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PERSONALITY EDUCATION 5
LEADERSHIP AND GROUP PROCESSES


LEADERSHIP STYLES


Submitted by:
Madrid, Mirasol S.
Sarsoza, Aubrey Rose
Sulit, John Patrick

III-9 BS Psychology

Submitted to:
Prof. Merimee U. Tampus
INTRODUCTION
Kurt Lewin sought out to investigate and identify the different leadership styles.
Leadership styles are the leaders style of providing direction, implementing plans and
motivating people. There are many different leadership styles that can be exhibited by
leaders in the political, business or other fields.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE
At the end of the activity and the discussion, the students are expected to be able
to identify their own leadership style.

CREATIVE DRAMA
OBJECTIVES:
The students are expected to:
1. Coordinate with the leader assigned to their group
2. Execute a drama related to the topic assigned
3. Identify the main topic from the activity (Leadership Styles)

MATERIALS:
The students will be given strips of paper where the different scenarios are
written. These are:
A business major is leading a team of research scientist working on new ways to
use plastic. Although the team discusses the merits of each ideal and project,
she retains the final decision making authority.
A construction crew has worked together for the last four years with very little
change-over in personnel. They always vote whenever a decision has to be
made on how to proceed with the project.
A manager is working on the budget. He is told to get a hot project running
immediately. He calls his staff together and explains the project. He then tells
them to get it up and going while he completes the budget.

TIME ALLOTMENT
Each group will be given 5 minutes to prepare for their presentation and 3
minutes for the presentation proper

PROCEDURE
1. The teacher/facilitator will be dividing the class into three groups. The teacher will be
the one to choose who will be the leader of each group
2. Each group will be given a strip of paper in which a scenario was written. These
written scenarios are the stories that they will be using to create a creative drama
3. The preparation for their creative drama should only take a maximum of 5 minutes
and 3 minutes for the presentation

ANALYSIS:
Processing Questions:
1. What are the personalities of the leader in the scenario assigned to your group?
2. What have you observed from the group members of each of the group?
3. Did you like how the leader of the scenario managed the group task?
4. When you are assigned as the leader of your group, how do you lead your group
mates?
5. If your group mates are not cooperating, how do you handle it?

LECTURETTE:
The activity that will be given to the class is closely related to the
topic that we will be discussing. In the first scenario, the group will be acting
out an autocratic leader. Second, the group will be showcasing a
democratic leader. Lastly, the third group will be presenting a delegative
(laissez-faire) leader.

ABSTRACTION
Leadership
Leadership is the ability of a superior to influence the behavior of subordinates and
persuade them to follow a particular course of action (Chester Barnard, 1938). Also,
leadership is a major way in which people change the minds of others and move
organizations forward to accomplish identified goals.
Nature of Leadership
Effective leadership is a key factor in the life and success of an organization
Leadership transforms potential into reality
Leadership is the ultimate act which brings to success all of the potent potential that
is in an organization and its people
Leaders propose new paradigms when old ones lose their effectiveness
Participative Leadership
A Participative Leader, rather than taking autocratic decisions, seeks to involve other
people in the process, possibly including subordinates, peers, superiors, and other
stakeholders.
This approach, is also known as consultation, empowerment, joint decision-making,
democratic leadership, Management By Objective (MBO) and power sharing.
Participative Leadership can be a sham when managers ask for opinions and then
ignore them. This is likely to lead to cynicism and feelings of betrayal.

Lewins Three Participatory Leadership Styles (1939)
Autocratic
In the autocratic style, the leader makes the decisions without consulting with others. In
Lewins experiments, he found that this caused the greatest discontent.
An autocratic style works best when:
There is no need for input on the decision
Where the decision would not change as a result of input
Where the motivation of people to carry out subsequent actions would not be
affected whether they were or were not involved in the decision-making

Democratic
In the democratic style, the leader involves the people in the decision-making, although
the process for the final decision may vary from the leader having the final say to them
facilitating consensus in the group
Democratic decision-making is usually appreciated by the people, especially if they
have been used to autocratic decisions with which they disagreed
Democratic style can be problematic when there are a wide range of opinions and there
is no clear way of reaching an equitable final decision

Laissez-Faire
The laissez-faire style minimizes the leaders involvement in decision-making
Laissez-faire works best when:
People are capable and motivated in making their own decisions, and
Where there is no requirement for a central coordination

Lewin discovered that:
The most effective style was democratic
Excessive autocratic styles led to revolution
Laissez-fair resulted in less coherent work patterns and exertion of less energy

(Reference: Leadership Theories and Styles, IAAP 2009 Administrative Professionals
Week Event, April 28, 2009)


APPLICATION

What is your leadership style? Tell us by including coffee, buttons and
leaves on your work!









A genuine leader is not a
searcher of consensus but a
molder of consensus
Martin Luther King Jr.