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Unit 11: Leadership Style and Theories of Leadership

• Consultative Process Notes
In this category also there are two leadership styles as follows :

C-I This style refers to the leader who shares the decision making process with relevant
members on a one-to-one basis getting their ideas and suggestions individually without
bringing them together as a group.

C-II This style refers, to the leader who shares the problem with members as a group at a
meeting and takes the decision in consultation with them in the meeting itself.
• Group Processes
This is the group of styles in which the leader makes decisions as follows. This is the style
known as G—II.
• William J-Reddin’s 3-D theory is seen as an extension of earlier two dimensional (task-oriented
and relationship-oriented) theories.
• Task Orientation (TO) : This means that extent to which a manager is able to direct his own and
his subordinate’s efforts toward goal attainment.
• Relationship Orientation (RO) : This means the extent to which a leader or a manager is likely
to have personal job relationships characterized by mutual trust, respect for subordinate’s ideas
and consideration of their feelings.
• Effectiveness : This means the extent to which the leader achieves the goal for which his or her
position is responsible.
Leadership Style : This theory identifies basic four styles of leadership :
A. Low task-low relationship style
B. Low task-high relationship style
C. High task-low relationship style
D. High task-high relationship style
• Effective Styles
(i) Executive Styles : This means a great deal of concern for both the task (TO) and people
(RO). A manager using this style is a good motivator of workers.
(ii) Developer : This refers to the style in which there is maximum concern for the people (RO)
and minimum concern for the task (TO).
(iii) Benevolent Autocrat : This style gives maximum concern to task (TO) and minimum to
people (RO).
(iv) Bureaucrat : This style gives minimum concern to both the task (TO) and the people (RO).
• Ineffective Styles
(i) Compromiser : This style considers both the task (TO) and the people (RO) extremely
important in a situation that requires emphasis only on one or neither.

(ii) Missionary : In case of this style there is maximum concern for people (RO), but minimum
concern for the task (TO), when the situation is such that neither of these behaviour is
appropriate.
(iii) Autocrat : This means maximum concern for the task (TO) and minimum concern for
people (RO) when the situation is such that neither of these behaviours is appropriate.
• Hersey’s and Blanchard’s Situational Theory
• A Situational theory or contingency theory both mean the same thing. Hersey-Blanchard theory
is similar to Reddin’s 3-D theory.

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