Leadership Styles

1. Autocratic
Characteristics When Effective When Ineffective
Tells others what to Time is limited Goal is to develop
do Individuals lack a sense of team
Limits discussion skill and Members have
Group does not knowledge some
experience Group doesnt skill/knowledge
feeling of team know each Group wants an
work other element of
spontaneity

2. Democratic
Characteristics When Effective When Ineffective
Participative style -Group members take on -Might take ideas
Leader a more participative role but never use them.
encourages
group to be part -Encourages -Can be time
of decision participation, ideas consuming
making exchanged freely, and
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3. Bureaucratic
Characteristics When Effective When Ineffective
Manager is by -Control -Low Morale
the book -Mechanistic -Absence of
Everything is -Economies of Scale Maneuverability
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4. Laissez-Faire
Characteristics When Effective When Ineffective
hands off -Accomplish task with -Projects can go off track
style little guidance -Work not done on time
Little direction -Feel more satisfied
is provided with their work -Poor roles within the
and group is -Leaders allow group group
given members for feedback -Leaders seem uninvolved
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5. Monarchy
Characteristics When Effective When Ineffective
Power is inherited -Decisions are quick, -A single person rules
and passed fewer arguments -The person in rule
down the Royal -Reduces heavy does not take
family line ( amount of expenditures responsibility to work
hereditary) -Less corruption
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6. Communism
Characteristics When Effective When Ineffective
Governments -Everyone is equal -Too controlling of the
owns all land -Health care, education lives of the people
and property, and employment are -Government has the
all production accessible to citizens power to run the lives of
and -No business people
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