Leadership Continuum
Democratic
- Open to discussion with employees about decisions
- Everyone is involved as in a group activity.
Autocratic
History
Autocratic vs. Democratic
Leadership Theory
- Total control of decision making
- knows what needs to be done and how.
- Research started in the 1930's
- School children were the test subjects
- Found 3 types of leadership styles
Theorists
- Kurt Lewin- Researcher on the theory
"There is nothing so practical as a good theory"
- Tannebaum and Schmidt- Continuum of leadership