Leadership styles

Year 13

Objectives

To understand the different types of leadership

To understand how this can affect motivation and management of employees

Leadership styles

Management

styles

Autocratic

Proactive

Laissez faire

Democratic

Paternalistic

Reactive

Autocratic

Set objectives alne and allocate tasks Expects workers to do exactly what they

say No consultation in decision making

Autocratic…

Lead to poor motivation

Workers cannot put their views forward

Workers not likely to feel involved in the running of the business (no ownership)

Continued…

Staff are less likely to want to help out to meet deadlines or raise standard of service

Some organisations have to be autocraticPolice, Army as decisions need to be made

quickly

Paternalistic

Benign style of autocratic… Also caters for the workers social and physical needs

Manager tries to treat everyone as an individual (Inconsistent treatment)

Workers are more likely to feel looked after

Example: Fast food industry

Democratic Workers are included in the decision making process

Taking time to talk to staff etc can take time away from production

Decisions can take longer as all aspects of hierarchy are consulted

All democracy has winners and losers

Motivating as workers feel part of the business

A sense of ownership

Laissez-faire

Minimum input giving the staff a free reign ‘Hands off approach’ Workforce need to be skilled otherwise…

Poor coordination/low discipline

Used in marketing as allows for creativity

Laissez-faire

Questions that need to be considered to use this approach;

Can the workers be relied upon unsupervised? Do they have the skills and the resources to work

unsupervised? Does the work lend itself to being done in a free

atmosphere? Do we need creativity to flourish?

Proactive and reactive

Proactive: Anticipates issues and plans ahead of them (short and long term)

Reactive: Will wait until problems manifest themselves and act accordingly

Which is best?

In your coursework…

Discuss the different types in relation to their effectiveness and usage for your chosen organisations…