Walt Disney Company
Effects of Leadership Style In The Walt Disney Company if there was an authoritarian leader it would affect group communication immensely because the employees need to be creative and because authoritarian leaders “make decisions, give the orders, and generally control all activities” (Beebe & Masterson, 2009, P. 290) this does not allow creative communication. When a leader dictates techniques to a group it does not allow constructive communication, and ideal sharing, and this would not be good for The Walt Disney Company. In The Walt Disney Company if there was a democratic leader, although this would be better for the company than authoritarian, it would affect group communication greatly because the leader still directs the group. Democratic leaders sketch out the goals for the group, and the group would communicate more with this type of leader. The best type of leader for The Walt Disney Company would be a laissez-faire leader because this would promote a considerable amount of creativity. A laissez-faire leader gives “complete freedom for group or individual decisions” (Beebe & Masterson, 2009, P. 291) this would make groups communicate more and cause them to be more creative as well.
Sources of Power Sources of power in The Walt Disney group may affect group and organizational communication because “groups with equal power distribution show higher quality group communication than do groups with unequal power distribution” (Beebe & Masterson, 2009, P. 86). The Walt Disney Companies CEO has legitimate power because he was appointed to his position as well as referent power because the CEO should be well liked. However, if the CEO were in a group there would be less communication because the members of the group may fear his coercive power, which is the ability to punish the group members if the group members did not agree with his point of view. The Walt Disney Company has expert power, which is group members’ knowledge and information. In the
Sources of Power Sources of power in The Walt Disney group may affect group and organizational communication because “groups with equal power distribution show higher quality group communication than do groups with unequal power distribution” (Beebe & Masterson, 2009, P. 86). The Walt Disney Companies CEO has legitimate power because he was appointed to his position as well as referent power because the CEO should be well liked. However, if the CEO were in a group there would be less communication because the members of the group may fear his coercive power, which is the ability to punish the group members if the group members did not agree with his point of view. The Walt Disney Company has expert power, which is group members’ knowledge and information. In the
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