leadership styles Flashcards
what are the names of the 5 different leadership styles
autocratic
democratic
laissez faire
transormational
paternalisatic
autocratic leadership style
leader makes decisions on their own
they kdentifiy objectives pf business and identifty how they are going to be achieved
adv of autocartic leadership style
decisions are made quickly, not having to check with employess
good if employees are very unskilled and in crisis mangament
dis of autocaric leadership style
dont have much of a say, demotivating
paterlistic style
softer form of the autocratic style
leader consults the workers before making decisions then explain decisions to persuade them that the decisions are in their interest
getting involved about human relations they see as a postive motivator for employeesmake decsiosn in best interest of their staff
adv of paterlistic style
motivating for employees
dis of paterlistic style
time consuming to consult all workers before making decisions
demoratic leadership style
leader encourages workers to participate in decision making
discus ideas with workers, delegate reposnbility, listen to adive
democratic leader advantages
shows leader has lot of confience in thier workforce
icnreases motaivtion of workers as feel more valued/can iput thier ideas
dis of democatic leaders
become too much/too many different workers imputting difefrent ideas can take long tiem for a decsiion to be made
too much leader/may go against meployees ideas causing an increase in tension in wrokforce
laissez faire style
hands off form of leadership
where leaders rarely interfere with running of busienss
adv of laissez faire
good for small amount of employees who are highly motivated, skilled
dis of laissez faire
if workers arent skiied, bad decsions can be made
having a leader make decsions much quicker and creates order within a business
transformational leader
where business needs to drastically change
requires exisiting business structure that needs fixing
good for small business to achieve big ambtions
good is business needs mdeernising