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leadership styles and how two of them are used within two different Public Services. - page 1
Keywords: Authoritarian (Autocratic) Laissez-faire leadership Democratic leadership army police
By Gio on 05/03/2008
Level: BTEC National Diploma
Page Number: 1 of 4 pages: 1 2 3 4In this report I will give summary of each of the main leadership styles and how two of them are used within two different Public Services.
Authoritarian (Autocratic)
This is the traditional leadership, strict and firm. Authoritarian leaders are strict and firm.
In Britain the strongest place where you will find authoritarian leadership is in the army. Especially as the army was formed over 100 years ago, in world war1 soldiers had to obey orders promptly and exactly, it’s a case of you do what you are told and when you are told to do it.
In every institution, every organised or half-organised group of people was more formal and more authoritarian in the days of World War 1. Even in the churches there was a lot more preaching about hell, the idea of punishment after death, than there is now. Basically society itself was more authoritarian, and this led to authoritarian leadership in nearly every part of it.
Advantages and disadvantages of Autocratic leaders:
Advantages
o Gets things done quickly,
o Can stop a group from making decisions that always affect a minority adversely,
o Ensures a leader gets listened to (at first),
o Can let team members know when their behaviour is unacceptable.
Disadvantages
o It can distance team members
o Doesn't allow team members to develop by thinking for themselves
o It is often just an "easy option" used instead of spending time working through problems.
Example of Autocratic leader:
Adolf Hitler – Adolf Hitler was an extreme autocratic he commanded a huge assemblage of followers who saw him as highly charismatic and persuasive. As a result he easily accomplished many of his goals. But what a disaster his leadership imposed to the world!
Laissez-faire leadership
This is the complete opposite of authoritarian leadership, and in a sense it means no leadership whatsoever, there is a French meaning for the word “Laissez-faire” and that is “let the people do what they want”.
Complete Laissez-faire leadership is impossible because you can’t have a leader when the people do what they want. It can’t be a leadership when you have no control over nobody. But any leadership that means the people can do as they please is Laissez-faire. An example of Laissez-faire is when a parent lets their children come in when they want. Or even a university that lets students have no assignment deadlines. In other words, leadership, which normally lets people do what they want is classified as Laissez-faire even though, the leader way have
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