Leadership StylesLeadership Styles

Unit 36Unit 36Learning Objective: Learning Objective: Understand the Understand the role of mgt in motivating employeesrole of mgt in motivating employees

Be able to identify the different Be able to identify the different Leadership styles.Leadership styles.

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Target Outcome Who? Keywords

Explain the concept of motivation. Understand how motivation can be influenced.

C

Appreciate the role of management in motivating employees.

Explain the different styles of management.

B

Have an awareness of different styles of management appropriateness in different situations.

A

Leadership and Leadership and Management styleManagement styleThe success of a business and how The success of a business and how

motivated employees are is largely based motivated employees are is largely based on on different management stylesdifferent management styles that that different managers use. different managers use.

There are three main management styles There are three main management styles these are as follows-these are as follows-

                  Autocratic styleAutocratic style                Democratic styleDemocratic style(Consultative and Persuasive)(Consultative and Persuasive)                Laissez Faire Laissez Faire   

What do Managers do?What do Managers do?

PlanningPlanning Solving ProblemsSolving Problems Making decisionsMaking decisions Co-ordinating the efforts of staffCo-ordinating the efforts of staff Setting targets or goalsSetting targets or goals Organising workOrganising work Monitoring workMonitoring work Motivating workersMotivating workersManagement Role pg 213-214Management Role pg 213-214

The responsibilities of The responsibilities of managers in relation to peoplemanagers in relation to people

Read pg 214Read pg 214 In pairs write a brief In pairs write a brief ‘job ‘job

description’description’ of a manager of a manager

Management StyleManagement Style

Research Research AutocraticAutocraticDemocraticDemocraticLaissez-FaireLaissez-Faire

Create a role play – Create a role play – Students are to guess the style being portrayed and Students are to guess the style being portrayed and discuss advantages and disadvantages of that stylediscuss advantages and disadvantages of that style

Autocratic styleAutocratic style

If a manager is an autocratic manager, he/she is the If a manager is an autocratic manager, he/she is the main decision maker. They keep most of the authority main decision maker. They keep most of the authority to themselves, they do not delegate or share to themselves, they do not delegate or share information with employees.information with employees.

Communication flows from the leader to subordinates Communication flows from the leader to subordinates and back up again and back up again

Little need for subordinates to communicate togetherLittle need for subordinates to communicate togetherThey set the objectives, allocate tasks and expect the They set the objectives, allocate tasks and expect the

workforce to do exactly what is required. workforce to do exactly what is required. This is not always the most popular management This is not always the most popular management

approach and the workforce is not always happy or approach and the workforce is not always happy or motivated.motivated.

If the leader makes all the right decision it can be If the leader makes all the right decision it can be effective.effective.

  (A Taylorite view of staff)(A Taylorite view of staff)

Democratic styleDemocratic style

A democratic manager does not take complete A democratic manager does not take complete control; this type of manager allows the control; this type of manager allows the employees to take part in decision-making. employees to take part in decision-making.

A Persuasive LeaderA Persuasive LeaderMakes the decisions but then persuades the staff Makes the decisions but then persuades the staff

to accept through discussion and reasoningto accept through discussion and reasoning

A consultative leaderA consultative leaderWill take subordinates views into account when Will take subordinates views into account when

making decisions.making decisions.The employees are consulted and made to feel The employees are consulted and made to feel

as though they are part of a team before any as though they are part of a team before any final decisions are made. final decisions are made.

Democratic styleDemocratic style

These approaches helps to motivate These approaches helps to motivate the staff as they feel they have a say the staff as they feel they have a say as well. as well.

This style of management is more This style of management is more popular than the autocratic style, this popular than the autocratic style, this is because the employees are not is because the employees are not “told” what to do, but are “asked” for “told” what to do, but are “asked” for suggestions.suggestions.

Decision making does take longerDecision making does take longer

  (Maslows higher order of needs, (Maslows higher order of needs, Herzberg’s Herzberg’s motivators)motivators)

Laissez faireLaissez faire

This type of management is This type of management is extremely easy going, the extremely easy going, the manager does not have as big a manager does not have as big a role as in the previous role as in the previous management styles. management styles.

This type of manager allows the This type of manager allows the employees to get on with the work employees to get on with the work that needs to be done and has that needs to be done and has little input in the way of direction or little input in the way of direction or control.control.

  

Laissez faireLaissez faire

This type of approach will work best in This type of approach will work best in a small company as in a larger a small company as in a larger company this could cause laziness.company this could cause laziness.

Can encourage creativityCan encourage creativity Subordinates could feel that no one Subordinates could feel that no one

knows or cares what is going onknows or cares what is going on Another unofficial leader could Another unofficial leader could

emergeemerge

Proactive MgtProactive Mgt

Respond to circumentancesRespond to circumentancesPg 215Pg 215

Problems of high labour Problems of high labour turnoverturnover

What are they?What are they? How can a manger solve them?How can a manger solve them?

What makes a good leader?What makes a good leader?

They are experts in their fieldThey are experts in their field They are creative and innovativeThey are creative and innovative They have visionThey have vision They come up with prctical They come up with prctical

solutions to problemssolutions to problems They can communicate their They can communicate their

ideas.ideas.