (Gunter, Hall and Bragg 2013).

Conclusion:

The essay is based on the comparison of the differences and similarities between the different aspects of two successful organizations, namely Apple and Google. The leadership styles and its impact on the other aspects of the organization are analyzed.

References:

Allio, R.J., 2012. Leaders and leadership–many theories, but what advice is reliable?. Strategy & Leadership, 41(1), pp.4-14.

Choudhary, A.I., Akhtar, S.A. and Zaheer, A., 2013. Impact of transformational and servant leadership on organizational performance: A comparative analysis. Journal of Business Ethics, 116(2), pp.433-440.

Gunter, H., Hall, D. and Bragg, J., 2013. Distributed leadership: A study in knowledge production. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 41(5), pp.555-580.

He, N., 2012. How to Maintain Sustainable Competitive Advantages-----Case Study on the Evolution of Organizational Strategic Management. International Journal of Business Administration, 3(5), p.45.

Koch, C.M., 2017. The Contest for American Culture: A Leadership Case Study on the. Funding Challenges and Successes in Arts Education, p.1.

Steiber, A. and Alänge, S., 2013. A corporate system for continuous innovation: the case of Google Inc. European Journal of Innovation Management, 16(2), pp.243-264.