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Leadership styles differ in the level of autonomy given to employees. Autocratic leadership concentrates decision-making power with one person, democratic leadership involves employees in decisions, and free-reign leadership sets goals but allows employees freedom in achieving them. Self-managed teams operate without a designated leader, instead allowing members to make decisions as a group. Effective leadership depends on the situation, as autocratic styles may be useful in emergencies while democratic and free-reign styles encourage participation and development of employees.

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Leadership

Leadership styles differ in the level of autonomy given to employees. Autocratic leadership concentrates decision-making power with one person, democratic leadership involves employees in decisions, and free-reign leadership sets goals but allows employees freedom in achieving them. Self-managed teams operate without a designated leader, instead allowing members to make decisions as a group. Effective leadership depends on the situation, as autocratic styles may be useful in emergencies while democratic and free-reign styles encourage participation and development of employees.

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Chapter 8

Leadership in
Management

Section 8.2
Leadership
Styles

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Read to Learn The Main Idea


Identify and describe the autocratic, democratic, Leaders differ in the leadership styles that they
and free-reign leadership styles. use. Autocratic, democratic, and free-reign
leadership are common styles. The leadership
Describe the self-managed team approach and style that should be used depends on the work to
the two ways in which such an approach is be done and the type of worker being managed.
organized.

Key Concepts Key Term


Types of Leadership
a leadership style in which one
Leadership in Teams autocratic person runs everything and makes all
leadership the decisions without consulting
others

1
Key Term Key Term

a leadership style that requires the


a leadership style in which managers
democratic free-reign leader to set goals for managers and
work with employees to make
leadership leadership employees and then leave them
decisions
alone to get the job done

Types of Leadership
Key Term
Different leaders have different styles.
giving managers and employees
delegating the power to run things and make
Some leaders rule with strict discipline while
decisions
others leave employees alone to do their work.
self-managed work groups that supervise
teams themselves

Graphic Organizer Autocratic Leadership

A leader with an
Autocratic autocratic leadership
autocratic a leadership style in which
leadership style one person runs
Types of everything and makes all
Leadership assumes that others
decisions without
Free-Reign Democratic must have decisions consulting others
made for them.

2
Autocratic Leadership Democratic Leadership

Autocratic leaders may find that many people In a democratic


democratic leadership
do not like to work for them. leadership, new ideas a style in which managers
are encouraged. work with employees to
This style of leadership may be useful for make decisions
firefighters, combat troops, and police
officers.

Democratic Leadership Free-Reign Leadership

In a democratic leadership, the leader still Another name for


free-reign leadership
makes the final decision. free-reign a leadership style that
leadership is hands- requires the leader to set
A democratic leader assumes that people off leadership. goals for managers and
employees and then leave
have ideas and are inclined to contribute.
them alone to get the job
done

Free-Reign Leadership Graphic Organizer


Reasons for Delegating
Free-rein leaders
delegating Managers do not have time to do everything.
have no problem giving managers and
delegating. employees the power to Managers can focus on more important work.
run things and make
decisions Employees have more ownership of the
Free-rein leaders are production process.
involved in broader
Employees have a chance to develop their own
decisions. potential.

3
Leadership in Teams Self-Managed Teams

Many companies put The use of the self-managed team approach


self-managed teams
workers in work groups that
started in Japan and came to the United States
self-managed teams. supervise themselves in the 1980s.

Self-Managed Teams The Organization of the Self-Managed Team

In a self-managed team, the leader is a team Self-managed teams are organized in


player rather than a boss. two ways:

The leader learns a range of jobs instead of 1. The team selects one leader.
just one.
2. Each team member employs specialized
skills, but there is no team leader.

The Organization of the Self-Managed Team Graphic Organizer


Advantages of Self-Managed Teams
The theory behind self-managed teams is that
They are more goal-oriented than task-oriented.
the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Team members have a chance to learn each other’s job and
obtain new skills.
Team members learn to participate and cooperate.
Self-managed teams learn to solve their own problems
Disadvantages of Self-Managed Teams
Some people do not have the skills and initiative to work
together productively.

4
1. In which situations is an autocratic style of 2. Why should a manager delegate authority?
leadership useful?
when dealing with unmotivated or unskilled when a job is time consuming, requires special
employees or in emergency situations skills, or to give workers more responsibility

End of
Chapter 8
Leadership in
Management

3. Name a similarity and a difference between Section 8.2


free-reign management and self-managed Leadership
teams. Styles
Both give freedom to the employee. Free-rein
management involves individuals working
alone. Several people are involved in a
self-managed team.

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