Subject: How do the leader’s management styles affect the team’s effective at work?
Dear Bill Yeung,
We would like to inform that about our project topic is about the management styles affect the team’s effective at work. This project aims are to analyze different types of Leadership theories that identified behaviors that differentiated effective leaders from ineffective leaders.
There have three types of Leadership theories. 1) Autocratic style 2) Democratic style 3) Laissez-faire style. First, what is “Autocratic style”? This is often considered the classical approach. It is one in which the manager retains as much power and decision-making authority as possible. The manager does not consult employees, nor are they allowed to
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His 15-year experimental restructuring of Semco transformed a traditional, paternalistic company environment into a very radical workspace, where there is no human resource function and 60% of top management positions became redundant (Lloyd, 1994). Semler’s most distinctive change was employee empowerment and participative leadership. Hiring is undertaken by the workers themselves, who decide on their own salary, bonuses, working hours and goals. Semler believes that employees should deliver a final result and empowers them accordingly towards this goal. He unequivocally rejects the pyramidal structure that bears the notion of company procedures, outlining in every detail how employees should behave in every contingency. At Semco, labour unions train everybody how to read the financial statements of the company and workers participate collectively on the company’s big decisions (e.g. moving premises or buying another firm). Employee involvement at Semco is also reflected in 360-degree appraisal procedures held every six months, as well as in rotating job titles and job enrichment procedures, which offer workers a broader view of the company (Vanderburg, 2004). Semler’s outlook on employee empowerment was prompted by two fundamental crises. Firstly growing unrest within the organisation, Semco had expanded so quickly it was having growing pains, (Bureaucracy Phase/Adolescent Phase), and lacked its own organisational culture, i.e. the
Autocratic- In this management style, the manager becomes the sole decision maker. The manager does not care about the other staff and their involvement in decision making. Therefore, the decisions reflect the personality and the opinion of the manager. The decision does not reflect the team 's collective opinion.
The first leadership style is "Autocratic" in which the leaders understand the strength of the authority and sees subordinates as important parts of a big machine. These leaders do not believe in opinion or suggestions.
The contents and assignment in this course has helped me understand the various theories of leadership and how different leadership styles can have a negative or positive effect on followers and organizations. The leadership theories helped me understand the concept of leadership better because it educates me on the different leadership options that are available. Leadership and followership is not based on specific characteristics. Leaders must draw from things and approaches to find the right style. A follower’s attitude determines the way a leader leads. According to Johnson (2011) “Being a good follower means ensuring your boss is supported, but only if he is making optimum decisions”.
There are four types of leadership styles that describe the amount of interaction a leader has to its members. The leadership styles include autocratic, consultative and participative and free-rein leaders (Lamberton & Minor, 2014). Autocratic is a leadership style that has the leader as the “dictator” giving direction to members to follow. The group members are expected to follow the orders without inquiry and focus on task completion. This style leaves little room for individual development among its members however, can be effective in situations that demands strong leadership such as in crisis situations. Consultative leadership style involves having the leader spend a decent amount of time conferring with other members on ways to tackle the situation. Under this leadership, tasks are delegated to the proper individuals with the right skill set fit for job. The focus is on
Many challenges are faced within nursing in this century. Evolution in technology is not only in the diagnostic and operating theatres but also in the clinical ward and outlying areas. Advancements in computer technology, telemedicine and the effects of the baby boomer generation aging are taking its toll and nursing leadership is a prerequisite to keep up with the diversities encountered. More collaboration is essential with allied services requiring nursing teams to perform effectively to match the challenges faced. Perioperative is one of the front line services and a large consumer of a health care budget. Managing the Operating Room services is equivalent to overseeing a commercial enterprise and nurse leaders in this field are required to understand the business acclaim, financial impact, strategic planning and all else that might evolve (Taylor 2014). This paper is going to review the impact of leadership in the perioperative arena. Differences in leadership styles will be addressed and how styles can affect performance within teams. Additionally are nurses prepared for this evolving pressure driven healthcare system we presently find ourselves in? Elements of gender will be looked at as nursing is still predominantly female and can this affect abilities to effectively lead change? Observations will be made to a personal experience in managing a team leader in a Middle Eastern tertiary hospital to meet the executive directives and budgetary constraints. This will
An effective leader influences their employees in a desired manner to achieve goals and objectives. Different leadership styles can affect an organization’s effectiveness and performance. The objective of this paper is to analyze the review of literature on various leadership styles over the past years and how effective and ineffective different leadership styles are in the workplace.
The styles today are less authoritative and more on trying to get feedback from co-workers. This change is driven by today’s individuals that want to be treated with respect and empowered to be self-driven. Today’s business environment requires managers to constantly evaluate his or her leadership style to maintain the so called competitive edge. Leadership moves through many power roles and how power vs. soft power that relates to managers as they manage people. The types of leaders are described with characteristics, as it relates to each individual. The characteristics styles that leaders show
Each of these leadership styles has its own benefits (advantages) & disadvantages and they are as follows:
In workplace condition, there are numerous dynamics which may affects a manager’s leadership style. The most significant features which will affect the choice of leadership styles or leadership behavior in a workplace condition need to identify.
“Leadership can be defined as a process by which one individual influences others toward the attainment of group or organizational goals. Three point about the definition of leadership should be emphasized. First, leadership is a social influence process. Leadership cannot exist without a leader and one or more followers. Second, leadership elicits voluntary action on the part of followers. The voluntary nature of compliance separates leadership from other types of influence based on formal authority. Finally, leadership results in followers’ behavior that is purposeful and goal-directed in some sort of organized setting. Many, although not all, studies of leadership focus on the nature of leadership in the workplace.” (referenceforbusiness) When looking at the theory behind leadership this is the true sense of leadership. In this paper we will examine further into the leadership model that deals with team performance outcomes. We will also, look a couple of examples of contemporary leadership theories and further explain how a leader who follows the leadership theory how that leader would interact with members of their team to maxim the full strength of each team member.
The first leadership style is autocratic. Autocratic leaders are the ones in charge. This leadership style is one of power and authority. Group situations or settings do not work well, as the autocratic leader feels other opinions do not matter. Others in the workplace do not have a say in what happens and have little or no freedom to agree or disagree (Lamberton & Minor, 2014). Autocratic leaders tend to make decisions in a way that dictators do, by
The autocratic leader basically make most of their decisions without consulting any members of their team in the decision-making process and this encourages creativity; Laissez-faire
The second task of the assignment brings forth the effective styles of leadership which can be adopted by the different types of organizations. Likewise, the recommendation of the most suitable style of leadership for the organization is also discussed in the second task of the report. Alternatively, the various aspects of organizational theory which underpins the management practice are also explained in detail in the second task of the report.
Leadership effectiveness shows “the specific conditions under which leaders and their members make effective use of the intellectual abilities , technical knowledge and experience” (Fiedler & Garcia, 2012, p.34). It shows the relationship with one’s boss and identifies the actuall condition under which organizational are executed. It could be viewed from “power influence approach” which understands it in terms of the amount and type of power that a leader possess. Thus, leadership effectiveness also examines how a leader acquires power, lost and maintains it. Secondly, the behavioral approach views the actual tasks performed by leaders which involves the evaluation of daily activities and basic behaviors of leaders. Also, the “trait approach” reveals the personal attributes of leaders, such as intuition, creativity,persuasiveness and oversight. On the other hand, the “situational approach” examines leadership in terms of its relationship with the surrounding environmental factors which includes
There are many types of leadership that the leaders and the organization according to the situations and the types of the organization and the employees in the organization. They include servant leadership, task-oriented leadership, transactional leadership, transformational leadership, autocratic leadership, bureaucratic leadership, laissez-faire leadership, people-oriented leadership or relations-oriented