Participative Leadership Style Is Always More Effective Than Autocratic/Directive Leadership Styles. Discuss
QUESTION
Participative leadership style is always more effective than autocratic/directive leadership styles. Discuss.
Executive summary
Academic and empirical research on workplace leadership covers wide ranging information on leadership theory and characteristics that make a leader effective. The focus of this report is to identify information on behavioural and contingency perspectives of leadership. The path-goal Leadership theory is one of the anticipated contingency theories as it includes different styles of leadership behaviours. The main aspects of this report are a behavioural comparison, between participative and autocratic/directive leadership and the use of its positive and negative outcomes.
The styles differ on the basis of the level of skill and experience required in the work place, situation, task structure and power distance. The Australian workplace is skewed towards the participative leadership aspect as compared to autocratic/directive leadership in the Asian workplace.
Table of Contents
Introduction Page 4
Theories of Leadership Page 5
Leadership Theory in Practice Page 6
Leadership across Cultures and Genders Page 7
Situational factors of participative and autocratic/directive Page 9 Leadership style
Conclusion and Implications Page 10
Reference Page 11
Introduction
The term leadership is defined as having the power to motivate and efficiently influence a sense of achievement for members of an organisation (Mc Shane et. Al, 2010). Bennis and Nanus (1985) suggest that managers tend to focus on the process by examining if employees conduct activities the right way; while leaders focus their attention on the outcome by ensuring their firms are doing the right things.
Whilst Zaleznik (1977) suggested that in an organisation the managers and leaders are two different types of people. Therefore the managers have the ability to make choice hence
Participative leadership style is always more effective than autocratic/directive leadership styles. Discuss.
Executive summary
Academic and empirical research on workplace leadership covers wide ranging information on leadership theory and characteristics that make a leader effective. The focus of this report is to identify information on behavioural and contingency perspectives of leadership. The path-goal Leadership theory is one of the anticipated contingency theories as it includes different styles of leadership behaviours. The main aspects of this report are a behavioural comparison, between participative and autocratic/directive leadership and the use of its positive and negative outcomes.
The styles differ on the basis of the level of skill and experience required in the work place, situation, task structure and power distance. The Australian workplace is skewed towards the participative leadership aspect as compared to autocratic/directive leadership in the Asian workplace.
Table of Contents
Introduction Page 4
Theories of Leadership Page 5
Leadership Theory in Practice Page 6
Leadership across Cultures and Genders Page 7
Situational factors of participative and autocratic/directive Page 9 Leadership style
Conclusion and Implications Page 10
Reference Page 11
Introduction
The term leadership is defined as having the power to motivate and efficiently influence a sense of achievement for members of an organisation (Mc Shane et. Al, 2010). Bennis and Nanus (1985) suggest that managers tend to focus on the process by examining if employees conduct activities the right way; while leaders focus their attention on the outcome by ensuring their firms are doing the right things.
Whilst Zaleznik (1977) suggested that in an organisation the managers and leaders are two different types of people. Therefore the managers have the ability to make choice hence