BUS 518: project management leadershipWrite a 6–8page paper in which you:Describe the leadership style that Ben Samuels exhibited as the plant manager for Consolidated Products. Provide three examples...

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1. Describe the leadership style that Ben Samuels exhibited as the plant manager for Consolidated Products. Provide three examples of his leadership actions and behavior. Discuss the pros and cons in each example you describe to support the response.
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Ben Samuel had a good leadership skill as a plant manager. The top three skill he had present as plant manager are:
1. Employee’s Welfare – It is known as the act of personal effort which ensure the employee’s value of life. A welfare can be anything in this case study Ben Samuel taken care of the Employee’s welfare in terms of the social activities, team picnic and holiday’s plan. It can be categorized as two typed:
1. Statuary Welfare – A statuary welfare could be anything like Drinking water facility, comfortable work space a
angements, First aid appliances. In this case study Ben Samuel ensure the statutory welfare like by taking care of the temporary medical disability. Instead of layoff, he used to plan the suitable department to work for the said employee.
2. Non statutory welfare - A non-statuary welfare for the product-based companies is like flexible time, Individual healthcare program etc. In this case study plant manager Ben Samuel ensure the non-statutory welfare like flexible timing, employee’s assistance program.
2. Good Communication – It is known as the act of personal effort which ensure the good relationship/communication in between the employees.
1. Lisen – As a plant manager Ben Samuel had a good listening skill. He used to interact with employees almost every.
2. Empathy – During Ben Samuel tenure every employee had a faith that if they ever faced any bad problem Ben always will be there.
3. Lead by example - It is the skill of encouraging others. In case study Ben showed us the various ways of heighten the employee’s morale.
4. Body language - Ben used to take the round of the plant daily. He also allowed the supervisor to take decision. These are the most important skill of the communication.
3. A good relationship – In the case study Ben presented a healthy relationship between the employees by taking care of their faith, trust, respect, courage and dedication.
2. Analyze the leadership style that Phil Jones exhibited as he took over to replace Ben. Provide three examples of his leadership actions and behavior, assessing the pros and cons in each example you describe to support the response.
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Phil Jones has the excellent plant manager skills. Like High performance, strategic cost cutting moves, improved productivities. The pros and cons of these styles are:
1. High Performance – Product based manufacturing plants which performance analysis are based on the manufacturing score and the onetime delivery which Phil make sure company should meet all its target.    
1. Example - Phil has prefer to take decisions all by himself.
2. Pros – All the floor’s decisions earlier which was taken by the supervisor’s only, now Phil has taken the control. As a result, company’s productivity index is much higher than the Ben’s.
3. Cons – Research data shows that, the high performed analytics are mostly based on the either resigned employee or the fired employee.
2. Strategic cost cutting moves – Sustainability of manufacturing company depends on many factors. Cost cutting strategic moves are one of them. To cope with the rising cost and the competitive market, it’s a pivot step for a company to survive.
1. Example – Phil reduces the frequency of the equipment’s maintenance period.
2. Pros – The required machines to be idled when could be productive.
3. Cons – Phil started to layoff the...