Leadership Style Analysis

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Leadership is how a group of people follow a person and benefit from the person’s expertise and knowledge of the area. The chosen person can motivate, give support and directions and observe the activity of the group that he/she leads. In business environment, the managers are the leaders and the employees who work under the manager will be the followers.
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Leadership styles are the techniques that the leaders use to control and maintain their subordinates.
There are different kinds of leadership styles are available. However, the managers adapt to certain style which suits their job role, the subordinates’ needs and the task taken by the company.

Leadership style Description

Autocratic
This style focus on one person having full power over decision making and planning.
• Effective in a small organisation.
• Manager/ CEO makes the decision.
• Short term to make a quick decision.
• E.g. ‘Leona Helmsley of the Helmsley hotel chain.’ & ‘New York times’

Bureaucratic
How management deals according to company policies and procedures. Big global companies such as Coca-Cola,
• Need to record every strategies and decision.
• Decision cannot be taken by one member.
• Approved by management personals.
• Acknowledgement from team.
• Decision & strategic planning will be unbiased.
• Less human error.
• Very time consuming
• Suited to a big organisation. E.g. supermarkets, departmental stores, schools, public services and churches.

Democratic
Focus on team’s overall views by respecting members and value their ideas.
• Suitable for any size organisations.
• Strategic planning & decision making are done as a team.
• Team leader will update situations.
• Promote awareness of the responsibilities.
• Evaluate th...

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... believes in management using the appropriate techniques to suit each situation. Therefore management should try every possible ways and consider every possible possibilities for each situations. Each likelihoods are influenced by size, technology or environmental issues. This approach can be used by any organisational management.

Structure and culture
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Organisational Structure is how an organisation is designed.
 Bureaucratic
 Functional
 Divisional
 Geographic
 Matrix
Organisational Culture is “consists of the norms, values and unwritten rules of conduct of an organisation as well as management, priorities, believes and inter-personal behaviour that prevail. Together they create a climate that influences how well people communicate, plan and make decisions”.- Larry Senn

 Role culture
 Task culture
 Power culture
 Person culture

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