13 Facts About Management style

An individual's management style is shaped by many different factors including internal and external business environments, and how one views the role of work in the lives of employees.

Internal company factors that determine a management style include, but are not limited to, policies, priorities, corporate culture, staff skill levels, motivation and management structures.

Less skilled or motivated employees would require a Management style that is more controlling and fosters consistent supervision to ensure productivity.

Advantages of the autocratic management style are little uncertainty, clearly defined roles and expectations for employees, and the speed of decision-making.

Democratic management style involves managers reaching decisions with the input of the employees but being responsible for making the final decision.

Disadvantages of the democratic management style are the time it takes to make a decision due to the gathering of ideas and opinions.

However, a drawback to this Management style is that some employees do not want to be involved in decision making and can come to resent a manager with this Management style.

Managers with the collaborative Management style communicated extensively with employees and make decisions by the majority.

The main disadvantage of this Management style is that it is time-consuming, and sometimes the majority decision is not the best decision for the business entity, in which case, the manager should take control of the final choice.

Laissez-faire management style involves little or no interference from management.

Variations of this Management style include the delegative Management style and what is referred to as bossless environments or self-managed teams.

Delegative management style allows employees to take full responsibility of their work areas.

The major drawbacks of this Management style are lack of uniformity among team members and uncoordinated efforts toward productivity.