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27/01/2020 Week 27 Style

“Leadership style is the way in which the functions of leadership are carried out, the way in which the manager typically behaves towards members of the group” (Mullins p. 267)

Management Planning and budgeting Identifying steps to goal achievement and allocating resources to achieve those goals

Leadership Setting a direction Creating a vision for the future, along with strategies for its realisation

Organising and staffing Identifying jobs and staffing requirements, communicating the plan, and delegating responsibility to job-holders for carrying it out

Aligning people Communicating the vision and marshalling support: getting people to believe the management and empowering them with a clear sense of direction, strength and unity- common purpose and goals

Controlling and problem-solving Installing control systems to correct deviations from the plan, the purpose being to complete routine jobs successfully

Motivating people Energising people through need, fulfilment and involvement in the process, including supporting employees’ efforts and recognising and rewarding their success. Co-ordination occurs through strong networks of informal relationships

Leadership is a people orientated approach

27/01/2020 Week 27

Two types of managerial leaders (McGregor) behaviourist theory This concentrates on what the leader actually do rather than their qualities Theory X: -

Average human being has an inherent dislike of work and will avoid it if possible Most people must be controlled, directed or threatened with punishment to get them to put effort to achieve organisational objectives Average human prefers to be directed, avoid responsibility, has relatively little ambition and wants security

Theory Y: -

The expenditure of physical and mental effort in work is natural Want to seek responsibility People will have self-direction and self-control to achieve objectives to which they are committed to

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Belbin highlights two types of leaders

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Solo More autocratic compared to laissez-faire approach that a team leader delivers Have their own vision, make the final decision Team Consult other members to what decisions to make Might have a mission but on what other people think

Styles of leadership

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Not one style of leadership fits all situations, so it helps to have an understanding of other styles: Transactional leadership Bureaucratic leadership Democratic/participative leadership Task-oriented leadership Servant leadership§ Autocratic leadership Charismatic leadership Laissez-faire leadership People/relations-oriented leadership Transformational leadership...