Manager makes all the decisions. He
gives orders that must be obeyed.
Manager uses position of authority to
get employees to obey him.
Democratic Leadership
Manager involves employees when making a
decision. Manager delegates to employees
because he trusts them. The manager gets
employees to go along with him by reasoning
with them and explaining things to them.
Laissez Faire Leadership
Manager does not interfere much.
Manager delegates a lot. He
reasons and explains things to
employees to get them to agree.
Delegation
When a manager assigns authority to an
employee to carry out some tasks or project for
him. He gives the employee the power to do
some of his management work for him.
Employees must be competent,
responsible and trustworthy who can
cope with the added responsibility of
delegation.
A good control system that
immediately highlights the errors
made by the employees who have
been delegated to. This minimises
any bad effects on the business
A manager who is not afraid to
delegate and is willing to try it.
Advantages
Manager has more time
for more important tasks.
Work
gets done
faster.
Improves
on-the-job
training in
management
skills.
Employees feel
respected, trusted
and valued.
Disadvantages
Manager becomes
swamped with work.
It takes longer for the manager
to do all the work alone.
Employees will not be
trained in management jobs.
Employees are unhappy if
their managers refuses to
delegate. They may feel
untrustworthy, lacking in self
esteem and lowering staff
morale.
Importance of Effective Leadership
Improved Efficiency
Improved Co-Ordination
Change
Employee Retention
Management Skill of Motivating
The manager energizing
employees and providing them
with appealing incentives so that
they will willingly co-operate and
work harder for the business.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Maslow stated that
people's needs are that
drive and influence them.
McGregor - Theory X and Y
Theory Y
Manager believes his employees enjoy working and
have ambition. They motivate by offering promotions
resulting in happy, co-operative employees.
Theory X
Manager believes that his employee does not like
work at all, that they are lazy and have no ambition.
Motivates using the hard approach and punishments.