Abstract
Nineteenth-century critics ascertained that there were three major modes of leadership: autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire. These had their origins in the background of leaders and the structures of power within which they were compelled to operate. Although autocratic leadership was a mode normally associated with the military, many corporate leaders of the early twentieth century (tycoons and company heads alike) were seen to employ this form of governance to varying degrees of effect. According to Simon Restubog, “historical observation suggests that as countries moved from nomadic hunting and gathering to settling in towns and producing food, environmental complexity was reduced and a more directive leadership emerged” (p. 113).
Highlights
Nineteenth-century critics ascertained that there were three major modes of leadership: autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire
The following theories and assumptions will draw on research that reflects the varying roles played by factors such as directive leadership and even corporate social responsibility in shaping autocratic leadership practices
One consistently needs to keep in mind that leadership varies substantially across not just terrains of time, but actual geographical areas, i.e. the type of leadership that may have been acceptable during the British Raj in India cannot be applied to the day-to-day running of Google. While this may appear to be a valid point stemming from common sense, it does not detract from the fact that the study of leadership practice and leadership theory is a vital aspect of the comprehension and appreciation of how bosses control organizations
Summary
Nineteenth-century critics ascertained that there were three major modes of leadership: autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire. Democratic leadership more obviously factors the input of subordinates into decision-making, and laissez-faire leaders virtually never intervene in sorting out matters until they come to a crisis, in which case many of them are compelled to adopt a temporarily autocratic mode in order to solve problems.
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