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Applied Management
Applied Management
This management style is based upon strong close supervision, the leader is
whom take decision based on his own thoughts, ideas, and judgments.
Autocratic leaders assume full authority, taking all decision not giving chance
to employees. Employees cannot take a decision about a given situation, and
the autocratic leader assumes full responsibility. (Hulman)
Some of characteristics autocratic leadership include:
will almost never have problems of misunderstanding a job they must do and
will never feel anxious while working as the know they have someone to
support them. In general, the benefits of this type of leadership is that it
creates a family atmosphere in the workplace, establishes close and
individualized relationships with subordinate while maintaining position ranks
and the authority status.
Downsides of Paternalistic leadership
By one side, problems with this type of leadership arise depending on the
culture where it is applied. Paternalism could be valued in collective cultures
(Latin America) but not in individualistic ones (Asia). By the other side, a
paternalistic leader tends to make their subordinates to depend on them and
that creates problems at work as sometimes the subordinates tend to become
lazy and have zero initiatives.