Report on Contemporary Leadership Types in the World and Banvit

This report summarizes various leadership styles prevalent in the contemporary world, comparing them with the leadership approach observed at Banvit, a consumer goods company in Turkey. Based on an interview with a manager, the study finds a preference for participative leadership, although authoritative styles are evident in hierarchical settings, with final decisions often resting on the company head's discretion. The report details different leadership types, including democratic, autocratic, transformational, and transactional, and contrasts them with the transformational style seemingly preferred by the Banvit manager, noting a shift from previously followed autocratic methods to enhance employee motivation and adapt to evolving work environments.

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Abstract
The aim of the report is a summary of the different leadership styles followed across the
world and its alignment with the style followed in Banvit, a consumer goods industry in
Turkey. The contrast between the leadership styles as observed from the interview with the
manager reveal that usually the participative style of leadership is followed here, although
meetings involving greater hierarchy follows the authoritative style and the ultimate fate of
the procedure depends at the discretion of the head of the company. This report gives a
detailed description of the different types of leadership styles usually found, and how it varies
with that followed by the manager of Banvit.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Literature review........................................................................................................................3
Methods......................................................................................................................................4
Findings......................................................................................................................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................5

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Introduction
With the advent of the 21st century, different styles of leadership have been
propounded with respect to various business environments. The three basic styles of
leadership include democratic, participative, and autocratic styles but recently,
transformational and transactional styles have been included 5. This report provides an
overview of the leadership styles usually followed earlier and changes followed by the
manager of a company.
Literature review
Leadership is the kind of process by which an executive is able to guide, direct as well
as influence the behaviour of members and help them in succeeding by accomplishing their
goals in specific situations1.
Authoritarian leadership refers to the autocratic kind of behaviour, which have
absolute authority and control over subordinates. Moreover, it may demand unquestionable
obedience. Authoritarian leaders would issue rules, exercise control through initiation of
power, receiving accolades for compliance. Participative leadership involves identification
of essential goals as well as development of strategies or procedures for those goals. Such
leadership styles are seen usually in volunteer organisations, business environments. The
third style is the democratic approach where team management is given prior importance and
each member has equal contribution to decision-making process.2 There are other seminal
styles like situational, transformational, transactional leadership3. Leadership styles have a
1 Kiazad, Kohyar et al. "In Pursuit Of Power: The Role Of Authoritarian Leadership In The Relationship
Between Supervisors’ Machiavellianism And Subordinates’ Perceptions Of Abusive Supervisory Behavior."
N.p., 2019. Print.
2 "The Impact Of Transformational Leadership Style On Employee Job Performance: The Mediating Effect Of
Training." International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) 5.6 (2016): 499-503. Web.
3 McCleskey, Jim Allen. "Situational, transformational, and transactional leadership and leadership
development." Journal of Business Studies Quarterly 5.4 (2014): 117.
5 Nguyen, Thi Thu, et al. "Effect of transformational-leadership style and management control system on
managerial performance." Journal of Business Research 70 (2017): 202-213.

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distinct effect on the team performance as well as creativity as individual performance of the
task is enhanced by transformational style of leadership4.
Methods
For finding out the contemporary styles of leadership followed in Banvit, an interview
have been taken using a semi-structured interview (SSI). SSI is a method usually designed for
subjective responses from persons during a particular phenomenon or situation 6. It was
preferred in this case for convenience of analysing responses.
Findings
From the interview, it has been observed that the manager of Banvit follows a
transformational form of leadership. The autocratic style of leadership used to be followed
earlier. However, due to changing concepts of the work environment and competition among
the employees, the manager follows the transformational style.
Conclusion
It can be concluded that the manager of Banvit follows the transformational style.
Although, autocratic style of leadership have been the primary style followed earlier,
contemporary styles of leadership have evolved and the manager observes high motivation in
workspace by following the transformational style. Hence, in recent times it has overpowered
the native forms of leaderships usually followed earlier.
4 Boies, Kathleen, John Fiset, and Harjinder Gill. "Communication and trust are key: Unlocking the relationship
between leadership and team performance and creativity." The Leadership Quarterly 26.6 (2015): 1080-1094.
6 McIntosh, Michele J., and Janice M. Morse. "Situating and constructing diversity in semi-structured
interviews." Global qualitative nursing research 2 (2015): 2333393615597674.

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References
"The Impact of Transformational Leadership Style On Employee Job Performance: The
Mediating Effect Of Training." International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR)
5.6 (2016): 499-503. Web.
Boies, Kathleen, John Fiset, and Harjinder Gill. "Communication and trust are key:
Unlocking the relationship between leadership and team performance and
creativity." The Leadership Quarterly 26.6 (2015): 1080-1094.
Kiazad, Kohyar et al. "In Pursuit Of Power: The Role Of Authoritarian Leadership In The
Relationship Between Supervisors’ Machiavellianism And Subordinates’ Perceptions
Of Abusive Supervisory Behavior." N.p., 2019. Print.
McCleskey, Jim Allen. "Situational, transformational, and transactional leadership and
leadership development." Journal of Business Studies Quarterly 5.4 (2014): 117.
McIntosh, Michele J., and Janice M. Morse. "Situating and constructing diversity in semi-
structured interviews." Global qualitative nursing research 2 (2015):
2333393615597674.
Nguyen, Thi Thu, et al. "Effect of transformational-leadership style and management control
system on managerial performance." Journal of Business Research 70 (2017): 202-
213.