Download Business Research Methods and more Assignments Research Methodology in PDF only on Docsity! Title Page: Assignment No: 2 Semester: 6 th Course Title: Business Research Method Submitted To: Sir Asif Qureshi Submitted By: SAAD MURAD Reg No: 11518 Topic: Research Proposal Date of Submission: 2,Jul,2020 Research Proposal (A situational analysis of shared leadership in a self-managing team) To: Sir Asif Qureshi From: Saad Murad Date: 2 JULY 2020 Subject: Research proposal Proposed Research Topic: A situational analysis of shared leadership in a self- managing team Purposes: Alvesson (2 Jun 2020) claims that a situational approach enables leadership to be viewed and studied as “a practical accomplishment” (p. 476) rather than starting with a conceptualization of leadership as whatever the appointed leader does. This approach seems particularly well suited to self-managing teams (SMTs), in which leadership is presumably shared. In this project, I will explore how members of a self-managing team enact leadership in their regular team meetings. In particular, I will focus on how SMT members influence the direction of the team as well as the relationships and identities of individual members and the identity of the team as a unit, and how their interaction is enabled and constrained by social and cultural influences (eg, organisational culture, national/ethnic culture, and gender). Such a study should give insights into the workings of SMTs, an organisational form that is rapidly gaining in popularity and acceptance. Also, the study will test the usefulness of a perspective (the situational approach) that is underdeveloped in the leadership literature. Background: I will conduct my study in a team that is within the Roadworks Division within the Hamilton City Council. Roadworks has 12 SMTs, each of which is responsible for maintenance of roads within one geographical section of Hamilton. This particular team includes four men and a woman. Three of the men are in their thirties and one in his early 50s; the woman is in her thirties. They are assigned to an area around Chartwell. They start each day with a brief (15-45 minute meeting) on an agreed upon site, often just gathering around the back of a truck for their meeting. I will attend these three mornings a week for four weeks, and will stay on to observe their work for approximately 20 hours during the four week period.My primary focus will be on their interaction in meetings, although I will also observe (and perhaps enquires about) interactions during their other work.
