Leadership Types

Types or styles of leadership

1. Autocratic or authoritarian leadership
2. Participative or Democratic leadership
3. Free – Rein or Laissez – Faire leadership

Autocratic or authoritarian leadership: An autocratic leader is the one who likes to run the show himself. He takes all decision himself without consulting the followers. He gives orders and insists that they be obeyed. Subordinates are expected to do what they are told.

Advantage of Autocratic leader ship are:

• Quick decision are taken by a single person (leader)
• It provides strong motivation and satisfaction the leader.

Participative or democratic leadership: A democratic leader makes decision in consultation with his followers. He decentralized authority and allows the group to share his power. Instead of taking unilateral decision, he allows the subordinates to discuss the problem and to express their opinion freely.

Advantage of democratic leadership are:

• It reduce resistance to change and increase acceptance of new ideas
• It improves the attitudes of employees towards their jobs and the organization.

Free – Rein or Laissez – Faire leadership: A free – rein leader gives complete freedom to his followers to establish their own goals and policies. He does not les and avoids power.

Advantage of free – rein leadership are:

• Complete free don to subordinates improves their motivation and morale.
• There is maximum opportunity for the development of the subordinates.

Elements of Delegation

Elements of Delegation:

The following are the three elements of delegation:

1. Assignment of duties or responsibilities: This work is being done only at the time, when a superior has no time to accomplish all the work. The superior automatically assign the work to subordinates.
2. Delegation of authority: If the work is assigned to any subordinate, there will be a need for to accomplish it.
3. Accountability: Accountability means that the subordinate is answerable to his immediate superior. If the subordinates has not accomplished the work then superior is answerable to the management.

Delegation

Delegation is the process which enables a person to assign a work to others and delegate them with adequate authority to do it.

Other Definition of Delegation are

1. According to Mc Farland, “Delegation is the primary formal mechanism by which the network of authority relationship established”.
2. According to Hodge and Johnson, “A process whereby a superior divides his total work assignment between himself and subordinate manager or operative personal in order to achieve other operative and management specialization”.
3. According to Terry, “conferring authority from the executive or organizational unit to another in order to accomplish particular assignment”.