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Managers don't have direct experience with wholesale ops therefore should be an element of participative

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The combination of 3 Vectra and 5 Ressett managers brings together different expertise. The 3 Vectra managers would have great knowledge in the manufacturing industry and therefor a participative leadership type would be the most affective at manager level. This will ensure that skills and ideas are shared for the benefit of the company to work together for the same outcome.

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Participative and open communication with staff at Vectra to boost morale and motivation

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using participative style will allow for the current mangers in ressett & Vectra to do a joint approach, as sharing best practice from both companies.

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subtask b: Team motivation and engagement

Involve and Include

Emloyees may feel neglected or confused after leadership changes. Involving them in short-term operational planning gives them agency and reduces disengagement. Therefore we should give the Vectra staff a a voice in decisions and invovle them in problem-solving to restore ownership and trust.

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With the on-going issues and the fact that the managers coming in have a lack of experience in wholesale, I don't think that an authoritarian management style would be appropriate. This could lower moral further and might take the company in the wrong direction in the short term due to a lack of knowledge in the management team. I would recommend a participative or transformational management style which the management could become more educated in the wholesale sector, learning from the remaining staff and in turn, helping them feel more motivated and valued.

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The five seconded managers have alot of experience with Ressett's suppliers, but they do not have experience in wholesale.

Seconded managers should distribute work as far as possible to the Vectra managers until they gain a better understanding of the operations of the company

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Democratic or Participative style- Let’s work together to solve this

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Democratic or Participative style- Let’s work together to solve this

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This would be good style to bring the managers from the two companies together. Giving the 3 mangers the credit of their expertise from being with the company longer than the 5 seconded managers but also lets them know they have not to solve the issues and the others will sit back.

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I would recommend a mixture of a participative style and autocratic. Participative is required as our Ressett managers have a lack of knowledge on business processes within Vectra and no experience within the wholesale business. We also need to ensure we are autocratic, so we come in with the confidence to make decisions and show the remaining staff that we are able to lead the business to build their confidence in our abilities as leaders.

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Recommended leadership style:

Ressett have seconded five of our most experienced managers from our Buying division to support the remaining managers at Vectra Consumables. These managers form the Buying division do not have wholesale operations experience, even though they have mastered the art of dealing with suppliers. The most suited leadership style would therefore be a participative leadership style. The employees and more senior staff’s participation in making decisions will assist the new senior managers to understand Vectra Consumables operations and objectives better.

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Part A: Managers should adopt a more participative leadership style because the team lacks knowledge and experience. This approach will involve existing team members, allowing them to feel valued, acknowledged, and heard. By doing so, team motivation will improve as members will appreciate being recognised for their input.

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Participative management style would be very beneficial for the seconded managers to apply at Vectra Consumables using the Participative model allows the managers to involve employees in the decision making this will raise the value of staff - ensuring they feel heard and valued - This will also allow staff to collaborate with Ressetts 350+ employees in the wider team

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There will be a more direct and rules-based leadership for the staff in the buying department to ensure clear goals and performance measures are set. This will assist in the Vectra staff feeling valued and provided with clear outlines of their roles with the new Aquisition

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Ressett should consider taking on a participative approach to managing the remaining staff at Vectra. There is a resistance from the staff and they are leaving the business. By listening to their ideas it might help to motivate the staff and encourage them to stay with Vectra. It's important for the staff at Vectra to feel more included in our group (financial), and feel part of the effort as a team.

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Challenges will include

uncertainty within the team with the recent take over

lack of certainty over future role might mean disengagement

The way these can be overcome are

involving staff in discussions about how best to move forward

conversations with staff individually to find out their strengths/ weaknesses / concerns and addressing them without identifying staff

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The situation in Vector is pretty critical and necessities a prompt intervention.

At this point an autocratic leadership approach would worsen the situation. We need to chose a more participative approach, trying to listen to the remaining employees in order to build their loyalty to the new management.

Due to the risk of more employees leaving for the competing company, created by the former managers, we should also consider reviewing the current employees contracts in order to offer better pays and working conditions.

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The team motivation can be maintained by giving them incentives and having initial one to ones to ask them what they feel about the change. They can be given a quick training on wholesale markets and continuous support by one of the members of the company

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I would recommend implementing the "Participative" leadership style, this is a more empowering approach and will motivate existing employees.

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Consider the importance of getting the crisis under control which would require authoritive style. This brings consequences. Can discuss participative style keeping employees engaged and onboard to reduce further losses. Existing managers of Vectra will allow for participative style to work predominantly with elements of authoritive entwined.

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Recommended leadership style

The SMT is currently a blend of Buying managers from Ressett and Vectra's remaining senior managers. Participative leadership is recommended here.

Knowledge-sharing

A participative leadership style is advised because collaboration and knowledge sharing is vital in order to make Vectra managers feel included, and ensure Ressett managers are up-to-date on operations and ways of working in Vectra.

Knowledge sharing can come in the form of regular circle meetings, as well as 360 feedback

Team-wide engagement

A participative leadership style allows Ressett to learn from Vectra's existing team. This way, the Vectra team will have a defined purpose in supporting Ressett.

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Part a - Resett's five seconded managers should apply the participative leadership style to Vectra consumables. This is because Vectra consumables has experienced a lot of departures at senior management team, which may have demoralised current employees. Applying participative leadership style will motivate the current employees, which will improve company performance.

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Addressing Employee Concerns:

Supportive Behavioural leadership style (where managers show concern for employees) will be beneficial in fostering trust between the new managers and current employees. The trust lays the foundation for honest and transparent communication as opposed to a Directive leadership style. Active listening will hel in this.

Performance Turn-Around Strategy:

An acquisition is a disruptive change and as such organizational culture is huge part of leading people into a new era in the business. As such a participative approach (allowing employees to make some decisions on certain matters) here would be beneficial to get people on board in setting goals everyone will buy into and work to achieve. Achievement oriented style (setting stretch goals) will aid in this.

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During periods of new team formation or changes to a team, the leadership style chosen is an important factor which influences team effectiveness.

Given Vectra Consumables was recently acquired by Ressett and the leadership team have since left and require replacement, the remaining team members require a leadership style which will help bring the team together, rather than further disrupt it.

Given the five seconded managers do not have experience in the wholesale operations, it is recommended that a Participative/Democratic Leadership style be used by the five seconded managers to allow them to learn from the Vectra Consumables employees who have a wealth of knowledge in the day-to-day tasks of the wholesale operations.

Participative style involves management taking feedback from staff and having open discussions with staff before decisions are made that impact the team. This is a process of active listening and knowledge sharing between all parties.