Leadership styles

1. LEADERSHIP

2. Meaning :
• It is defined in the form of the qualities of a
particular individual and with the help of those
qualities he guides the people and makes them
capable of working willingly up to their fullest
capacity.

3. Definition :
“Leadership may be defined as the ability to exert
interpersonal influence by means of
communication toward the achievement of a
goal.”
-Koontz and O’Donnell

4. Characteristics of Leadership
• Influencing Process
• Behaviour Changing Process
• Interpersonal Relations between leader and
followers
• Common Goals Achieving
• Continuous Process

5. Impact of Leadership on Employees’
Utilization of Capacity
Expectancy Through Leadership
Normal Expectancy
Social Pressure
Need for job
Authority of
superior
Induced by
leadership
40%
60%

6. Importance of Leadership
• Helps in influencing the behavior of people
• Helps followers in fulfilling their needs
• Helps in Introducing required changes
• Helps in solving conflicts effectively
• Helps in Training & Development of
subordinates

7. Leadership Styles
Motivational Power Based Result Based
Positive Negative Employee Oriented Production
Oriented
Autocratic Democratic Free Rein

8. Motivation Leadership Style
1. Positive Leadership Style-
Economic & Non- Economic Incentives
2. Negative Leadership style-
Coercion, Removing from job, deduction from salary
Suitable style?

9. POWER BASED
LEADERSHIP STYLE

10. 1. Autocratic Leadership Style-
Leader Centered
Characteristics :
1. Formal Relations 2. Centralized Authority
3. Single Man Decisions 4. Negative Motivation
5. Only downward Communication
6. Wrong belief regarding Employees
Advantages
1. Quick and clear decisions
2. Satisfactory Work
3. Necessary for less educated employees
Disadvantages
1. Lack of Motivation
2. Less Productivity
3. Agitation by Employees
4. Possibility of Partiality

11. 2. Democratic Leadership Style
Characteristics
1. Cooperative Relations
2. Positive Motivation
3. Belief in Employees
4. Open Communication
Advantages
1. High Morale
2. Creation of more efficiency and productivity
3. Peaceful Industrial Relation
Disadvantages
1. Requirement of Educated Subordinates
2. Delay in Decisions
3. Lack of responsibility in Managers

12. 3. Free rein Leadership Style
Characteristics
1. Full faith in subordinates
2. Independent Decision making system
3. Decentralization of Authority
4. Two way communication
5. Cooperative Relations
Advantages
1. Development of self confidence in subordinates
2. High level Motivation
3. Helpful in development of Enterprise
Disadvantages
1. Difficulty in Cooperation
2. Lack of Importance of Managerial Post

13. Result Based Leadership Style
1. Employee Oriented Leadership Style
Leaders considers his followers above all the others
2. Production Oriented Leadership Style
More attention is paid to production rather than human welfare
Suitable style?