Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Leadership Styles
- Autocratic
- Characteristics
- Leader makes decisions
without reference to
anyone else
- Allocates tasks and
expects obedience
- High degree of dependancy
- Close supervision of
employees
- One way communication
- Can create alienation
- Armed forces, police
- Advantages
- Fewer mistakes
- Managers always
know what
everyone's doing
- Disadvantages
- Demotivation - high turnover of staff
- Chaos when
managers aren't in
- Senior managers are
over-worked
- Democratic
- Characteristics
- Leader discusses with employes and
involves them in decisions
- Acts on advice and explains
reasons for decisions
- Leader still makes final decision
- Consultive - involves employees
- Persuasive - persuades other that your decision is right
- THEORY Y
- Project based/shops
- Advantages
- Motivation
- More job satisfaction
- Disadvantages
- Loosing control
- Excellent
communication is
needed
- Highly skilled
workforce is needed
- Takes time for decision
- Bureaucratic
- Characteristics
- Focus on developing
the specializing of the
job
- Relies on formal procedures
- Complicated delegation
system through clear
hierachy
- Employees are allowed to use their
own direction but within the clearly
defined delegation limits
- Public sector - teachers
- Advantages
- Little bit more motivated
- Job roles clearly
defined
- Feel secure in their roles
- Disadvantages
- Loads of paper work
- Discourages
innovation and change
- Laissez-faire
- Characteristics
- Leadership
responsibilities are
shared
- Leader has
minimal input
- Highly independant workforce
- Flatter
hierachy
structure
- Advertising and magazines
- Advantages
- Staff feel trusted
- Motivation
- Disadvantages
- Lack of direction
- Relies on good
teamwork
- Relies on good
interpersonal
relations
- Time consuming