Leadership Styles

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Introduction
The performance of the organizations is dependent on the efficiency of the leadership
styles that are followed by the entrepreneurs. The design of the leadership style and the manner
in which they are applied in the organizational context assists a venture in maintaining the
efficiency of the operations in accordance to the demand of the customers. Breevaart et al.
(2014) stated that the decision making prospects, the supportive role and the communication with
the subordinates are the major role of a leader apart from the vision and the conflict management
initiatives that are undertaken by the same. The purpose of undertaking the discussion is to
evaluate the different leadership aspects that are identified through the assessment of the case
study. The different modifications that might be undertaken by the leaders are dependent on the
assessment of the needs of the organization and the workforce. The research will identify the
leadership styles that are portrayed in the vignettes and the manner in which the same might be
infused in the personal contexts.
Leadership style that is relevant to the vignettes provided in the case study and their
application
The leadership style that is being portrayed in vignette 1 is authoritative leadership as the
decision making capabilities of the managers in the Bucharest office is curtailed through the
presence of the high level management officials from Munich. The centralization of the decision
making process has affected the capabilities of the organization in developing decisions in
different contingency situations. The authoritative leadership style affected the work process and
the design of the activities that are undertaken by the same. Yahaya and Ebrahim (2016) stated
that the authoritative leadership style and the centralized decision making process affects the

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operations that are undertaken by the workforce while operating in adherence to the
sustainability needs of a venture. The application of the authoritative leadership style affected
the capabilities of the organization in developing the efficiency of the operations.
On the other hand, the leadership style that is being noticed in vignette 2 is servant
leadership approach, as Michael aimed at supporting the operations of the workforce through the
induction of collaborative approach in the team. Gandolfi and Stone (2017) stated that the
servant leadership style aims at developing the operations of an organization through the
application of collaboration among the management and the workforce with the aim of achieving
the common goal of the venture. The development of the servant leadership style has helped
Michael in developing the efficiency and continuous operations in the absence of a member of
the team. Therefore, the application of the servant leadership style has assisted Michael in
achieving the common goal of the business through maintaining the uninterrupted operations of
the venture. The diverse range of alternative course of actions that are identified by the servant
leader has assisted the same in developing the operations while adhering to the sustenance
related needs of the venture (Yang 2015).
Vignette 3 resembled the application of transformational leadership style in the problem
solving context where the concerned person or leader is moving out to resolve the conflicts
between the production manager and the commercial manager without dispensing or firing them
from the organization. Antonakis and House (2014) stated that transformational leadership style
aims at enhancing the communicability among the people and the organizations with the aim of
mitigating the existing issues in the workplace and thereby develop suitable process design. In
this relation, the transformational leadership style has assisted the leader in developing a positive
and collaborative functioning of the workforce on the different objectives of the same. On the