Leadership Styles Flashcards
(23 cards)
Extreme form of transactional leadership
Authocratic leadership style
Leaders have complete control over staff
Authocratic leadership style
Little opportunity to make suggestions
Authocratic leadership style
Advantage:
Efficient – decisions are made quickly, and work can begin immediately.
Authocratic leadership style
Disadvantage:
Unhappy staff
Authocratic leadership style
Follow the rules rigorously
Bureaucratic leadership style
Advantage:
Staff follow procedures precisely
Bureaucratic leadership style
Disadvantage:
Not flexible, creative, and innovative
Bureaucratic leadership style
Also known as transformational leadership
Charismatic leadership style
Inspire eagerness in their teams – motivating
Charismatic leadership style
Advantage:
Staff becomes productive and committed
Charismatically leadership style
Disadvantage:
Confidence is placed in the leader rather than the team.
Leaders can feel invincible
Charismatic leadership style
Leaders make the final decision, but include the team in decision-making
Democratic/participative leadership style
Advantage:
Encourage creativity and members and are highly engaged
Job satisfaction
Encourages members to develop skills
Democratic/participative leadership style
Disadvantage:
Falters in situations when speed or efficiency is essential
Democratic/participative leadership style
Allows people to work on their own (autonomy)
Laissez faire leadership style
Leaders abdicate responsibilities and avoid making decisions
Laissez-faire leadership style
Advantage:
High job satisfaction and increased productivity
Laissez-faire leadership style
Disadvantage:
Maybe damaging if the members are not knowledgeable and skilled and cannot manage their time well
Laissez-faire leadership style
Members agreed to obey when they accept the job
Transactional leadership style
Members are paid in return for effort and compliance
Transactional leadership style
Advantage:
Leaders can punish members if work is not within the standard
Transactional leadership style
Disadvantage:
Purely transactional
Transactional leadership style
