Types of Leadership
Types of Leadership
1. Autocratic Style:
Leaders have complete authority and control”His style is 'Do What I Tell You”.He retains as much power & decision making authority as possible. He makes decisions without reference or consulting to anyone else. It makes high degree of dependency on the leader which may create de-motivation and hostility of staff.
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An autocratic leader is the one who commands and expects followership. The leader leads by the ability to withhold or give rewards and punishments.
Characteristic of Autocratic Leadership:
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Managers seek to make decisions as possible.
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Managers seek to have the most authority and controls in decision making.
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Managers seeks to retain responsibility rather than utilize complete delegation
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Consultation with other colleagues is minimal and decision making becomes a solitary process •
Managers are less concerned with investing their own leadership development, and prefer to simply work on the task at hand.
Example of Autocratic Leadership:
Adolf Hitler
Hitler was born in 1889 in Braun, Austria. As a child he wanted to be an artist. As he got older his thoughts soon changed. Hitler's rise to power began in 1919,that was 1 year after World War
1 had ended. He joined a group of people called the Nazis. He soon became their leader .His dream was to make Germany as powerful as it was before.
Hitler ruled Germany as a dictator from 1933-1940. He turned Germany into a powerful war machine. He provoked WW2 in 1939.Hilter conquered most of Europe before being defeated in
1945.Hitler's wrath was almost spread worldwide, but luckily it didn't.
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein was dictator of Iraq from 1979 until 2003, when his regime was overthrown by a United States-led invasion .Saddam, therefore, increasingly portrayed himself as a committed
Muslim, in an effort to choose the conservative religious segments of society. Some elements of
Sharia law were
1. Autocratic Style:
Leaders have complete authority and control”His style is 'Do What I Tell You”.He retains as much power & decision making authority as possible. He makes decisions without reference or consulting to anyone else. It makes high degree of dependency on the leader which may create de-motivation and hostility of staff.
•
An autocratic leader is the one who commands and expects followership. The leader leads by the ability to withhold or give rewards and punishments.
Characteristic of Autocratic Leadership:
•
Managers seek to make decisions as possible.
•
Managers seek to have the most authority and controls in decision making.
•
Managers seeks to retain responsibility rather than utilize complete delegation
•
Consultation with other colleagues is minimal and decision making becomes a solitary process •
Managers are less concerned with investing their own leadership development, and prefer to simply work on the task at hand.
Example of Autocratic Leadership:
Adolf Hitler
Hitler was born in 1889 in Braun, Austria. As a child he wanted to be an artist. As he got older his thoughts soon changed. Hitler's rise to power began in 1919,that was 1 year after World War
1 had ended. He joined a group of people called the Nazis. He soon became their leader .His dream was to make Germany as powerful as it was before.
Hitler ruled Germany as a dictator from 1933-1940. He turned Germany into a powerful war machine. He provoked WW2 in 1939.Hilter conquered most of Europe before being defeated in
1945.Hitler's wrath was almost spread worldwide, but luckily it didn't.
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein was dictator of Iraq from 1979 until 2003, when his regime was overthrown by a United States-led invasion .Saddam, therefore, increasingly portrayed himself as a committed
Muslim, in an effort to choose the conservative religious segments of society. Some elements of
Sharia law were