M.10 Leadership Styles
REFLECTIVE REVIEW – M3.10 INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP
Leadership Styles
The factors that could influence my leadership style are:
• The type of situation • Individuals • Time • Importance • Pressure from Above • Organisational culture • Geographical area • My Attitude
Managerial influence from above could also influence my managerial style. If the organisational culture is one of autocracy I may well adopt the same stance to fit in with the organisational structure and vice versa if the organisation was more democratic my style would mirror that.
Reasons why leadership styles or behaviours are likely to have a positive effect on individual and group behaviour:
I think working over a large geographical area with satellite teams you would need to ensure that tasks are being completed on time and correctly. You would need to build a good, experienced working team who you could trust to get the job done. Being able to communicate your aims and objectives is paramount in a clear way. Also, knowing that your team understand the aims and objectives and they are happy to work to those is crucial. It would be difficult to be dictorial/autocratic in this situation where all of the decisions would have to come through me as this could prove time consuming unless we were in a situation that was time limited or warranted me making a decision there and then. If time wasn’t an issue and my organisational structure was one of empowering staff and wanting the staff to be involved in the decision making process I think a more democratic style could be used. If changes needed to be made or problems solved that involved the team then this style of leadership would be best. I don’t think you could be wholly laissez faire. You would still need to have a grasp on what was happening but decided on the level of delegation relevant to the team. The democratic style give you more lea way where you can become autocratic or
Leadership Styles
The factors that could influence my leadership style are:
• The type of situation • Individuals • Time • Importance • Pressure from Above • Organisational culture • Geographical area • My Attitude
Managerial influence from above could also influence my managerial style. If the organisational culture is one of autocracy I may well adopt the same stance to fit in with the organisational structure and vice versa if the organisation was more democratic my style would mirror that.
Reasons why leadership styles or behaviours are likely to have a positive effect on individual and group behaviour:
I think working over a large geographical area with satellite teams you would need to ensure that tasks are being completed on time and correctly. You would need to build a good, experienced working team who you could trust to get the job done. Being able to communicate your aims and objectives is paramount in a clear way. Also, knowing that your team understand the aims and objectives and they are happy to work to those is crucial. It would be difficult to be dictorial/autocratic in this situation where all of the decisions would have to come through me as this could prove time consuming unless we were in a situation that was time limited or warranted me making a decision there and then. If time wasn’t an issue and my organisational structure was one of empowering staff and wanting the staff to be involved in the decision making process I think a more democratic style could be used. If changes needed to be made or problems solved that involved the team then this style of leadership would be best. I don’t think you could be wholly laissez faire. You would still need to have a grasp on what was happening but decided on the level of delegation relevant to the team. The democratic style give you more lea way where you can become autocratic or