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Leadership styles - Coggle Diagram
Leadership styles
Laissez-faire
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Leaders leave employees to get on with their work, with no interference.
The leader may set broad aims and guidelines, but the day-to-day input of the leader will be limited.
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Appropriate in organisations with highly trained staff, where the production of good work is a major motivation.
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Democratic
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Aim
Remove conflict between managers and workers and to replace it within a culture in which all employees, regardless of their position in the organisation, are treated the same.
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In smaller organisations
Fewer staff, managers often find it easier and faster to ask workers' opinions.
When workers' motivation is low, giving workers a say in decision-making may help increase their motivation.
Autocratic
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When circumstances demand the need of suift (fast), determined decision-making, this is the appropriate style.
In business, tends to be used when crisis situations demand it or where it suits a leader's dominant personality.
The wokforce is more likely to accept it, if workers believe it can save their jobs.
It can cause problems when the power of the leader leaves workers feeling ignored, resentful of being controlled, and unmotivated.