Success in the corporate world requires firms to structure their internal operations into various units that provide a hierarchy through which decision making is facilitated. Some of the business units that improve organizational functions include task forces, committees, and councils. Task forces are among the most vital groups in an organization as they are established to work on a particular project whereby decision-making is required within a specified period of time to facilitate the execution of a plan. This unit exhibits both formal and informal leadership.

For instance, companies ensure that there is a specific person with the official mandate to lead a task force through the coordination and organization of its affairs. In this case, the other members of the group understand the responsibility of the formal leader, who is obliged with reporting the final decision established through discussion to other units or the organization’s top management. On the other hand, informal leadership involves the prospect of a task force choosing to follow one of its members who does not have an express authority from the company to lead them (Vercillo, 2016). This may be facilitated by his/her charisma and friendliness.

Decisions in a task force are made through an open forum discussion whereby each member contributes to the matter at hand, to pool different alternatives which are analyzed and the most effective chosen. The most influential people in the group get listened to more than the rest and their ideas are likely to be adopted. In most cases, these people take up the informal leadership roles and the trust bestowed to them by other task force members compels them to make contributions that are helpful to the entire group (Phillips, 2001).

Moreover, influential members support the points that are deemed relevant and effective with respect to the task being deliberated and its significance to the organization, thus, they influence the final decision made by the group. Therefore, establishing different units to handle specific tasks in an organization eases decision making through timely deliberations where everyone is given an opportunity to participate.