Academic Skills Report: Autocratic Leadership in Amazon

This report delves into the autocratic leadership style, using Amazon as a case study to illustrate its application. The report begins by defining autocratic leadership and its characteristics, contrasting it with other leadership styles. It then explores how Amazon implements this style, particularly in its departmental structure and decision-making processes. The analysis draws on insights from various authors, journals, and online resources to present a comprehensive overview of the advantages and disadvantages of autocratic leadership within the context of Amazon. The report highlights the style's efficiency in rapid decision-making and achieving business objectives, while also acknowledging potential drawbacks such as demotivation among employees. Finally, it concludes with an evaluation of the autocratic style's effectiveness and suggests strategies for Amazon to overcome challenges and sustain employee engagement.

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Contents
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
The report is based on the autocratic style and management style of Amazon as this
means that organisation adopt this style so that they can instruct their employees in an effective
way (Ayodele, Oladokun and Kajimo-Shakantu, 2020). The main purpose of this report is that
the to understand about the style of leadership and how selected organisation implement this
leadership and management style in organisation. The report includes different authors who tell
about the leadership and management style. As the resources is collected from online as well as
journals and books. It will help organisation to adopt the strategies in an effective manner so that
they can accomplish the business objectives.
MAIN BODY
According to the viewpoint of (Cherry, 2020), Autocratic leadership, also defined as
authoritarian leadership, is characterised by moral obligation of all activities and little
participation from employees of the group. Autocratic leaders usually follow suggestions from
subordinates and make decisions based according to their own thoughts and opinions. Absolute,
centralised power over a collective is the symbol of autocratic leadership. As to when the
authoritarian style seems to be most effective based on a range of considerations, including the
circumstance, the job the team worked on, and the teamwork' personalities. If you often use this
management style with a group, understanding your style and the circumstances in which it is
most successful can be beneficial. With the reference to selected organisation which is amazon
they follow the autocratic leadership style as they have different department. The higher
authority takes the decision and communicate to all the departmental manager (Ayuningtias and
Yana, 2019). So that they can manage the activities of employees as this help Amazon to
perform the functions of an organisation in an effective manner. With the help of this they can
achieve the business objectives as this help selected organisation to complete their target.
According to the viewpoint of (Carter, 2020), as he has discussed that there are various
characteristics of autocratic leadership which include Enables individuals in the community to
have next to no information. Leaders are expected to make much of the judgments so that they
can take effective decision according to performance of business. The important characteristics
of autocratic leadership is that it helps management to impose their own job practises and

procedures. So, that it makes the community feel as if they aren't associated with key decisions
or duties. It has a tendency to build conditions that are extremely structured and static. This
means that they have to develop strategies so that they can communicate the decision to
employees in proper way. It Encourages ingenuity out and creativity also prevents innovation.
With the reference to Amazon, they leader of this organisation as this is the cases where a
company is constantly changing or facing a crisis, autocratic leadership can be beneficial.
Because of its streamlined organisational structure and ability to make fast decisions, it would be
able to respond to situations more quickly than other leadership types.
According to the viewpoint of (Smithy, 2019), An authoritarian leader exerts strict
regulation over his or her workers and increases motivation by enforcing stringent policies,
legislation, and punishments. Employees are not allowed to challenge the path they have been
given because his term is final. It works best in circumstances where precision is needed and
there is little space for error, like as the military. The author claim that while this management
style approaches that of a tyrant, it can be harmful rather than beneficial in the final analysis. Job
satisfaction suffers as a result, which can lead to turnover in many instances. There are, indeed,
certain strengths of autocratic rule. It enables rapid decision-making, influence over a firm's
programs and operations, and so on. In relation to the respective organisation which is Amazon,
that when managers are developing or managing workers who lack knowledge and experience,
authoritarian leadership is especially useful. Management style types, such as authentic
leadership, are more effective in organisations with more accomplished members. In this way the
selected organisation also develops the skills of workers so that they can maintain the
relationship between them. So, that they can put their efforts in order to achieve business
objectives.
According the viewpoint of (Lee, 2021), the advantage of this type of leadership and
management style is that decisions and input from top leadership will take quite some time to
reach workers in organisations with many layers of leadership. Since autocratic leadership is
delegated to a single individual, arrangements are in place quickly. When there is a simple
financial issue or a high proportion of advertised vacancies, an authoritarian style will quickly
put their skills to bear. There are several drawbacks, such as autocratic leaders still claiming
responsibility for how work is performed, and workers are unable to take control or transparency

for their work. The work climate is solely determined by an autocratic leader's value system.
People strive to be in trusting relationships, whether they are personal or professional. Autocratic
leadership models do not prioritise trust, and experiences do not result in long-term relationships.
From the above analysis, it is evaluated that it is autocratic leadership is a form of
leadership in which the leader has complete decision-making authority and seldom consults
others. Autocratic leadership is associated with low employee involvement and, in some cases, a
hostile workplace culture. In relation to Amazon, the power, transparency, and sound judgment
are critical, autocratic leadership can be a good choice. Autocratic leadership has a number of
drawbacks and is controversial among employees (Hajovsky and et. al., 2019). The advantages
include such as that it is most applicable to the organisation where there is small group in
organisation. The another advantages are that it takes less time in taking important decision.
Amazon higher authority take decision so that it become clarify to all employees that which roles
and responsibility has to be performed by them. With the help of this management and leadership
style it enhance the productivity and performance of employees in selected organisation. There
are some challenges that occur in Amazon in selected organisation is that employees get
demotivated as they think that they are not the important part of organisation. In this way it
hinders the performance of organisation. So, to overcome the challenges Amazon have to adopt
some strategies in order to achieve goal and sustain employees in long time period.
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion, it is analysed that autocratic style is the style of leadership
where there is a manager who take decision. As they do not involve and engage staff members to
participate in decision making process. the staff members have to only follow the orders, rules
and regulation which is decided by manager of organisation. In other words, it can be said that
they assign the roles and responsibilities to employees according to their knowledge and they
have to perform that activities which is delegated by higher authority. There are various
advantages and disadvantages which help organisation to achieve the business objectives
effectively and efficiently.

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Book and Journals
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Hajovsky and et. al., 2019. Gender matters in neuropsychological assessment of child and
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