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Autocratic Leadership Style Research Paper

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What makes a good leader?

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Course Title: Change and leadership
Course Number: 715N1
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23rd November, 2017

Table of Contents
Introduction 5
Different leadership styles 6
Autocratic leadership style, characteristics, strengths and limitations 6
Democratic leadership style, characteristics, strengths and limitations 7
Bureaucratic leadership style, characteristics, strengths and limitations 7
Charismatic leadership style, characteristics, strengths and limitations 7
Laissez-Faire leadership style, characteristics, strengths and limitations 8 …show more content…

According to Senior and Fleming, “a proficient leader plays a pivotal role in the introduction of an organizational change by implementing his strategies and vision.”
Different leadership styles, their characteristics and impact
Current theories of leadership deem leaders on the basis of their influence to accomplish goals. However, quality of leaders are different across different organizations. Given below is the meticulous exploration of the styles and their impacts.
Autocratic
The autocratic leaders, also known as authoritarian leaders are the perfect exemplification of a clear line that divides workers and leaders. Such leaders demonstrate utter confidence in decision-making that is associated with operations and strategizing. Steve Jobs was known to be authoritarian in his approach. Autocratic leadership is effective when a leader is has to be quick in decision-making and emphasize on specific task, rather than complex ones. The style works best for stressful situations such as construction and military. For poor performance, the autocratic leader at helm will address the situation with his/her knowledge and …show more content…

Such leaders have amazing capabilities which inspire the team members to follow their footprints without any imposition. One of the prominent examples of the leadership is Indian Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi. His party has enjoyed the flavour of biggest ever win in assembly elections. The organization equipped with charismatic leaders has immense potential for innovation and creativity. The organization with this leadership suffer from one drawback. Charismatic leaders can leave the organization resulting in the lack of strategy or roadmap that will keep the operations going. Since the leaders are hard to be found, this lack of strategy can continue for years, impacting the business

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