This week’s topics
Leadership and management styles
- Autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire approaches
- Blake and Mouton's managerial grid
- Situational leadership styles in logistics
- 10 Most Common Types of Leadership Styles (With Real-World Examples) | From A Business Professor
- The Blake & Mouton Leadership Grid
- Situational Leadership (How to Pick the Right Management Style for the Right Team and Situation)
What you will be able to do
- 1.4 Explain leadership and management styles.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain leadership and management styles.
Study materials
Videos
- 10 Most Common Types of Leadership Styles (With Real-World Examples) | From A Business Professor · YouTube · Business School 101 · 8 min · for registered students
- The Blake & Mouton Leadership Grid · YouTube · Management Courses - Mike Clayton · 8 min · for registered students
- Situational Leadership (How to Pick the Right Management Style for the Right Team and Situation) · YouTube · The Right Questions · 6 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 6.4: Leading, guiding and motivating others · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 197–201 · for registered students
- Organizational Behavior, ch. 12.5: Behavioural approaches to leadership · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 342–344 · for registered students
- Organizational Behavior, ch. 12: Leading People Within Organizations · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 494–544 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
