Management Styles [Discussion Post]

Discussion Assignment Instructions:
1. Review and read ALL attached material.

2. Describe at least two leadership styles practiced by managers you have known, worked for, or read about.
Example’s:

– Autocratic Leadership Style: Working for a medical management company that practiced a boss-centered leadership style. The managers presented ideas and invited questions; however, they had already made their decisions and used the “brainstorming” platform to “sell” the decision. An example is…

– Participative/Democratic Leadership Style: The president of a medical imaging corporation practiced a much more participative leadership style. He would call an “all-hands” meeting to present a problem, listened to all suggestions to resolve the problem-asking for justification from each of us, then made the decision based on the most effective solution generated by the group.

3. Based on the Leadership Style discussion topic, answer the following questions:
Which management style did you like best? Why?
Which was or were most effective? Why?
Which type of leader will you be?
4.Your original thread post should be at least 300-words and be substantive.
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Purpose:
To open a discussion about managers you have known, worked for, or read about who have practiced each management style. Students from other countries may have interesting experiences to add.
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Discussion Issue(s) – Leadership Styles:
Nothing has challenged management researchers more than the search for the best leadership traits, behaviors, or styles. Thousands of studies have tried to identify characteristics that make leaders different from other people. Intuitively, you might conclude the same thing they did: leadership traits are hard to pin down. Some leaders are well groomed and tactful, while others are unkempt and abrasive–yet both may be just as effective.

Just as no one set of traits describes a leader, no one style of leadership works best in all situations. Even so, we can look at a few of the most commonly recognized leadership styles and see how they may be effective.

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