Autocratic Leadership

Vision is defined that the ability to anticipate the future and communication that image to others (Harmic et al., 2014). Visionary leaders are the individuals who are not only big thinkers, but also a master of knowledge and own the ability to see alternatives to current thinking on a given issue. They have ability to fore see, set priorities, participate and prepare well for early in the changes process, before change occurs and set the stage for the events that follow. They also provide the guiding principles, positive directions and inspire their followers to reach the ultimate goal.

In 1974, Steve Jobs was a video game designer for Atari but he knew he was destined for greater. In 1976, when Jobs was 21, he started Apple Computer with Wozniak. He took a break at one time and traveled to India and experimented with psychedelic drugs. Steve Jobs had to sell his car for the greater good of his company. In 1980, Apple Computer had a market value of $1.2 billion. In 3 years, Apple Co. sales increased by 700%. Steve Jobs took Apple and ran with

A visionary leader, in my eyes, can see past certain societal limitations to advance the work climate and outlooks for all people he/she leads.

As a company’s equipment reaches the end of its life cycle projects start to get organized to replace outdated equipment. As these projects are formed project managers are selected to manage all the complexities involved in replacing equipment. In some cases, managers or project managers are selected to manage turn around maintenance projects without taking into consideration any set of requirements (Obiajunwa, 2013). This means project managers may not have the right leadership style or set of skills to effectively manage and complete projects on time. Northhouse (2007) explained three leadership styles authoritarian, democratic and laissez-fair and their influences in his book Introduction to Leadership. Of those three I chose authoritarian and democratic for my research question. Is the authoritarian or democratic leadership style more effective for completing large-scale maintenance projects on time?

A leader must have a vision, an understanding and must be able to give directions to others when necessary. A visionary leader always remember that the status is never permanent.

Thirdly, the visionary leader is also a person who can attract others to follow him/her in seeking attainment of the vision. But more than that, this charismatic person is able to instill in others the ideas, beliefs and values of the vision so that they become empowered to move beyond the leaders and their own expectations. George Washington, the first president of the USA, can be a good example here. What made Washington great leader was his foresight, vision, strategic planning and his ability to lead people to success. His tenacity, steadfastness, his ability to make decisions during difficult times, to attract both military and civilians to follow him to victory made him a great leader and he led many people to

Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco, California on February 24, 1955 Steve Jobs was an orphan until Paul and Clara Jobs adopted Steve when he was a kid. When Steve was growing up he was surrounded by engineers. In his neighborhood everyone around him were engineers. When he was thirteen years old he met one of the most important people in his life. That person’s name was Stephen Wozniak a wiz kid from the area. Steve attended Homestead High School. When Steve was in high school he and Stephen Wozniak pulled many pranks. One incident was they put a middle finger statue on one of the buildings in the high school. Chris-Ann Brennan was his high school sweetheart. When Jobs was eighteen years old he was getting near his college days and he told his parents he wanted to go to Reed College. It was a very expensive college located in Oregon. Steve Jobs parents promised him a college education no matter what. While Steve was in Reed College he began to get interested in Eastern mysticism. Steve Jobs only spent

After conducting the experiment, 76% of cadets within Delta Company stated that a democratic style of leadership is most effective compared to the 23% of cadets who believed autocratic leadership is better. When specifically asked questions about autocratic leadership, 58% of the cadets stated that autocratic leadership is not effective when used by the cadre. When asked whether the cadets respected the autocratic leader 65% said that they respected the leaders and 69% stated that they trusted those same leaders. Surprisingly for those cadets who voted for their disapproval for autocratic leadership, 81% stated that they would continue working on a task if an autocratic Delta leader left the workplace for a period of time before returning

An autocratic leadership style will change this particular group of employees, having a different type of manager who is trying force their own way on the group will and has already lead to friction among the staff in the group. They feel that they have been left out from the decision making in what they think is best, that their input is seen as unnecessary and needless. As a whole they need to function as a unit for their best output, this would include the management and also the employees working as one for the benefit of the business to succeed. If the organisation performs as a group between management and staff they will find and gain success, in the other hand if staff who feel excluded from decision making it will have an impact negative

I also believe Karen is using an authoritarian leadership style. As you stated, in this type of leadership the nurse tell her staff what to do. This type of leadership can be beneficial in some cases. Once Karen began to lose control this also affected the way she lead her department. I believe the use of democratic leadership would be a great idea. It will allow the staff members to voice their opinions, but I also believe this could potentially turn bad if used all the time. I believe what's best is if Karen used the situational leadership style in order to adapt to every type of situation the department may encounter.

Ms. Johnson (Mary) is a exhibiting a very autocratic leadership style. Authoritarian management places the manager in a position in which they perceive the burden of total responsibility for decision making. Dictatorial leadership fosters resentment and is responsible for the creation of adversarial relationships between managers and staff (Fallon & McConnell, 2014) Staff will resist following a leader whom they perceive to be making changes that are not in their best interests. Furthermore a despotic leader does not consider employees thoughts, ideas, and concerns.

Autocratic leadership is a classical leadership style with the following characteristics: manager seeks to make as many decisions as possible, manager seeks to have the most authority and control in decision making, manager seeks to retain responsibility rather than utilise complete delegation , consultation with other colleagues in minimal and decision making becomes a solitary process managers are less concerned with investing their own leadership development, and prefer to simply work on the task at hand. Whereas Democratic Leadership is the leadership style that promotes the sharing of responsibility, the exercise of delegation and continual consultation. The style has the following characteristics: manager seeks consultation on all

Autocratic leadership can manifest in different ways. It is therefore not completely rigid and different situations can influence how the organisation and the leader implement the style. The three manifestations are:

“Leadership is inspiring others to pursue your vision within the parameters you set, to the extent that it becomes a shared effort, a shared vision, and a shared success. (Steve Zeitchik, CEO of Focal Point Strategies.)

In this case, the person in charge has the total ascendancy and domination toward the decision making. According to their position responsibility, they not only monitor each member’s efforts but also the working process for complement. With their absolute power in a group, autocratic leaders may succeed in an emergency situation or chaotic circumstance. However, this style can be usually seen as controlling, bossy or tyrannical due to the high control of its essence of work.