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Leadership - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Researchers studied the effectiveness of what they called ‘initiating structure’ (task orientation) and consideration (employee-oriented) leadership behavior.
    - - After analyzing information based on interview with both leaders and followers, the Michigan Studies pinpointed two basic types of leaders behavior
        
        Production-Centered Behavior
        
        Employee-Centered Behavior
  - - - Followers must be instructed on what, how, when and where to do various tasks.
        The manager initiates decision-making.
        Giving considerable attention to defining roles and goals
        Recommended for new staff, repetitive work, work needed in a short time span
        Used when people are unable and unwilling
    - - Leader still provides a great deal of direction but attempts to hear followers’ feelings about decision, ideas and suggestions.
        Control over decision-making remains with the leader.
        Most direction given by leader encouraging people to ‘buy into’ task
        Used when people are willing but unable
    - - Employees have more ability and achievement motivation.
        Actively seeking greater responsibility.
        Leaders provide recognition and actively listen and facilitate problem solving.
        Decision-making and problem solving shifts from leader to follower.
        Decision making shared between leaders and followers, role of leader to facilitate and communicate
        Used when people are able but unwilling
    - - Followers no longer need direction from managers.
        Leaders can reduce the amount of support and encouragement.
        Decision making totally delegated to the follower. Leader identifies problem but followers are responsible for carrying out response
        Used if people are able and willing