Organisational Charts / Leadership Styles

Organisational charts shows the hierarchy of the business, who is in charge and how the people within the business relate to each other.

It shows those in authority, their span of control, who is responsible for who, and interdepartmental (between departments) communication.

Advantages:

• The formal relationships between people and departments in an organisation can be highlighted.
• They are useful source of information for new employees to know where they are and where others are in relation to them.

Disadvantages:

• They are static, and the organisation structure is likely to change regularly.
• They do not show informal relations between departments.

Leadership Styles

There are many different styles of leadership, most of them can be categorised into one of the following groups:

• Authoritarian (Autocratic)
  • The leader makes all the decisions
  • Others are told what to do
  • Everything is closely monitored and watched
  • Paternalistic
    • Means Father-like
    • The leader tries to do what is best for their workers
    • The leader might consult before making decision when and as appropriate but still decides what will be done.
    • Democratic
      • Decisions are made by the people.
      • Participation, worker involvement is decision making.
      • Laissez-faire
        • Means ‘Let-it-be’ (French)
        • Employees are left to do what they want
        • They are perceived as professionals who will get on with their work and do it well.