1. Explain different styles of leadership. 2. Explain how to select suitable leadership styles for different situations in the workplace. 1. A description of three styles of leadership. In business there are three main styles of leadership that are globally recognized in the workplace. In addition to these 3 styles there are new types of ;leadership that have been identified in the modern office environment that perhaps a new “breed” of manager falls into/ however for now I will address
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Autocratic leadership is a classical leadership style with the following characteristics: manager seeks to make as many decisions as possible‚ manager seeks to have the most authority and control in decision making‚ manager seeks to retain responsibility rather than utilise complete delegation ‚ consultation with other colleagues in 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
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Leadership‚ a crucial element in business‚ can be defined as “a process of influencing the activities of an organized group toward goal achievement” (Yukl‚ 2013‚ p.76). There are four main types of leadership styles: the autocratic‚ democratic‚ paternalistic and laissez-faire leadership styles. Daft (2008‚ p.44) suggests that “the extent to which leaders should be boss-centered or subordinate-centered partly depends on organizational circumstances.” After taking into account the organizational circumstances
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* Week Two: Learning Activity 1 – Doctoral Thinking Read the University of Phoenix Material: Doctoral Thinking on your student website. Then‚ in this thread‚ click Reply‚ and click Quote Original. Read the following passages and complete the tables for each passage. Type your Reflection Question response and post your message to the thread. Review the answer key in the Course Materials forum after the activity due date. Low-Rigor Passage Note. The following references have been fabricated
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Developing your leadership styles Level: 4 Credit value: 4 Unit guided learning hours 10 Learning outcomes (the learner will) Assessment criteria (the learner can) 1 Understand the outcomes of effective leadership 1.1 Evaluate the importance of performance and engagement with followers in an organisation 2 Be able to assess own leadership styles 2.1 2.2 Review the six specific scales for leadership Assess the effectiveness of own leadership style in terms of
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Leadership characteristics can be generalized as either autocratic or democratic. The autocratic leader tends to lead by authority and uses coercive power. Oppositely‚ the democratic leader will delegate authority and use expert and referent power to influence employees. One difference between a mechanistic structure and an organic structure in an organization is the chain of command. Similarly‚ a difference between an autocratic and a democratic leader is how decisions are made. At the one end of
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order to stay healthy. Your vehicle needs your attention more often than most people realize. Some people don’t even know the least little thing about maintaining a vehicle. Your vehicle is basically a weapon if used incorrectly and if you don’t maintain it there’s a greater risk of hurting yourself or others. I will go through some of these maintenance methods in full detail‚ the methods I will be discussing are fluids‚ air filter‚ and oil. Preventative maintenance will save you money and headaches
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Developing my Leadership Style Outcomes of Effective Leadership Pressures on organizations are increasing; even in the Students’ Union where I work. There are growing needs to become more efficient‚ and to deliver success against strategic goals with shrinking resources. Quantitative analysis can measure performance outputs‚ and managers can make judgments using business information by qualitatively analyzing. Employees often represent the largest expense for organizations; therefore
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Which leadership style is best according to your own opinion? According to John Gardner‚ in On Leadership‚ "Leadership is the process of persuasion or example by which an individual (or leadership team) induces a group to pursue objectives held by the leader or shared by the leader and his or her followers." If we accept that definition‚ then leadership style is the way in which that process is carried out. Leaders’ styles encompass how they relate to others within and outside the organization
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Scenario: World War 4 has just occurred and you and 5 other people find yourselves to be the only people left on the planet earth. You manage to all make it to a bunker‚ however‚ you all realize that if 2 of you wish to survive for many years‚ 4 of you will have to leave soon because there are not enough resources for all of you to survive. If all of you stay‚ then you will all live only for a maximum of 2 years. In your bunker‚ you have the following facilities: sewage system water seeds
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