Abstract
The assignment aims at answering three questions concerning the role of supervisors, influence tactics, and leadership. The main role, though, is to ensure quality work is done. Supervisors communicate with the chief executive officers and production managers for consultation, arranging meetings, and writing letters, appraisal reports, and memos. This paper will look into the least ethical among the eight tactics: joking and kidding. Three leadership articles will be analyzed and summarized to assess the leadership skills and efforts of the leaders. Boris Johnson, UK prime minister, is faced with obstacles in leading the Conservative party in the general election. Contrary to the premier’s norm, Johnson is seen reuniting with the opposers and pushing for the main plan despite various revolts from Tory MPs and voters who seem to have no confidence in his leadership.
The Role of First-level Supervisors
First-level supervisors play a critical mandate in a business setup. Their primary role is to ensure that the employees have completed the work excellently and on time to ensure smooth running. To do this job, the supervisors should conversate with the whole production process and understand human behavior (Cortellazzo et al., 2019). Alongside this role, they have a vast of other functions, all of which are related. For instance, they must have good communication skills since they are obligated to write letters, reports, performance appraisals, and memos needed for operation.
Additionally, they should use the skill to comfortably consult and communicate with the assembly line production employees and chief executive officers. Supervisors arrange for meetings and ensure the organizational goals, tactics, mission, strategies, and schedules are followed. The supervisors need to be all-rounded with enough expertise to carry out responsibilities given to them to ensure the smooth running of the company.
The least ethical influence tactic
The last tactic seems the least ethical among the eight influence tactics explained in the chapter. The tactic involves kidding and joking about influencing group members and other employees on the job. Managers and supervisors use this tactic to criticize the employees straightforwardly and effectively. The tactic is unethical because the employees can choose to ignore the supervisor with an excuse that the statement made was just a joke. Instead, the worker might only act immediately after the ribbing is done and then assume it later. The efforts of this influence tactic may be faced with resistance and ignorance rendering it ineffective. Employees will always have many excuses as to why they cannot do what the supervisor intends them to do.
Boris Johnson’s Confidence Vote Win Means Tory Civil War
The article talks about the reinstatement of the conservative party leader Boris Johnson. Despite being faced with a political dilemma and party and voters’ mistrusts, Johnson wins the Tories’ votes. Johnson was a reputable leader who could lead the conservative party and win the elections, yet the party did not trust his integrity and was torn between keeping him or doing away with him (Raphael, 2022). The dilemma brought the party to a confidence vote. Surprisingly, Johnson clinched the winning streak, although it seems a demeaning picture to face a confidence vote for a prime minister.
The Tories have fear, following expected losses in some local elections, which will lead to Johnson’s resignation. However, there are tensions among the Tories since some view Johnson as a liability and others believe him as a winner (Raphael, 2022). For Johnson, as per his experience, if the public loses hope in a politician, the best way to avert the situation is to devise U-turn policies and strategies to ensure confidence revival. According to Johnson, the best way to deal with dissenters is to purge them and reward the supporters. This brought tension and worries to the party.
When Johnson won the 2019 election, Johnson faced opposition not only from the party but from other wings. Johnson knew that a victory policy was needed for an economic turnaround to avert the mistrust and unrest. More is expected as a monetary policy has to be implemented (Raphael, 2022). Among the policies to be put in place include tax cuts, home ownership, and economic growth policies. The question arises about whether the prime minister will be able to fulfill the promises made to reimburse the financial status of poor areas with the commitments made since much expenditure needs to be put in place.
Johnson to Pledge UK Housing Reforms in Bid to Quell Tory Revolt
Party steering by Johnson still faces revolt from Tories, and the speech by the premier is meant to reduce the anger and revive hope. According to Milligan (2022), Boris was expected to revert the confidence in the Conservative Party by announcing the big policy of housing reforms. It was anticipated that the premier was on the road to lead the motion in helping residents to own more homes and enable them to save for mortgage finance and deposits. The prime minister was expected to promise policies to cut living costs due to the high inflation experienced.
The speech would mark Boris’s chance to prove his capability to the conservative voters and lessen the revolt of Tories. Earlier, Johnson survived with a narrow margin after 41% of Tory’s MPs voted to oust him (Milligan, 2022). The premier had promised that if he won, the first policy to implement would be pushing for home ownership which has been seen as impossible. The policy was an extension of Margaret Thatcher, who initiated the idea of the right to buy in the 1980s. The policy allows the tenants to buy from the renting companies at a discount.
A win with this policy implementation would build the hope and confidence in Johnson to lead the party in the coming election. The idea of the right to buy had failed the previous Tory prime ministers and brought tensions and disbelief if Johnson would live to the dream (Milligan, 2022). Standing on one’s ground and acting without turning back serves best. If the manager leads by example, the subordinates will have no choice but to follow their leader.
Boris Johnson Says he Won’t be Blown off Course after Revolt
An article by Mayes on June 8, 2022, addressed the boldness of Boris Johnson at the parliament and reiteration to continue with the agenda despite being voted out by his confidants in the Conservative party (Mayes, 2022). The prime minister insisted that during his professional political career, he had had opponents and worked with them. The party leader fearlessly stated that nothing would stop the administration from delivering to the citizens. Contrary to the prime minister’s norms, a reunite celebration sought to reinstate the 148 MPs who voted against him. Amid speculations that there would be a reshuffle in the prime minister’s administration, the press secretary assured the reporters that there was no plan.
References
Cortellazzo, L., Bruni, E., & Zampieri, R. (2019). The role of leadership in a digitalized world: A review. Frontiers in psychology, 1938.
Mayes, J. (2022). Boris Johnson says he won’t be blown off course after revolt. Bloomberg.com. Web.
Milligan, E. (2022). Johnson to Pledge UK Housing Reforms in Bid to Quell Tory Revolt.Bloomberg.com. Web.
Raphael, T. (2022). Boris Johnson’s Confidence Vote Win Means Tory Civil War. Bloomberg.com. Web.