CMA Final · Entrepreneurship and Startup · Leadership
In Kurt Lewin's classification, a leader who invites team input, shares decision making and encourages participation is exhibiting which style?
This is the democratic or participative style in Lewin's classification. The leader invites input and shares decision making with the team, unlike the autocratic leader who decides alone or the laissez-faire leader who gives almost no direction.
- AAutocratic
- BDemocraticCorrect
- CLaissez-faire
- DBureaucratic
Explanation
Lewin's three styles are autocratic, democratic (participative) and laissez-faire. Inviting input and sharing decisions marks the democratic style. Bureaucratic is not one of Lewin's three styles.
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