Management Styles

Management styles are characteristic ways of making decisions and relating to subordinates. Management styles can be categorized into two main contrasting styles, autocratic andpermissive.[1] Management styles are also divided in the main categories of autocratic, paternalistic, and democratic
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Autocratic
An autocratic management style is onewhere the manager makes decisions unilaterally, and without much regard for subordinates. As a result, decisions will reflect the opinions and personality of the manager, which in turn can project animage of a confident, well managed business. On the other hand, strong and competent subordinates may chafe because of limits on decision-making freedom, the organization will get limitedinitiatives from those "on the front lines", and turnover among the best subordinates will be higher.
There are two types of autocratic leaders:
* a directive autocrat makes decisions unilaterally andclosely supervises subordinates
* a permissive autocrat makes decisions unilaterally, but gives subordinates latitude in carrying out their works.
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A more paternalistic form is also essentially dictatorial. However, decisions take into account the best interests of the employees as well as the business. Communication isagain generally downward, but feedback to the management is encouraged to maintain morale. This style can be highly advantageous when it engenders loyalty from the employees, leading to a lower laborturnover, thanks to the emphasis on social needs. On the other hand for an autocratic management style the lack of worker motivation can be typical if no loyal connection is established between themanager and the people who are managed. It shares disadvantages with an autocratic style, such as employees becoming dependent on the leader.
A good example of this would be David Brent or Michael...