2.2.3 LEADERSHIP STYLES
(MANAGEMENT STYLES)
Learning Outcomes
• Features of the main leadership styles – autocratic,
democratic and laissez faire
• Recommend and justify an appropriate leadership
style in a given situation.
Describe these leaders in
one word.
Task
• Before we talk about different leadership styles, fill
out the ‘leadership styles questionnaire’….
• What type of leader would you be?????
Three main Leadership Styles
Autocratic Leaders
(Authoritarian)
• In the autocratic style,
the leader takes
decisions without
consulting with others.
• The decision is made
without any form of
consultation.
Democratic Leaders
• the leader involves the
people in the decisionmaking, although the
process for the final
decision may vary from
the leader having the
final say to them
facilitating consensus in
the group.
Laissez Faire Leaders
• The laissez-faire style is
to minimize the leader's
involvement in decisionmaking, and hence
allowing people to make
their own decisions,
although they may still be
responsible for the
outcome.
Question….
• What factors influence
someone’s leadership style?
• Will their leadership style
always stay the same?
Factors affecting Leadership
style
Nature of
the task
Level of
risk
Rate of
change
Leadership
Style
Skills of manager
and the
workforce
Personality
Time
constraints
Leadership Styles
Who are you going to call? One or two styles may suit?
PROBLEM
1
Employees are having serious problems getting the job done. They have
not responded to your efforts to be friendly or to your invitations to get
involved in discussions.
2
You are considering a major change in your program. Employees enjoy
participating in the planning.
3
Employees are working with dangerous or delicate equipment that requires
a definite set of procedures to operate.
4
Employees have pride in their work and the drive to it successfully on their
own.
5
6
You want to encourage team building and participation.
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8
Employees have lost interest in their work and are poorly motivated.
Decision are easier and more cost-effective for the manager to make the
decision.
Employees need to understand certain standards or procedures.
STYLE
Task
• For each of the different leadership styles, write a
list of conditions for when they would be most
appropriate.
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