Leadership Styles
GCSE Business Studies
(Unit 2 – Human Resources)
Leadership Styles
Starter
• What makes a good leader?
List the
characteristics of a
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(Use the pen tool to
good leader write your ideas in
the box below)
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• Leaders can adopt different leadership
“STYLES”.
• These different leadership styles have different
effects on workers and if a manager adopts a
SUITABLE leadership style it can really motivate
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staff to work hard!
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• There are a number of different leadership styles,
and in GCSE Business Studies we need to know
about
– AUTOCRATIC leaders and
– DEMOCRATIC leaders
Leadership Style 1 – “AUTOCRATIC”
• You MUST do as they say.
• They believe they know best.
• They make it clear to staff/
?
workers exactly what needs
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to be done.
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• They do not give workers chance to make
suggestions.
Leadership Style 2 – “DEMOCRATIC”
• This style of leader believes
decision making can be better
if it is SHARED. ?
• They want to be seen as “fair”.
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• They actively ask worker for ideas and
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suggestions.
• They believe in allowing workers and staff to
develop by involving them in decisions about how
to improve the business.
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Pupil Notes
AUTOCRATIC LEADERSHIP IS LIKE THIS
(Make a note of each characteristic in each box using the pen tool….)
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Pupil Notes
DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP IS LIKE THIS
(Make a note of each characteristic in each box using the pen tool….)
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Match these advantages and disadvantages to the
AUTOCRATIC LEADERSHIP style
(Click and drag a note of each characteristic to a box)….
Advantages Disadvantages
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Workers may feel secure Could lead to staff wanting
because they just do as they Gets things done quickly. to leave the company if they
are told – they don’t need to feel they can’t make
think for themselves! suggestions.
Allows fast decision making.
Could be demotivating
because workers are not Staff might feel they “do not
Might be good in crisis or
given chance to express matter” and are unimportant.
emergency situations.
their ideas.
Match these advantages and disadvantages to the
DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP style
(Click and drag a note of each characteristic to a box….)
Advantages Disadvantages
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Workers may feel more
motivated as they can see Decision making will take Staff may feel they are being
THEIR ideas being used in longer. “put upon” – if their boss is
the business! being PAID more money to
be the manager or leader,
Could be demotivating if the LET THEM come up with the
leader / manager takes credit Not so suitable in crisis or ideas if they are SO clever!
for the workers’ ideas. emergency situations.
Matching Leadership Styles to
Different Types of Business ….
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Drag and drop the
Autocratic ? Democratic examples below into the
circles denoting the
leadership styles
Senior Partner in a Detective Inspector in Head of Faculty in Manager of a Hair
GP’s Practice the Police School Salon
Managing Director of a The Prime Minister at a A General in the British Office Manager in the
medium sized company Cabinet Meeting Army Human Resources Dept
with 30 workers
The Effects of Different Leadership Styles on
how MOTIVATED staff feel
• I am the Office Manager in the Human Resources
Department at a large company in town.
• There are 30 staff in our department, 25 of these have
children of school age.
• There have been problems with staff all wanting to
book holiday during the July and August period BUT
that will leave the business without enough staff to
operate the department properly (the business can
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only have 6 people out at any one time).
• I have decided to call a staff meeting and I have this
suggestion for staff:
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• They can EITHER agree at the meeting who has what
dates … OR
• They can put in their holiday requests and people will
get allocated dates on a first come first served basis.
What leadership style do I have?
How motivated would you feel if you
worked for me and why might you feel like this?
The Effects of Different Leadership Styles on
how MOTIVATED staff feel
• I am DCI Hunt of the Drugs Squad. This
morning we are going to do a dawn raid of the
home of a well known local drugs dealer.
• The armed police will go in first, as it is likely
the offender will be armed. Along with the
armed police, Frankie and Dylan the sniffer
dogs will go in to the house in order to locate
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all the drugs.
• You lot will then follow me in to the house
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WHEN I GIVE THE ORDER.
• Make sure you ALL have your safety equipment
on and meet back here, ready to go at 5am
sharp.
• Any questions?
What leadership style do I have?
How motivated would you feel if you
worked for me and why might you feel like this?
Conclusions ….
We’ve seen different styles of leadership:
• Would you say there is a “right” and a
“wrong” way to lead people?
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• Explain your ideas…
Written Task.
Jamie is a newly promoted manager
in a shoe shop that seems to get
lots of customers popping in and
looking around, but they don’t spend
very much. He has 4 shop
assistants working for him. He
decides to approach them for their
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ideas on HOW they could improve
the sales of shoes.
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Q. NAME and OUTLINE the features of Jamie’s
leadership style. EXPLAIN the advantages and
disadvantages of his leadership style and JUSTIFY
whether or not you think his leadership style will
work successfully.
Mark scheme
Mark Scheme
Level 2 Answers… Level 3 Answers..
a) Have you used full a) Have you used full
sentences? sentences?
b) Do you know the key b) Do you know the key terms
terms and what you are and what you are writing
writing about? about?
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c) Are the answers FULLY c) Are the answers FULLY
explained? explained?
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d) Have you made a BASIC
judgement at the end?
e) Have you made a
judgement, supporting/
explaining it briefly?
f) Have you made a
judgment and supported it
fully with up to two good
reasons?