Style

Autocratic

Characteristics
-Tells others what
to do
-Limits discussion
on ideas and new
ways of doing
things
-Group does not
experience feeling
of teamwork

When Effective
-time is limited
-individuals lack
skill and
knowledge
-Group does not
know each other.

Laissez-faire

-involves group
members in
planning and carry
out activities.
-Asks, rather than
tells
-Promotes a sense
of teamwork.

Democratic

-Gives little or no
direction to
group/individuals
-Opinion is offered
only when
requested
-A person does not
seem to be in
charge
-relating to the
business of
running an
organization, or
government.
-form of
government in
which sovereignty
is actually or
nominally
embodied in one or
several
individual(s)
reigning until death
or abdication.
-social, political,
and economic

-Time is available
-group is
motivated and/or a
sense of team
exists
-Members of the
group have some
degree of
skill/knowledge
-High degree of
skill and motivation
-A sense of team
exists
-Routine is familiar
to participate

bureaucratic

monarchy

communism

When Ineffective
-Develop a strong
sense of team is the
goal
-Members have some
degree of
skill/knowledge
-Group wants an
element of
spontaneity in their
work
-Group is unmotivated
-Members have little
skill or knowledge
-High degree of
conflict present

-Low sense of
team/interdependenc
e
-Members have low
degree of
skill/knowledge
-Group expects to be
told what to do.

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movement whose
ultimate goal is the
establishment of
the Communist
society.