managment styles

• management style

  Management style is the manner and approach adopted by a manager when giving direction and motivation to employees”
• autocratic

  Autocratic – “manager makes all decisions and tells employees what will happen”
• autocratic characteristics

  centralised decision making

  one way communication

  very little employee involvement

  task oriented dont care abt employee

  for high risk situations or inexperienced staff
• autocratic advantages 


  Quick decision-making as it involves only one person

  experienced person make decision

  expectations of employees are defined and clear

  top priority for productivity and efficiency
• autocratic disadvantage

  lack of multiple suggestions or solution to problem

  
  

  employee feel unvalued

  
  

  create feeling of unease us vs them

  
  

  no employee feedback valuable insight lost
• persuasive 


  manager makes decisions, then convinces employees that it’s the right decision
• persuasive characteristics

  centralised decision making

  one way communication

  no employee involvement

  task oriented with some concern for employee

  staff inexperience suited situation
• persuasive advantage

  Quick decision-making as it involves only one person

  most experienced decision maker

  Roles and expectations of employees are defined and clear

  Employees likely to support decision when they know why it is made
• persuasive disadvantage

  Lack of multiple suggestions or solutions to problem

  employee unvalued

  us vs them feeling

  no employee feedback valuable insight lost
• consultative 


  takes into account the opinions of team members when making a decision”
• consultative characteristics

  •Centralised decision-making

  medium employee involvment

  task AND employee focused

  suits where employees are knowledgeable
• consultative advantage

  Concise decision-making as it involves only one person

  get variety of ideas from suggestions

  Motivates employees as they are involved in suggesting solutions

  foster culture of continuous improvement if they know they will be consulted
• consultative disadvantage

  Employees may not understand complexity of problem

  takes long time to talk to staff

  if employees suggestion not used then staff annoyed

  lead to conflicting ideas from employees
• participative 


  management and employees discuss problems and come up with decisions together”
• participative characteristics

  •Decentralised decision-making

  two way communication

  employee focused

  suits teams of highly qualified and experienced small teams
• participative advantage

  Employees feel valued and sense of ownership as they make the decisions

  Empowerment and coaching encourages opportunities for employee development

  Many ideas and suggestions put forward to problems by knowledgeable staff

  Employees likely to actively support and work to achieve decisions they made
• participative disadvantage

  take long time

  lead to conflict if they dont agree

  not all employees want to be responsible for decision making

  employees need to be similar skill level and respect others abilities
• laissez faire

  hands-off’ approach to management. Employees are allowed to approach problems and tasks in their own way.
• laissez faire characteristics

  •Decentralised decision-making

  two way communication

  employee focused

  small teams who are highly qualified and experienced
• laissez advantage 


  Employees feel valued and sense of ownership as they make the decisions

  Encourages high level communication of ideas

  Good environment for fostering creativity and innovation

  Employees likely to actively support and work to achieve decisions they made
• laissez faire disadvantage 


  lack of guidance can lead to loss of direction for employee

  lead to conflict if employees dont agree

  need to be highly motivated to work

  lead to employee pursuing own goal and working towards objectives of bus