Leadership Styles in management

1. LEADERSHIP STYLES

2. MEANING
STYLE refers to a way of doing something.
Leadership styles means the behavioural
pattern which a leader adopts to direct the
behavior of members in an organisation in
order to achieve the goal of the organisation.

4. DEFINITION
According to Edwin Flippo:
“Leadership style is a pattern of behaviour
designed to integrate organisational and
personal interest in pursuit of some
objectives"

5. TYPES
Leadership
styles
Motivational
styles Power styles
Orientation
styles

6. A)MOTIVATIONAL STYLES
• The main function of the leader is to
MOTIVATE the workers to work more and
increase the efficiency.

7. POSITIVE
APPROACH
NEGATIVE
APPROACH
MOTIVATIONAL
STYLES

8. i)POSITIVE APPROACH TO LEADERSHIP
• Rewards
• Money
• Higher efficiency
• Promotes peace
• Leave encashment scheme

9. ii)NEGATIVE APPROACH OF
LEADERSHIP
• Threatening
• Penalising
• Penalties

10. • Advantages
Reduction in labour turnover and absenteeism.
Boosts morale of employees.
Generates loyalty.
• Disadvantages
Employees may feel frustrated due to negative
motivation.

11. B)POWER STYLES
Power styles
Autocratic Styles
The Free Reign
Style
Democratic Style
The Paternalistic
Style

12. i)AUTOCRATIC LEADERSHIP

13. • It is also called as authoritarian or work
oriented leadership
• Plans and policies are determined by the
leader alone
• Demands strict obedience
• Relies on power of position
• Rewards and punishments

14. • Less freedom
• Greater concern for work is shown

15. TYPES OF AUTHOCRATIC LEADERS
• Strict autocrat
• Benevolent autocrat
• Incompetent autocrat

16. TYPES OF AUTHOCRATIC LEADERS
STRICT
AUTOCRAT
Strict style
Influences
subordinate
Criticising
Imposing
penalities
BENEVOLENT
AUTOCRAT
Positive
motivational
method
Rewards
Efficiency
INCOMPETENT
AUTOCRAT
Autocratic styles
Hide
incompetency
Short time

17. ii)THE FREE-REIN STYLE
• It is a type of leadership
where there is least
interference by the
leader

18. • Group operates on its own
• Group works without leadership of manager
• Manager maintains relation with people
outside organisation
• Quick and good result
• Employees are intelligent

19. iii)DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP
• It is also called as participative or person-
oriented leadership
• Subordinates have freedom
• Concern for people is more rather than
production
• Leaders job is to encourage and reinforce
constructive interrealtionship

20. • Leader is quiet important figure in democratic
situation however he is the key model in
authoritarian type

21. iv)THE PATERNALISTIC LEADERSHIP
• The leader
assumes paternal
or fatherly role

22. • Works to guide
• Protect
• Keep happy
• Good working condition
• Workers work hard with gratitude
• It can generate resentment in subordinates

23. Advantages:
Success of newly formed enterprise.
Guides employees in case of they are illiterate.
Disadvantages:
Employees become tensed.
Restricts delegation of authority.

24. C)ORIENTATION STYLES
Orientation Styles
Employee-oriented
Leadership
Task-oriented
leadership

25. i)EMPLOYEE-ORIENTED STYLES

26. EMPLOYEE ORIENTED LEADERSHIP
• Concerned about subordinates
• They provide better working condition
• Pay highest attention to the subordinates
• Satisfy their needs
• Solve problems

27. ii)PRODUCTION OR TASK ORIENTED
LEADERSHIP

28. TASK ORIENTED LEADERSHIP
• Main concern is to get work done
• Subordinates are kept busy
• Zeal to produce more
• Ignore human aspect

29. LEADERSHIP TRAITS
• Leadership traits refers to qualities that make
individual a leader.
• Leadership are classified into 2 types
– Innate traits
– Acuirable traits
• Thus “leaders are not born and not made”

30. • Physical features
• Intelligence
• Objectivity
• Human relations

31. • Motivating skills
• Technical skills
• Communication skills
• Social skills

32. MANAGEMENT VS LEADEERSHIP
Management
• Process related to
organization
• Focuses on promoting the
interest
• Directs the employees
• It is a formal structure
• Formal relationship
• Generally stable
• Managers are leaders
Leadership
• Influencing
• Monitors , clarifies and
influences
• Exercises influence
• Leaders may be formal or
informal
• Informal relationship
• Never stable
• All leaders are not
managers

33. MANAGER VS LEADER
Manager(Boss)
• Drives and orders
• Has authority
• Engenders fear
• Fixes blames and find faults
• Need not consult or advice
• Believes in ’ I ’
• Acquires knowledge
through formal education
and training
• Makes work drudgery
Leader
• Coaches and advices
• Depends on his confidence
and goodwill
• Inspires enthusiasm
• Solves problems
• Consults and seeks advice
• Believes in ‘WE’ and ’YOU’
• Becomes leader because of
his desires and experience
• Makes the work a game