Compare the effectiveness of several leadership styles.
Comparison includes
- styles such as
- authoritarian or autocratic—leader dictates all policies and procedures and decides all goals and activities without input from others
- democratic or participatory—leader collaborates with others (leaders and team members); team members take on more responsibility
- delegative (laissez faire)—leader is more hands-off and allows team members to make more decisions
- transformational—leader causes valuable and positive change in individuals and social systems; leader fosters development of followers into leaders
- strategic—leader expresses a strategic vision and motivates and persuades others to adopt that vision
- transactional—leader focuses on supervision, organization, and performance; leader promotes compliance by followers through both rewards and punishments
- situational—leader must adjust leadership style to fit the development level of the followers he or she is trying to influence.
- features of each style
- examples of leaders who represent each style
- application of each style in the real world.
Process/Skill Questions:
- How does a person's leadership style reflect his or her personality?
- What are some advantages and disadvantages of each style of leadership?
- How would a situation dictate the style a leader uses?
- Who exemplifies each style of leadership?
- How is each style of leadership applied in the real world?