Working with people and teams, leadership styles.

WORKING WITH PEOPLE AND TEAMS OUTCOME 1 ASSESSMENT Leadership is a social process in which one individual influences the behavior of others without the use of threat of violence. Style theory concentrates on the behavior patterns of the leader rather than the personality of the leader. The autocratic style of leadership believes that the leader must retain decision-making authority. Although there are many reasons for this belief, the leader may assume that subordinates employees are incompetent, …showed first 75 words of 6504 total…

…showed last 75 words of 6504 total…high in concern for people and task. This style will be effective in all four stages of group development - forming, storming, norming and performing. The second strategy involves multiple leaders, the first leader (formal leader) would be responsible for group performance or task in all four stages of group development, whereas the second leader (informal) would be responsible for group satisfaction or people in the forming, storming, norming and performing stages of group development.