9.2 - Leadership and Management (Leadership Style)

Question 1

Muczyk and Reimann’s 4 styles of leader behaviors – meaning of each one (4)

Answer 1

Democratic: maintains the idea of social equality, values input of followers in making decisions within the company

Autocratic: leadership controls the decision-making. Rigid distinction between leaders and followers

Directive: high amount of leader direction

Permissive: low amount of leader direction

Question 2

Directive autocrat (3)

Answer 2

1. low employee participation in decision making
2. supervises workers closely
3. good for quick decisions

Question 3

Permissive autocrat (3)

Answer 3

1. low employee participation in decision making
2. leaders make decisions BUT allows staff to choose how to implement those decisions
3. good for when task is simple

Question 4

Directive democrat (3)

Answer 4

1. Invites participation in decision making
2. monitors workers
3. good when making complex decisions
   –> it gives a sense of direction

Question 5

Permissive democrat (3)

Answer 5

1. invites participation in decisions
2. allows autonomy
3. Ideal (in America) – good for trusted, highly skilled employees

Question 6

Difference between permissive leadership and directive leadership in terms of work

Answer 6

Permissive leaves workers to decide how they achieve their goal while directive specify how the goal should be completed

Question 7

Scouller’s levels of leadership (3)

Answer 7

1. Public leadership
2. Private leadership
3. Personal leadership

Question 8

Public leadership (3)

Answer 8

1. Behaviours required to influence groups of people
2. externally visible to others –> group building
3. Eg: meetings

Question 9

Private leadership (3)

Answer 9

1. Behaviors influencing individuals
2. Help develop agreeing individual goals
3. Eg: getting to know the individual one on one

Question 10

Personal leadership (4)

Answer 10

1. Leadership qualities are shown by individual.
2. Leadership ‘presence’ –> demonstrating the right attitude
3. final and most crucial part –> impacts the other two

the ‘pebble’ in the pond