Describe these leaders in one word

Describe these leaders in one word

Describe these leaders in one word

Which X factor judge would you like to mentor you?

Simon Cowell or Cheryl Cole

Manager Leader

- Planning- Organising

- Commanding- Co-ordinating

- Controlling

- Someone who influences

others to reach goals- Communicate

- Inspire- Self motivation

1. Autocratic2. Democratic3. Paternalistic

4. Theory X5. Theory Y

Manager makes their own decisions without consulting the workforce

• Full control of decision making

• Employees have little or no input – needs lots of supervision

• Good in crisis situations

• Motivation through rewards – can demotivate able workers

The manager encourages the workforce to join in the decision making process. They discuss issues, delegate responsibility and listen to

advice.

Which 3 words would you highlight as important in the two sentence above?

• Encourages participation in decision making.

• Strong coaching, listening and motivating skills.

• Teamwork and communication is important.

• Prepared to make final decision when agreement can’t be reached.

Similar to the autocratic approach but decisions are made with the best

interests of the employees at heart

• Workforce is treated like family and caters for their leisure and social needs

• Loyalty and low staff turnover are features of paternalistic businesses

Autocratic Paternalistic Democratic

Put the candidates on the leadership style scale below.

You have five candidates to consider: Hitler, David Cameron, Simon Cowell, David Brent & Obama

You have three styles to consider: Autocratic, Paternalistic & Democratic.

Theory X

• Managers tend to distrust their subordinates, as they believe that

employees dislike work and will avoid it if they can.

• Employees prefer to be directed and need to be controlled. Employees are lazy people

and dislike responsibilities. • Theory X management would be inclined to

adopt an autocratic leadership style.

Theory Y

• Management trusts employees and believes that they should be given the opportunity to be

involved in decision-making and also take greater responsibilities.

• Employees want to work hard and be creative. • Management has high expectations of their employees, as they trust them and empower

them to make some decisions. • Theory Y managers will be inclined to adopt a

democratic style of management.

Draw a picture of 2 workers. Using the list below put speech bubbles in their mouths, to show two different types of employee.

Trustworthy and reliable

Will work hard to gain their rewards

Do as little as they can get away with

Want to see new things happening

Will work independently

Need to be told what to do

Only interested in money

Must be watched closely

Can work unsupervised

Can’t be trusted or relied on

Can’t be trusted to make their own

decisions

Can be trusted to make their own

decisions

Are motivated by things other than

money

Don’t like change Don’t like working Enjoy their work

Label your diagrams:Theory X – the traditional employee, who is quite hard to motivateTheory Y – the more typical worker, who is easier to motivate.

Employees can use their own initiative

Employees are honest and trustworthy

Employees only work for the money

Employees lack ambition

Theory Y

Theory X

Theory Y

Theory X

Employees have to be told what to do

Employees like responsibility

Employees need close supervision

Employees cannot be relied upon

Theory Y

Theory X

Theory X

Theory X

Employees cannot think for themselves

Employees can work without close supervision

Employees enjoy their work

Theory X

Theory Y

Theory X

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