Module 1: Management styles

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Business Management - Democratic management style

Democratic management style

Democratic, laissez-faire, free-rein - the characteristics exhibited by
this management style include:

* - Highly decentralised organisational structure with narrow spans of
control; total delegation of tasks and decision-making to teams of
employees except with respect to budget and resource allocation and levels
to the teams, and the timelines for completion of tasks

* - Total emphasis on employees and their role and place in the
organisation; tasks must still be completed but the emphasis is on
employees; management has faith that the employees will successfully
complete the tasks within the designated timeline

* - Employees provide their own motivation and do not really need any
external motivator in order to perform the tasks set; if anything,
non-material incentives are more important under this management style to
motivate employees to improve performance levels

* - Decision are left entirely in the hands of employees except for
resource and timeline decisions; teams are held accountable for their
actions and assume responsibility for all tasks and procedures undertaken

* - Management has total trust and faith in the employees and does
little to interfere in what and how they go about their tasks and
procedures; supervision and monitoring are at a minimum when this
management style is adopted

* - Communication channels used in this management style are mainly
bottom-up, informal with feedback from both management and employees

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