The different ways in which managers can lead a business, part of the IGCSE Business Studies Syllabus. Made in 2010.

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Leadership
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2. What is Leadership and
who is a Leader
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 Leadership is the art of motivating a group of people
to act towards achieving a common goal.
 A leader is the inspiration and director of the action.
A leader is the person in the group who has a
combination of personality and skills that makes
others want to follow him/her.
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3. Types of Leaders
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 There are various Leadership Styles which people
follow. These are mainly:
 Autocratic
 Laissez-faire
 Democratic
 These styles adopted by different leaders, make
many companies what they are today. Each in its
own way acts as a motivating factor for the group.
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4. Leadership Styles
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 In many businesses or organizations, even a simple
example like a school, the Head will have a different
approach to the way he/she handles and guides
people.
 Therefore leadership styles are the different attitudes
or approaches to deal with people while in a position
of authority.

5. Autocratic
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 Autocratic leadership is
when the leader of the
group needs his/her
orders to followed
without question. This
is usually a one-way
communication and the
employees have to
follow what their leader
says.
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6. Paternalistic
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 Leader acts as a ‘father
figure’
 Paternalistic leader
makes decision but
may consult
 Believes in the need to
support staff
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7. Laissez-faire
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 In this style of leadership, the employees are free to
do whatever they want: organize their own work,
make decisions, implement activities, etc.
 Communication is chaotic as there are no definite
paths or instructions.
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8. Bureaucratic
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 Leaders impose strict and
systematic discipline on
the followers and demand
business-like conduct in
the workplace
 Leaders are empowered
via the office they hold -
position power
 Follower should obey
leaders because authority
is bestowed upon the
leader as part of their
position in the company
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9. Democratic
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 This is a very well organized
system in which there is
two-way communication.
Most of the future plans are
discussed with the
employees. Then the final
decision is made by the
leader through a measure of
participative voting or a
meeting.
 This acts a motivator as the
employees are involved in
the discussion and decision.
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10. Concept
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Autocratic Laissez-Faire Democratic
Leader Leader
Leader
Employees
Employees Employees
Leader makes decisions Employees makes decisions Entire group participates
Example

11. Example 12/15/2012
Start working on You’ll decide
the “slate” project. which project Which project
Leave the other you’ll want to should we work
one aside, Now!! work on on ??
Autocratic Laissez-Faire Democratic

12. Which one is the most
effective
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 It depends from organization to organization and
from situation to situation, and hence in my opinion,
a combination of the above styles with an emphasis
on the democratic style, yields the best results for a
organization.
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Done By:
Mahir Kothary