A task-oriented leader focuses on completing tasks and achieving goals. They define work and roles, plan and organize tasks, and monitor progress. Key strengths are meeting deadlines and ensuring work gets done efficiently. However, criticisms include neglecting employee welfare and happiness, which can demotivate staff and limit creativity. While necessary for completing work, task-oriented leadership alone is not ideal if it does not also attend to individual and team needs.

1. Task-
Oriented
Leader
Prepared by:
Lea Jean S. Sumayan

2. A task-oriented leader focuses on
the tasks that need to be performed in
order to meet certain goals or to achieve a
certain performance standard.

3. Qualities of a task-oriented leader
 Task-oriented leaders focus on getting the
necessary task in hand in order to achive
goals.
 These leaders are typically less concerned
with the idea of catering to employees and
more concerned of meeting specific goals.
 They often actively define the work and the
roles required, put structures in place, and
plan, organize, and monitor progress within the
team.

4. Task-oriented leaders will
search out the best methods and
resources to get the work done,
make decisions relating to
organizing and assigning work as
an invidual, and continuously
monitor the performance of those
with whom the manager assigns
the work to.

5. Key strengths of task-oriented leadership
 It ensures that deadlines are met and
jobs are completed.
 It is useful for team members who don`t
manage their time well.
 This leadership exemplify a strong
understanding of how to get the job done.
 It focuses on the necessary workplace
procedures and delegating work
accordingly to ensure that everything
gets done in a timely and productive
manner.

6. Key strengths of task-oriented leadership
 Task-oriented leadership have a sound
understanding of the resources required
to complete a task and can be highly
efficient in their planning and delivery.
This can result in improved
productivity as well as efficiency savings
within the organisation.

7. Key criticisms of task-oriented leadership
 It ruins the risk of overlooking the
welfare and happiness of the staff.
Being totally focused on the task can
result in the leader ignoring key issues
which may arise within the team.
Pushing the staff to complete the task
without paying attention to their personal
needs can result in a team which feels
undervalued and unappreciated.

8. Key criticisms of task-oriented leadership
 Task-oriented leadership does not allow
staff to be innovative, creative or
spontaneous in their work.
Staff working under this style of
leadership can often lack enthusiasm,
inspiration and willingness to go above and
beyond.

9. Key criticisms of task-oriented leadership
 With few opportunities to explore new
ideas staff will often find themselves
limited in their ability to develop into
more complex job roles.
Progression and training is more formal
in this environment which limits staff
development opportunities.

10. Within all industries there is a need
for task-oriented leadership – if it didnt
exist, very few tasks would get completed.
However, if all you do as a leader is
push the team to complete tasks, neglecting
the needs of the individuals and teams
completing the work, you run the risk of
staff welfare issues developing your
workforce becomes ever more demotivated
and uninspired.

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