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AUTOCRATIC LEADERSHIP, STRENGHTS AND WEAKNESSES OF AUTOCRATIC LEADERS

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                                               Autocratic leadership is a management style where one person controls all the decisions and takes very little inputs from other group members. Autocratic leaders make choices or decisions based on their own beliefs and do not involve others for their suggestion or advice.  This type of leadership style is seen mostly in businesses which are relatively small with fewer employees. Common features of Autocratic Leadership-     * The leader holding so much power and decision making authority     * The staff perform simple repetitive tasks     * Single skilling     * Followers require direct supervision at all times.     * Workers have limited information     *  Discourages creativity and out-of-the box thinking      Au...
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"LEADERS ARE MANAGERS BUT, MANAGERS ARE NOT NECESSARILY LEADERS

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'A leader' is a person who influences his followers to achieve a specified goal. A person with a vision and inspires his followers in such a way to become the vision real. He helps them in making the strategy to achieve the goal and with the other qualities like - motivating the subordinates, creating teams, innovation, developing trust among the stakeholders, etc. A leader acts as a representative of the organization. He encourages the whole team to work together and supports them in accomplishing their tasks . "A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but, a molder of consensus" . (Martin Luther King Jr.) According to Peter G Northouse in his Leadership Theory and Practice (2016) " Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal" . 'A manager' is a person who manages the organization who is responsible for planning, organization, direction, coordination and control. He is the person...
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