ACCA Strategic Professional · Strategic Business Leader · Qualities of leadership
Amira leads a regional logistics division. Before any decision she asks her team for views, shares information openly, and then makes the final decision herself after weighing their input. Which leadership style, in the Tannenbaum and Schmidt continuum or similar style models, does this best describe?
Amira is a consultative leader. She asks for views and shares information, but she keeps the final decision. This differs from autocratic leadership, which ignores input, and from democratic or laissez-faire styles, where the team shares or owns the decision.
- AAutocratic, because she takes the final decision herself
- BConsultative, because she seeks input but retains the final decisionCorrect
- CLaissez-faire, because she shares information openly
- DDemocratic, because the team votes on the outcome
Explanation
A consultative leader gathers views and then decides alone. Autocratic leaders do not seek input, laissez-faire leaders leave decisions to the team, and democratic or participative leadership shares the decision itself, which Amira does not do.
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