Depending on the level of your employee’s competence and commitment, leadership approaches

of Al Arafa Islami Bank ltd can be of these types:

 Directing: At the time of learning new skills & development of the employees, Al Arafa
prefers directive approach. By defining tasks clearly and check progress to make sure
he’s not faltering.
 Coaching: Besides, bank uses periodic coaching at the time of learning new skills, as it
helps employees get freedom to make mistakes and to learn from them.
 Supportive: Company becomes supportive encouraging highly competent employees
who lack confidence and with employees who are both highly motivated and
experienced, delegate tasks.
 Delegating: we can see that, in all cases, it is bank’s responsibility to find the balance
between hand-holding and empowering.
 The Qualities or Traits approach: leaders are born, not made; leadership consists of
certain inherited personality traits or qualities. Bank creates such kinds environments so
that it can get new leader.
 The Functional or Group approach: leadership can be learned and developed. Focuses
on the accountabilities, responsibilities and functions of the leader and the nature of the
group. Bank examines how the leader’s behavior affects and is affected by the group of
followers.
 Adair's Action-Centred Leadership: This approach focuses on what leaders do and the
need to balance the needs of the individual, the task and the team.
 Diverse workforce: Another issue faced by this bank is coordinating work efforts of
diverse organizational members in accomplishing organizational goals. Al arafa deals
with diverse workforce i.e. more heterogeneous in terms of gender, race, ethnicity, age
and other characteristics & achieves company’s goals.
 Behavioral styles approach: This bank focuses on the behavior of employees in
leadership positions, the importance of leadership style and how it influences group
performance.
 Likert, Blake and Mouton and Blake and McCanse compared behavioural styles across
two dimensions: concern for production (relates to ) and concern for people (relates to
McGregor ).
 McGregor’s Theory: Bank checks both theory X & theory Y for measuring the
satisfaction of employees
 Situational approach and Contingency Models: Sometimes the situation itself
determines the leadership style that will be most effective and no single style of
leadership is appropriate for all situations.
 Inspirational or charismatic leadership: Al arafa always try to create charismatic
leadership, which is based on the personal qualities or charisma of the leader. These
leaders are seen as having a strong vision and sense of mission and arouse strong
emotions in followers.