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Management & Leadership Styles - Coggle Diagram
Management & Leadership Styles
Leaders
Enspire others - come up with the vision & aims & objectives.
Build relationships
Take risks
Have followers
Managers
Enact the plan
Use their authority that is given to them by the leader
Manage risks that the leaders take
Have subordinates
AUTOCRATIC
Hold as much power & decision making as possible
Focus of power is with the manager
Use of rewards & penalties
Very little delegation
McGregor Theory X comes under this style
Staff are treated like robots.
McGregor Theory
Theory X
Employee is lazy and dislikes work
Employee needs to be controlled & directed
Theory Y
Employees enjoy work & not lazy
Employees will take responsibility and organise themselves
PATERNALISTIC
Leader decides what is best for employees.
Parent/child relationship - 'father-figure'
The leader/manager will explain the reason to why they have taken certain actions.
DEMOCRATIC
Focus of power is more with the group - rather than only the manager/leader having all the power.
Employees have involvement in decision making
The most popular and positive leadership style
Most effective when used with skilled and experienced subordinates
LAISSEZ-FAIRE
'Leave employees alone to get on with it'
Leader has little input into day to day decision making
Managers & employees have the freedom to do what they think is best
Effective when staff are ready & willing to take on responsibility & they are motivated