Leadership- Its Style: Laissez Faire, Autocratic, Participative, Transactional, Transformational. Contingency Theory Of Leadership- Dependent & Independent Variable. Fielder's Theory Hersey Blanchard Theory. Trait theory of leadership.

1. “LEADERSHIP”
“The ability of the management to make
sound decisions & inspire others to perform
well. Leadership is getting things done
through others.”

3. LAISSEZ FAIRE
• A non-authoritarian
leadership style.
• Least possible guidance to
subordinates.
• Believe that people work
when they are left alone.

4. AUTOCRATIC
• Permits managers to make
decisions alone.
• Access total authority &
impose their will on
employees.
• Benefits those who require
direct supervision.

5. PARTICIPATIVE
• Also called Democratic
Leadership style.
• Values the input of employees
but responsibility of making
final decision rests with leaders.
• Motivates employee morale by
making them feel that their
opinion matter.

6. TRANSACTIONAL
• Concept of Reward &
Punishment.
• Believes that employee’s
performance is completely
dependent on these two factors.
• Pay more attention to physical
& security requirements.

7. TRANSFORMATIONAL
• Encourage, inspire &
motivate employees to
innovate.
• To give employees more
room to be creative.
• Look to the future & find new
solutions to old problems.

8. “CONTINGENCY THEORY OF
LEADERSHIP”
INTERACTION BETWEEN LEADER’S
BEHAVIOUR AND SITUATION

9. “CONTINGENCY THEORY SUGGESTS THAT
THERE IS NO BEST STYLE OF LEADERSHIP.
SUCCESSFUL AND ENDURING LEADERS WILL
USE VARIOUS STYLES ACCORDING TO NATURE
OF SITUATION AND THE FOLLOWERS”

10. •DEPENDENT
VARIABLE:
EMPLOYEES TURNOVER ,
ABSENTEEISM,
PRODUCTIVITY and
JOB SATISFACTION.
•INDEPENDENT
VARIABLE:
MOTIVATION AND
LEADERSHIP.

11. “LEADERSHIP STYLES”
DIRECTIVE
SUPPORTIVE
PARTICIPATIVE
ACHIVEMENT

12. “FIELDER’S THEORY”
DEPENDENT NOT ONLY ON THE STYLE
USED BY THE LEADER BUT ALSO ON
THE CONTROL HELD OVER THE
SITUATION

13. “HERSEY BLANCHARD
THEORY”
DEPENDENT ON THE FOUR
BEHAVIOURS:
TELLING,SELLING,PARTICIPATING AND
DELEGATING.

14. “TRAIT THEORY OF
LEADERSHIP”
This theory identifies the specific traits of
many leaders both successful and
unsuccessful and to predict leadership
effectiveness.