Lewin's Leadership Styles

Question 1

Lewin’s Leadership Styles

Answer 1

Autocratic, Demoncratic, Laissez-faire

Question 2

Autocratic (Authoritarian)

Answer 2

The leader makes the decision wihtout asking others.
A police officer

Question 3

Democratic (Participative)

Answer 3

The leader consults the team but makes the final decision.
Encourages others to share their views.
Domocratic leaders like Dwight Eisenhower.

Question 4

Laissez-faire (Delegative)

Answer 4

To leave alone.
The team makes their own decisions
Leader trust the team.
Highly skilled industries like Google

Question 5

Autocratic (Main Features)

Answer 5

Leader takes all decisions.
Gives little information to staff.
Supervises workers closely.
Only one-way communication.
Workers only given limited information about the business.

Question 6

Democratic (Main Features)

Answer 6

Participation encouraged.
Two-way communication used, which allows feedback from staff.
Workers given information about the business to allow full staff involvement.

Question 7

Laissez-faire (Main Features)

Answer 7

Laissez-faire means to “leave alone”.
Leader has little input into day-to-day decision-making and delegates virtually all authority and decision-making powers.
Very broad criteria or limits might be established for the staff to work within.