question 20 : leadership and decentralisation

Question 1

analyse how different leadership styles impact the effectiveness of a strategy to decentralise the business

Answer 1

subordinate-centred leadership is likely to be more compatible with a decentralised structure. Therefore, decentralisation will be most effective if a ‘share’ approach is used.

• an approach that shows high concern for people and production – a ‘Team leader’ – would be most compatible with decentralisation, with an ‘impoverished’ is likely to lead to the poorest level of performance.