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Mind Map by Joanne Spain, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Joanne Spain
almost 8 years ago
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Leadership styles
- Authoritarian
- Autocratic leaders hold onto as
much power and
decision-making as possible
- Focus of power is with the manager
- Communication is top-down and one way
- Formal systems of command
and control
- Minimal consultation
- Use of rewards
and penalties
- Very little delegation
- McGregor Theory X
approach
- Most likely to be used
when subordinates
are unskilled not
trusted and their
ideas are not valued
- Autocratic leaders hold onto as
much power and
decision-making as possible
- Paternalistic
- Leader decides what is best for for employees
- Links with addressing employee needs
- Akin to a parent/child relationship- where
the leader is seen as a father figure
- Still little delegation
- A softer form of authoritarian leadership, which often results
in better employee motivation and lower staff turnover
- Typical paternalistic leader explains the specific reason as
to why he has taken certain actions
- Leader decides what is best for for employees
- Democratic
- Focus of power is more with
the group as a whole
- Leadership functions
are shared within the
group
- Employees have greater involvement in decision-making but potentially this slows down decision-making
- Emphasis on delegation and consultation
- Focus of power is more with
the group as a whole
- Laissez-faire
- Laissez- faire means to leave alone
- Leader has little input into the
day-to-day decision making
- Conscious decision to delegate power
- Managers/employees have freedom to
do what they think best
- Often criticised for resulting in poor role definition for managers
- Effective when staff are ready to take on
responsibility, they are motivated, and can be
trusted to do their jobs
- Laissez- faire means to leave alone
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