How UPS has lasted for more than a century: An analysis of its style of leadership and working
Published: 2024
Author(s) Name: Omkar Jagdish Bapat |
Author(s) Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Research and Development Cell, Sri Balaji University, Pune, Maharashtra
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Abstract
Leaders and their style of leadership are one of the catalyzing factors for the success, endurance, and longevity of any organization. The way the leaders inspire their followers, take decisions and perform other necessary managerial functions, is what differentiates a company from its competitors and helps it in achieving its end objectives and goals and causes a company to weather through the market to last for generations to come. Companies that have survived in the market for a very long time ranging in a span of decades are companies that are doing something right and an analysis of the style of leadership of such organization can reveal the secrets of its longevity. This paper has made an attempt in understanding the leadership secrets at UPS Inc. which are responsible for the company, being in business for more than a century in the logistics, courier and shipping services industry.
Keywords: Leadership style analysis, collective leadership, group responsibility, ESOPs, UPS Inc
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