2.3 Leadership and managment Flashcards
Manager
Responsible for setting objectives, organizing resources, and motivating staff to meet organization aims
Leadership
Art of motivating a group of people towards achieving a common objective
Autocratic leadership
- Is centralized
* Keeps all decision making in the head of the organization
Paternalistic leadership
Fatherly style typically used by dominant males where power is used to control and protect subordinate employees who are expected to be loyal and obedient
Democratic leadership
- Is decentralized
* Promotes active participation of staff with decision making
Laissez faire leadership
- “Let them do it”
* Leaves much of the decision making to workforce
Situational leadership
Effective leadership varies with the task in hand, leader adapts their methods to the situation
Ethical leadership
Leading by knowing and doing what is “right”
Informal organization
- Members engage in similar or same activities
* Hierarchy is nonexistent
Formal organization
- Highly specialized activities
* Defined by rules and regulations