Leadership Styles: The Managerial Challenges in Emerging Economies - Assignment Example

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Leadership style: Autocratic. In this case, an urgent need to lay off followers is needed to avoid further dropping of the company’s revenue. It needs a leadership that overrides the emotional connection between the leader and the followers to avoid degeneration of the current circumstances.

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Leadership style: Consultative. This is a problem that is long overdue. In other words, it needs a very effective and promising solution. Being unsure about a solution needs further consultation from highly capable followers who possess the expertise to assist you in making decisions.

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Leadership style: Participative. Although it is important to synchronize the working hours, I need to realize that my followers are very capable and love making decisions. If I insist on my decision to impose 8 working hours, they might feel differently about it and it may affect their performance at work. Seen this way, it is better to ask them what would be the best solution to the problem and consider all their opinions. That way, they would feel that their inputs are valued and at the end of the day, whatever decisions we may come up to, everyone is willing to follow it without compromising productivity.

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Leadership style: Consultative. As a leader, I am more aware of the working attitudes of my followers. Since I have plenty of time to decide, I can spend some of that time gathering inputs from my followers since they are the ones who will directly be affected by my decision.

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LEADERSHIP AND DECISION MAKING STYLES                                                                   3

Leadership style: Autocratic. The success of the change relies on me. In other words, my decision is very critical. Considering that my followers are not interested in making routine decisions, I have to be the assertive decision-maker in the team.

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Leadership style: Autocratic. Looking at the situation, it is clear that it comes with time pressure. There is no sufficient time to discuss the situation with your followers since an immediate decision is needed. I think that autocratic leadership would salvage the job since my followers are both capable and cooperative anyway.

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Leadership style: Empowerment. This is a difficult case since you are dealing with work and emotions. Hence, it is best to provide a neutralizing factor that will not compromise the top management’s decision, at the same time, will inspire your followers to appreciate the change and continue working. I still have 30 days to motivate them anyway.

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Leadership style: Participative. Given the fact that my followers are very experienced and most of them have been in the department longer than I have, getting their inputs would most likely bring about sound results. Surely they have more knowledge about how the department behaves and adapts to change. On that basis, the input of everybody is critical and most likely effective.