Question

QUESTION ONE

Leadership models have a much more profound, meaningful and significant impact on any organization. You are required to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of the following leadership models

1. Autocratic                                                         
2. Laissez’ Faire                                                   

QUESTION TWO                                                                                                                       

Delegation and Empowerment are both effective tools for effective leadership. You are required to elaborate on the differences between Empowerment and Delegating leadership functions in a corporate environment.    

Answer 1

Question one:-

a) Autocratic       

Some of the strengths of the Autocratic leadership models are:   

• The Autocratic helps to provide the fast crisis management benefits.
• By the help of leadership style decision' can be made faster.
• Autocratic leadership models help to reduce or remove the pressure on the employee.
• Autocratic leadership style is vary easy to learn.
• Within the Autocratic leadership style safety is the top priority.
• Autocratic leadership style creates focused targets for everyone.
• It is the leadership style that can be applied in all the three different ways.

Some of the weakness of the Autocratic leadership models are:

• The managers are often micromanager in Autocratic leadership style.
• It may create the unwelcome culture in the organization.
• This approach is highly depend on the leader.
• Autocratic leadership style that is based on the lack of trust.
• Autocratic leadership style can be a joyless experience for the team members.

b) Laissez’ Faire

Some of the strengths of the Laissez’ Faire leadership models are:

• Laissez’ Faire leadership models can be used to motivate the team with high expertise and skills.
• Laissez’ Faire leadership style allows the team member to maximize there own leadership skills.
• It create the environment of independence.
• This style encourage the team members to explore the new ideas.
• Laissez’ Faire leadership model allows every individual team member to create there own environment.

Some of the weakness of the Laissez’ Faire leadership models are:

• Laissez’ Faire leadership model can reduce the cohesiveness of the group.
• It reduce the role of leader on the team.
• Laissez’ Faire leadership model allows the leader to avoid the leadership.
• It is very difficult to adapt to changing situation.
• Laissez’ Faire leadership model creates the opportunity for the employee litigation.

Question two :-

Some of the differences between Empowerment and Delegating leadership functions in a corporate environment are:

1. Delegating leadership function are mostly raise by the followers.where as, Empowerment leadership function are raised by the leaders.
2. In the Empowerment leadership function you have more work in the short term.where as, in Delegating leadership function have less work in the short run.
3. In the Empowerment leadership function you have less work in the long term.where as, in Delegating leadership function have more work in the long run.
4. Delegating leadership function keeps you in the center of the leadership activity.where as, Empowerment leadership function places someone else at the center of the leadership activity.
5. In Delegation leadership function manager is liable for every bad or good although in the Empowerment leadership function, the complete energy investors are liable for every bad or good.