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Management Skills 1
Chp 6
Term | Definition |
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Leadership | The ability to direct people and positively influence them, so they follow and obey you. |
Autocratic Leadership | The manager makes all the decisions without consulting other employees, he gives orders and uses his position of authority to get employees to do what he wants |
Democratic Leadership | The manager involves the employees in decision making, he delegates work to employees he trusts and uses reasoning and explanation to get his way |
Laissez Faire Leadership | Manager does not interfere with employees work , she gives a time limit and leaves method up to the employee and aso uses reasoning and explanation |
Delegation | A manager assigns authority to an employee to carry out a task or project for him, gives the employee the power to do some of his management work |
Motivation | Manager energises employees and provides them with appealing incentives so that they will willingly co-operate and work harder for the business |
Theory X | Manager believes employees do not like to work, are lazy and have no ambition, They prefer to be told what to do and are only interested in money, they have a pessimistic view of employees |
Theory Y | Believes employees enjoy working, have ambition and want to get on in the business .Believes they want more responsibility and more challenging jobs |