Leadership‚ a crucial element in business‚ can be defined as “a process of influencing the activities of an organized group toward goal achievement” (Yukl‚ 2013‚ p.76). There are four main types of leadership styles: the autocratic‚ democratic‚ paternalistic and laissez-faire leadership styles. Daft (2008‚ p.44) suggests that “the extent to which leaders should be boss-centered or subordinate-centered partly depends on organizational circumstances.” After taking into account the organizational circumstances
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with you’ll. 1|Page Steve Jobs of Apple‚ Inc CONTENTS 1. Executive Summary…………………………………………. Page 03 2. Problem Statement………………………………………….Page 04 2.1 What is Autocratic Leadership?.......................................Page 05-06 2.2 Pros and Cons of Autocratic Leadership………………. Page 07-08 2.3 How Autocratic Leadership Effects an Organization?.... Page 08 3. Literature Review…………………………………………...Page 09 3.1 Robert Blake Management Grid………………………...Page 10 4. Alternatives…………………………………………………Page
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company as a project coordinator and Ajay is his boss who is leading the team. Here is an employee – Employer relationship. Looking at the scenario‚ and Ajay’s attitude towards his employees‚ it seems that Ajay is an autocratic Leader and because of that he is having many leadership pitfalls like Dictatorship etc. Let’s understand the theory in detail with a perspective of this situation. “Leaders are individuals who establish direction for a working group of individuals who
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Using the autocratic leadership style wisely The autocratic leadership style is often identified as overly demanding with essentially a one way street of communication. The leader is seen as a dictator and is normally focused on the accomplishment of goals through force‚ manipulation and even threats. Decision making is not shared and the mentality utilized is “do it or else”. However‚ the autocratic leadership style can be effective in the right situation. In fact‚ virtually all leaders will
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This report aims to describe a leadership style that enables and helps contain employee work activity. Boundaries set by leaders help them provide guidance and direction‚ motivate action and creativity‚ stimulate individuality and ideas‚ and protect and nurture a space for employees to perform in. Leadership prescriptions have gone through many phases. While the consultative leadership was considerate‚ it was soft‚ and too idealistic. Authoritarian and directive leadership on the other hand were strict
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mind when discussing leadership styles is my former supervisor in the Air Force TSgt Groves. It might seem like a stretch to include a military leader as a business type but in my former job we had to keep a strict inventory‚ keeps cost low and provided a service. TSgt Groves the exact definition of a bully broad‚ she had the most autocratic leadership style I have ever dealt with. The military has very vocal and controlling leaders‚ but TSgt Groves took the autocratic leadership style to a different
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To began‚ Walton and Jay-Z profile the American dream ; they grew up poor with no money. They eventually grew over time by becoming more successful by never giving up and pushing through their hard scramble times. Their whole goal in life is to be successful in reaching their aspirations‚ dreams and goals. The visual message‚ would be the harder you work the more stable and successful you will become. Even though both Jay-Z and Sam Walton profiled individual success pursing “The American dream”
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There are many pros and cons of both autocratic and democratic government‚ not to mention‚ many obvious differences. Surprisingly‚ there are also some similarities between these two unique governing styles. Autocracy as defined by the Merriam Webster online dictionary is‚ "A government in which one person possesses unlimited power." Opposingly‚ democracy as defined by Danzinger‚ professor and former chair of the department of political science at the University of California is "A governance by leaders
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Sam Walton‚ One of US’s All Time Great Leaders Sam Walton was born on March 29‚ 1918 to Thomas and Nancy Walton on a farm in Oklahoma. In 1923‚ after realizing the farm would no longer be able to support the family‚ Thomas Walton decided to go back to his previous profession of appraising farm loans and relocated the family to Missouri. Due to the nature of Thomas Walton’s profession the family was continuously moving. The constant moving allowed Sam Wlaton‚ the eldest son to become a survivor
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Sam Walton was known to be industrious‚ always trying to get the most out of money‚ and had a burning ambition to succeed. This was evident in his book Sam Walton‚ Made in America‚ My Story. He was a hard working individual who helped his family through the depression‚ started his own business from almost nothing and changed the field of management for ever. Sam Walton was born in 1918 in Kingfisher‚ Oklahoma during the Great Depression. Sam obtained his work ethic from his father Thomas Gibson
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