Leadership

Question 1

What is an Autocratic leadership style

Answer 1

• Full control on what happens
• Gets job done
• Sends a strong message
• Task orientated

Question 2

What is a Democratic leadership style

Answer 2

• Good personal relationships
• Person orientated
• Takes longer to make decisions
• Helps develop opinions and ideas
• Good with a friendly group

Question 3

What is a Laissez-Faire leadership style

Answer 3

• Leader stands a side
• Leave the group to make the decisions
• Loss of group direction
• Lack of guidance

Question 4

What is the social learning theory

Answer 4

• Leadership behaviours are observed and copied, (modelling)
• Has to be from high profile models otherwise you won’t look up to them.
• Related to Banduras model

Question 4

What is trait perspective

Answer 4

• Stable, enduring, innate. All biological.

- Great man theory, leaders should be masculine.

Question 5

What is the interactionist theory

Answer 5

• Traits triggered by the situation
• When in danger someone must take control for things to be sorted quickly.
• The leader sees a situation and decides what type of style to use.