Management Bullshit – Leadership Styles: Authoritative, Laissez-faire, Participative

Maintain strong control over the people in the group, give orders and expect others to obey, dominate the group, and motivate others with fear or rewards

Work often proceeds smoothly, productivity is often high, and procedures are usually well defined

Creativity, autonomy, and self-motivation are stifled, and the needs of group members go unrecognized

Use a nondirective style

Generally inactive and passive– do not work actively to move the group forward

Group members have a great deal of freedom and self-control

Members can become disinterested and apathetic, goals may remain unclear, group members receive little or no feedback on their contributions, and often there is confusion about the procedures that guide the work of the group.

Results in group activity that is usually unproductive, inefficient, and unsatisfying for group members

Has confidence in the ability of group members and actively stimulates and guides them to use their abilities to achieve the group’s goals

Leader and the followers are mutually responsive, communication is multidirectional, and any member of the group is expected to assume the role of leader as the situation requires