Laissez-Faire/Free Democratic Autocratic Bureaucratic Reign Employees Management Employees to Employees allowed included in makes all follow rules and to make own decision making. decisions policies strictly decisions Description Participative Centred around style and centred the leader around people Employees decision Employees are Employees make involved making disciplined the decisions Variety of skills Effective when Increase Employees are and inputs employees are productivity empowered and Advantages Greater variety unskilled motivated of ideas Good for crisis Variety of skills and Encourages situations input innovation Practical in large businesses Incorrect Clear division No/ lack of Incorrect decisions decisions can be between flexibility can be taken if taken if management employees employees and staff inexperienced Disadvantages inexperienced Poor motivation Employees can lose Discussions can and productivity focus take time Little input from Can be time Not effective in employees consuming of crisis Transactional Charismatic Leader motivates the workers through a Uses personal charm and inspiration system of rewards and punishments, and rather than domination. Description workers are expected to achieve routine Uses praises rather than authority to performance goals. get what he or she Simple system that is easy to apply Expert at selling vision and achieve Does not need much training. excellent results. Advantages Provides a powerful motivation for Leader is very energetic and employees. motivating. Gets results. Inspires loyalty and hard work Does not provide for any individual Leader believes more in himself or treatment. herself than the business. Discourages any innovative ideas from Projects can collapse if the leader Disadvantages workers. leaves When problems occur the leader blames the Managers tend to be stifled as they do employees. not express their ideas. Relies on the leader being present. Application of Leadership styles
Democratic Autocratic Bureaucratic Laissez-Faire/Free Reign Description Employees included in decision making. Participative style and centred around people Management makes all decisions Centred around the leader Employees to follow rules and policies strictly Employees allowed to make own decisions Advantages Employees involved Variety of skills and inputs Greater variety of ideas Encourages innovation decision making Effective when employees are unskilled Good for crisis situations Practical in large businesses Employees are disciplined Increase productivity Employees make the decisions Employees are empowered and motivated Variety of skills and input Disadvantages Incorrect decisions can be taken if employees inexperienced Discussions can take time Not effective in of crisis Clear division between management and staff Poor motivation and productivity Little input from employees No/ lack of flexibility Incorrect decisions can be taken if employees inexperienced Employees can lose focus Can be time consuming Transactional Charismatic Description Leader motivates the workers through a system of rewards and punishments, and workers are expected to achieve routine performance goals. Uses personal charm and inspiration rather than domination. Uses praises rather than authority to get what he or she Advantages Simple system that is easy to apply Does not need much training. Provides a powerful motivation for employees. Gets results. Expert at selling vision and achieve excellent results. Leader is very energetic and motivating. Inspires loyalty and hard work Disadvantages Does not provide for any individual treatment. Discourages any innovative ideas from workers. When problems occur the leader blames the employees. Relies on the leader being present. Leader believes more in himself or herself than the business. Projects can collapse if the leader leaves Managers tend to be stifled as they do not express their ideas. Application of Leadership styles
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