A | B |
Consultative | Managers ask employees for feedback consistently and take employee concerns seriously. |
Transformational | Management style focuses on creating an environment that supports innovation. Leaders with this style often push their employees to set and reach goals even if it makes them slightly uncomfortable. |
Authoritarian managers | Managers who prefer to exercise a high degree of control over their subordinates; tend to see themselves as the sole source of authority |
Democratic managers | Managers who like to exercise only a moderate degree of control over their employees; tend to involve employees in decision-making and problem-solving |
Interdependent | Influencing or relying upon one another |
Laissez-faire managers | Managers who assume little or no leadership responsibility, allowing subordinates to determine their own work behavior and productivity level |
Management style | How an individual approaches the task of supervising |
Human relations | The ways that people form and conduct relationships with one another |