Democratic leadership

• democratic leadership - known as participative leadership
• democratic - encourages staff to participate in decision-making in the business
• democratic - believe that their staff have the skills to complete the task effectively but the democratic leader has ultimate authority and responsibility
• democratic - eg. marketing and accounting firms
• advantages to democratic - increased intrapreneurship, future promotion and employee motivation
• disadvantages to democratic - slow decision-making, frustrated employees and management resentment