Authoritarian/Autocratic Leadership styles by Sophie Henry (Student)

Advantages of Autocratic Leadership

2613251 — 2020-10-20 10:19:52 UTC

Could potentially be beneficial in places where the team lack resources and abilities to perform roles in which they have to lead and make decisions for others (Johnstone and Manica, 2011, Smither, 1993)
Beneficial for group cohesion and effectiveness (Johnstone and Manica, 2011, Smither 1993)
Studies show with younger children they have a more positive view and note less flaws of people managing/leading them in this style(Brown,1965)
May help managers and leaders overcome threats to their self-worth and belonging(Brandt and Henry, 2012)
Good control, overview
Unimpaired programme
No long discussions
Group members know what they must do
Rules give security
Discipline

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1048984317300814?casa_token=OPPaGcHZHXgAAAAA:iKQUjAUGX11pRxrBSJby0e3bRYxU_pNyJOB8rEGTdh864S02eUd5mbm65zXu822USMsD3fBtQaj4#bb1110
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.983.5330&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Negatives of Autocratic Leadership

2613251 — 2020-10-20 10:20:10 UTC

Lower social and communication skills for those still developing (Baumrind, 1991) due to the fact they have others to decide what they are doing - less discussion and reasoning within teams and groups
Defiance
No development of freedom of choice
Listlessness (having/showing little interest in things)
Less own initiative (fears, hatred towards other members)
No trust
Less/No self confidence
Hierarchy promoted
Group interests suppressed
Groups not relaxed
Rivalry amongst group members
Ability to criticize suppressed
Independence of group weakened by authority of leader
Talents not recognized and therefore promoted
Fears turn into aggression, lead to violence.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1048984317300814?casa_token=OPPaGcHZHXgAAAAA:iKQUjAUGX11pRxrBSJby0e3bRYxU_pNyJOB8rEGTdh864S02eUd5mbm65zXu822USMsD3fBtQaj4#bb1110
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.983.5330&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Examples of Autocratic leadership

blabyefr — 2020-10-20 10:21:17 UTC

Leona Helmsley owner of $5 billion New York real estate and hotel empire- Displayed an autocratic manner which she emphasised was geared for better customer service. Her employment an autocratic leadership style led to discontent within the working environment ranging from the cleaning staff to the executive officers. Employees even testified that her leadership style scraped away at the dignity of everyone on her payroll.^1

1^'Leona Helmsley And Leadership In Hospitality Industry'.Researchomatic. 4, 2010. 4, 2010
< https://www.researchomatic.com/Leona-Helmsley-And-Leadership-In-Hospitality-Industry-34029.html >.

Martha Stewart built her $640 million empire through keen attention to detail and extremely demanding expectations of her employees. She treats her employees as commodities and critiques of her opinions. She reached the brink of bankruptcy and would have achieved more success if she employed a different manner of leadership.^1

1Gross, Rebekah. PSY 532: Foundations of Leadership (Dobbs). 12 Feb. 2017, sites.psu.edu/leaderfoundationsdobbs/2017/02/12/style-maven-martha-stewart-the-dark-side-of-her-leadership/.

When authoritarian model is used

256874 — 2020-10-20 10:26:20 UTC

an authoritarian model is likely to be used when something is needed to be done quickly and effectively this will happen by control being taken. Senol, M. and Karacuha, E. (2020) ‘Creating and Implementing an Effective and Deterrent National Cyber Security Strategy’, Journal of Engineering (2314-4912), pp. 1–19.

Definition

2602613 — 2020-10-20 10:38:22 UTC

Autocratic leadership is a management style where one person regulators all the judgements and takes very minimal inputs from other group members. Autocratic leaders make alternatives or decisions created on their own opinions and doesn’t involve others for their recommendation or suggestion. This style of leadership is usually seen in businesses that can be moderate with less workers. It’s mostly effective in organisations where nature of work involves rapid decision-making. The responsibility of the decision and the outcome is within the leader. It’s studied to be a flexible leadership style. It is useful in situations where a business face constant changes or any disaster. This allows it to be able to react to the situation promptly compared to other leadership style due to streamlined structural and fast decision-making. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/definition/autocratic-leadership

When is it used

256874 — 2020-10-20 10:50:23 UTC

Autocratic models could be taken in a societal way. Places such as china may be seen to have an authoritarian model in society because the government has control over society for example the one child policy. https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/cqhe23&div=53&id=&page=