Management styles

Summary In the text talks about that the management styles cover a multitude of possibilities, and as a result management style has been debated for centuries. Firstly, are four major types of management styles including autocratic, paternalistic, democratic and Laissez- faire. Secondly each of the management style above has its unique features and if well understood, they can be your managing weapon to help you in your job function. Thirdly in Autocratic management style the managers project himself high authority power with uncompromising position. He project himself as knowledgeable and give solution for a situation and expect “no question asked” environment. In Democratic Management Style the manager has some common traits. In contrast to the Autocratic Management Style, he or she is seen as a mild approach personnel in term of control and sometimes indecisive.A Participative Management Style has its common traits – Takes a moderate approach in controls and giving directions.The common traits of a Laissez Faire Management style is take it easy, let them decide. Finally, it is important to say, that management styles are a group of principles that any firm can follow as a part of their management policy to garner maximum output from its employees and grow collectively as a team. It is obvious that every management style is unique. CONTENT Introduction 4 1. Management styles 4 1.1. The main management styles 4 1.2. Autocratic management style 5 1.3. Democratic Management Style 7 1.5. Laissez-faire Management Style 10 Conclusion 11 20 NEW WORDS 12 10 QUESTIONS 14 SOURCES 16 Introduction In this paper we are going to introduce the essence of management styles. There are many ways to describe management. One of the common way in a business environment is to describe management as a process to get things done. It is the people called Manager to get things done through people working for them. And in today’s business environment, it advocate that manager to get things done through people working with them. In any case, the effect is the job got done. Management Styles are the fundamental cornerstones of your management skills. A simple way of looking at it, is to see a management style as a unique collection of management qualities. These qualities combine to produce as ‘flavour of behaviour’. A management style is thus a framework of decision making and action. Management styles are also known as ‘leadership styles’, indeed they are interchangeable phrases most of the time. leadership styles as frameworks for inspiring and leader others, and management styles as frameworks for making operational decisions and controlling resources. 1. MANAGEMENT STYLES 1.1. The main management styles The management style that you choose can establish whether it runs evenly across the board or spirals out of control. There are four major types of management styles including autocratic, paternalistic, democratic and Laissez- faire. The main 4 ypes of management style are: Autocratic Management Style, Democratic Management Style, Paternalistic Management Style, Laissez-faire Management Style. Figure 1. Management styles Each of the management style above has its unique features and if well understood, they can be your managing weapon to help you in your job function. These management styles when applied have different effect at different work environment. Therefore, it is imperative that you apply the most appropriate style or a combination of styles at the most appropriate time and situation to yield the maximum result. Never stick to only one management style. Some of the popular management styles that have been studied in depth by scholars and business students are the theories given by Taylor, Fayol, Weber, Mayo, Maslow, Schein and Drucker. All these theories have been based on the experiences of these scholars who have researched and come up with their theories. 1.2. Autocratic management style Common traits of Autocratic Management Style – Usually adopt a top-down approach and very directional. Managers project himself high authority power with uncompromising position. He project himself as knowledgeable and give solution for a situation and expect “no question asked” environment. He gets things done to the ways he wanted and listen to no one. Look at these traits and you may not find any wrong with them. If so, what are some pros and cons of an Autocratic Management Style? Pros • Instruction is forceful • Can make fast decision – Get moving fast • No unexpected side track due to lack communication among staffs • I know best feeling – boost personal morale • Implement decided new policy Cons • staff feel useless as they are not consulted • no new ideas from staff as it will not be considered anyway • Lack team work among staff due to lack discussion • Wait for instruction thus causing delays • No initiative from staff • Manager are alone This type of management style allows businesses to keep a blueprint if you will, in how the company operates. This is because the foundation of a autocratic style of management comes from the idea of a country that is run by a king or dictator. If you haven't guessed you can run this type of management style the best if your employees are followers and don't normally form their own thoughts or ideas. They pretty much run the business like they are supposed to because it is the blueprint that they were given for success. The leader of a business that prefers an autocratic style of managing, most likely enjoys the feeling of authority this style brings. Of course just like a King, or Dictator, this management style allows the person to make final decisions about the business without the employees having any input but normally bases the decision with the employees in mind and what he or she feels is best for them. In Autocratic management style, you give instruction to your staff to perform certain task without getting opinion or making consultation. If you are someone who like to control an office situation, then you tend to use this autocratic style. Although decision made are fast and prompt without involving others, work is usually completed on time. However this type of style may create a work environment where staffs are less motivated and build up a “wait for boss instruction” syndrome. In longer term, autocratic management style tends to drive away staff hence increase staff turnover. Autocratic style to applicable: Autocratic Management style is most effective in situation when immediate decision must be made such as in the even of crisis, fire, or emergency. 1.3. Democratic Management Style Democratic Management Style is yet another Management Style. The Democratic management style is the style grafted from the government system of the United States.  A Democratic Management Style has moderate approach to a situation whether at work or in a social places. The way things are get done is to seek opinion from your staffs as opposed to giving a direct instruction. In the case of a social place example a community meeting, your tend to seek opinions and points of view from those turn up for the community meeting. As a democratic manager, you still need to give instruction but before you do that, you will solicits ideas and opinion from your staffs and you allow the voice of your staffs and make your own decision based on those feedback. Sometimes the decision made are similar to the feedback but not always the case in the case of a Democratic Management Style. A Democratic Management Style manager has some common traits. In contrast to the Autocratic Management Style, he or she is seen as a mild approach personnel in term of control and sometimes indecisive. Managers of this Democratic Management Style are considered someone do not want to make his own decision. He is perceived to be someone who play safe in carry out new task since decision has gone through one more layer of consideration i.e. the staffs.   Pros 1. Encourage group decision 2. Look more friendly 3. Value opinion from staff 4. Reduce implementation conflicts   Cons 1. decision made may not be the best for the company 2. time consuming 3. Conflict among support and non-support group (about the) 4. Staff may not have enough knowledge about the decision   There are situation where a democratic management style is most appropriate. Below are some examples: • When the manager is new to the job • Unpopular decision affecting the benefits of the staffs • Management seek new ideas • Different interest group • election • board meetings • social activities   This type of management style is mostly found in businesses where efficiency is a joint operation.  Much like you would see in a hospital setting, where all the different jobs such as a Nurse, M.D., Radiologist, and Social service representative would work to together with the same goal, heal the patient, but from different perspectives. Democratic management styles do not ensure employees get whatever they want, but they ensure that managers know exactly what their employees need before making important decisions. When to apply: Democratic management style is most suitable if you want to train up your staff to make certain decision. 1.4. Participative management style A Participative Management Style has it s common traits – Takes a moderate approach in controls and giving directions. A Participative Managers are normally friendly, mix around and excellent in networking. He tends to reach out to many people for opinion, seek input and let the staffs have good feel about themselves since they are consulted. Pros • Boost staff morale • Able to get more ideas • Good networking • Look friendly • Reduce implementation conflicts Cons • Time consuming • Staff feel offended if their idea not implemented • Sometimes consultation look artificial and not genuine A Participative management style requires more time but since a decision is required to make which affective others, getting feedback from the affective parties can cushion some negative impact during implementation. This management style has the element of democracy but it involve more intensive input from others. And the key difference is decision is based on logical evaluation of various options rather than by majority. Situation where a Participative Management Style is best implemented are listed below below: • Seeking new ideas • Reducing conflict among groups • Change of policy • Board meetings • Election With the example of pros, cons and where to apply for a Participative Management Style, it is easy for you to decide which management style you like to adopt. Explore more of them for your own knowledge gain and apply it to your own Participative Management Style. Participative style to applicable: Participative management style is used when you want to make certain changes of policy which affect one or more people benefits or morale. By doing so, the staff tends accept the decision more willingly. In a nutshell this management style tells the people what is best for them.  This may sound the same as the autocratic style, but with the Paternalistic style of management, the business leaders are looking for the input of their employees.  The business leader will make the final decision but not without careful consideration of the feedback.  This gives the employees the opportunity to voice their opinions and ideas.  This also allows for more awareness of the employees needs, as people rather than just plain business. 1.5. Laissez-faire Management Style Derived from the French meaning ‘leave alone’ this is a loose leadership style. It allows a employees to carry out activities freely within broad limits. It differs from the democratic style in that individuals are able to behave independently and make their own decisions, rather then coming together on an agreed course of action. The forth management style the Laissez Faire Management Style. Similar to other three management styles, you get your job done through people. The difference is you do not make decision and leave the task include make decision to the people you assign to. You pay very little attention to the progress and you do not interfere. The tendency of this management style is sometime taken as a style of irresponsibility because you are not really on top of the situation. Sometimes, it is a style of “let the nature take its own course”. The common traits of a Laissez Faire Management style is take it easy, let them decide. The entire decision process is left to the staffs and you pay no attention to it. Pros 1. Maximum delegation 2. Manger has more time for other things 3. Staff has amber chance to develop their knowledge 4. Seen as empowering his staffs 5. May be able to discover informal leaders Cons 1. Time consuming 2. Decision made usually skewed away from company interest When to allow or adopt this Laissez Faire Management style determine by the importance and the degree of company in the situation. Below are some examples : • Sports activities • Internal committee election • Union affairs • non destructive conflicts among groups since there are four management style, which style your should adopt? This is a question tends to bother you especially when you are in your early career employment. You want to use the best style to gain competence and capabilities to climb the corporate ladders. After having close examinations to all the four management styles, you will realized there is no one bill cure all management style. You need to learn all of them and master one to suit your personality for your normal application. Then master the rest of the styles to apply whenever situation warrants it. Then you are able to get the best of all world. When to apply: It is most appropriate to apply this management style when dealing with confrontation or conflicts because you do not want to be seen as siding anyone. Conclusion In conclusion we could say, that management styles are a group of principles that any firm can follow as a part of their management policy to garner maximum output from its employees and grow collectively as a team. As the wheels of time have progressed and the business world has grown into an extremely challenging field, these management styles have become significant in imparting stability and good governance to private firms. Basically, it is not necessary that every management style suits every firm. The fact is that a management style followed in one company may fail in the other company. Every management style is unique and some people may respond positively to a management style whereas some may not perform effectively for the same management style. 20 NEW WORDS 1. Adopt (to start to deal with or think about something in a particular way) – priimti, parinkti. 2. Traits (formal a particular quality in someone\'s character) – charaktingas bruožas 3. Forceful (a forceful person expresses their opinions very strongly and clearly and people are easily persuaded by them) – stiprus, valingas 4. Boost (to increase or improve something and make it more successful)- pakelti, padėti iškilti 5. Blueprint (a plan for achieving something) – projektas 6. Implementation (to take action or make changes that you have officially decided should happen) – įgyvendinti 7. Offended (someone who is offended is angry and upset by someone's behaviour or remarks) – įžeisti 8. Feedback (advice, criticism etc about how successful or useful something) – atsiliepimai 9. Nutshell (used when you are stating the main facts about something in a short, clear way) – trumpai tariant 10. Consideration (formal careful thought and attention, especially before making an official or important decision) – dėmesys 11. Approach (a method of doing something or dealing with a problem) – požiūris 12. Implementation (to take action or make changes that you have officially decided should happen) – ištesėjimas 13. Appropriate (it is appropriate (for somebody) to do something) - tinkamas 14. Derived (to get something, especially an advantage or a pleasant feeling, from something) - gautas 15. Interfere (to prevent something from succeeding or from happening in the way that was planned) – kišasi, trukdo 16. Empowering (to give a person or organization the legal right to do something) – įgaliojantis, suteikiantis 17. Determine (if something determines something else, it directly influences or decides it) – nustato 18. Capabilities (the natural ability, skill, or power that makes a machine, person, or organization able to do something, especially something difficult) - gebėjimas 19. Ladders (a series of levels which someone moves up and down within an organization, profession, or society) - kopėčios 20. Warrants (to need or deserve) – laiduoti, garantuoti 10 QUESTIONS 1. What are the main management styles ? - The main 4 types of management style are: Autocratic Management Style, Paternalistic Management Style, Democratic Management Style, Laissez-faire Management Style. 2. What is Autocratic management style? - The synonym for autocratic is authoritarian, which means one individual has the authority to make all the important decisions for a group or people. The autocratic management style is not a preferred or favorable way for multiple reasons, but can be used as a situational management style. 3. What are the cons of Democratic management style? - Decision made may not be the best for the company, time consuming, conflict among support and non – support group, staff may not have enough knowledge about the decision. 4. Where is mostly found Democratic type of management style? - This type of management style is mostly found in businesses where efficiency is a joint operation.  5. What is Participative management style? - Participative (or participatory) management, otherwise known as employee involvement or participative decision making. 6. What are the features of a Participative management style? - There are several levels of participation that companies allow employees. Some, more old-fashioned companies, stick to the basics and simply allow the employees a suggestion box, where employees can discuss their grievances and suggest ways for the company to improve in the future. Other, more democratic companies, help train and motivate employees so that they may work more efficiently. 7. Why is the Participative management style working so well? - Participative management is a welcome change from the point of view of employees from the old autocratic system. It gives the employees a chance to be heard within the company. It gives the employee a chance to put forth the suggestions that he feels will benefit both himself and the company. 8. What are the pros of the Autocratic management? - The pros of the autoctaric management are instruction is forceful, can make fast decision – get moving fast, no unexpected side track due to lack communication among staffs, I know best feeling – boost personal morale. Implement decided new policy. 9. What is the forth management style of the most common management styles? - The forth management style the Laissez Faire Management Style. 10. What is the tendency of the Laissez-faire Management Style? - The tendency of this management style is sometime taken as a style of irresponsibility because you are not really on top of the situation.    SOURCES [ žiūrėta 2011-05-01]. Prieiga per internetą:

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