Managers, leadership and decision making

Leadership is the ability to influence and direct people in order to meet the goals of a group

Management is the process through which cimpany resources are used and decisions made in order to meet the objectives of the firm

The role of managers:

• Setting objectives 
• Analysing 
• Leading 
• Making decisions 
• Reviewing 

Leadership styles

• Autocratic: the leader makes a decision without consultation 
• Democratic: the leader consults the team but makes the final decision 
• Laissez-Faire: the leader allows the team to make decisions
• Paternalistic: the leader acts in a fatherly way towards the workforce as well as the business
• Bureaucratic: leaders work to rules and regulations…