Management Style

The management style four common types been well articulated in the previous posts. Which style of management is most suitable you? What are some of the considerations if you apply a typical style? Before you decide to adopt to any of the four types, be sure that you fully understand their differences, application aspects and pros and cons.

In my many years of experience in worked as a manager in several different industries and under several leaders who has very different leadership style. I realised the important of the four common management styles and appreciate each of them. Now that I am writing this article, I am not able to single out any one of the style is most suitable for any manager. The best I could say is A manager is a “Autocratic Style Manager” or “ A Democratic Style Manager” or “ A Participative Style Manager” or “A Laissez Faire Manager” but none of them can escape to learn and understand all of the four types.

Even you are a participative style manager as an example, is it practical to seek opinion from your secretary to make coffee for your visitor ? Or ask the secretary when she is free to type an urgent quotation? If you do so, maybe the secretary is suspicious of you wanted to get something.

Well, if you are a smart manager, you should uphold all the four management styles and practices them on the right occasion whenever possible. Be sure that not to over do any of the style otherwise, you may loose your effectiveness as a manager.

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