Topic 8: Management and leadership

Question 1

Difference between management and leadership?

Answer 1

Leadership
- Leads by inspiring and motivating
- Provides guidence and direction
- Promotes creativity to improve productivity

Management
- Manages by authority
- Instructional in their approach
- Follows plans to reach targets

Question 2

Different leadership styles?

Answer 2

Democratic
- Involves employees in decision making

Autocratic
- Does not involve employees

Laissez-Faire
- Delegates decision making to employees that he trusts

Charismatic
- Uses their personality to charm and influence behaviour

Transactional
- Uses rewards and punishments to drive employees

Question 3

Difference between democratic and autocratic?

Answer 3

Democratic
- Involves employees
- Open communication
- People orientated

Autocratic
- All decisions made by leader alone
- Employees are told what to do and how
- Task-orientated