Course Content and Structure

Taster Lesson Objectives

Understand what managers do Understand
management and
leadership

Understand types of leadership Keywords

Leadership
styles Management
Blake Mouton grid
Tannenbaum-Schmidt continuum
Autocratic
Democratic
Laissez-Faire
To be able to evaluate effectiveness
of leadership styles
Unit 2
 Is there a difference between
leaders and managers?

Leaders
•Inspire
•Take risks
VS Managers
•Implement others
ideas
•Set strategy •Use authority
•Are followed •Manage risks
•Have subordinates
 Managers

Senior
Board of directors. Led by the CEO and are responsible to the shareholders
Management

Middle Middle
The run departments and manage junior management. They are accountable to senior management
management Management

Junior Junior Junior

They are accountable to middle management and will ensure workers take care of day to day tasks
Management Management Management
Business objectives

1 - Planning Directing

Manager

Organising Controlling

Business objectives
Leadership
Blake Mouton Grid
Tannenbaum-Schmidt Continuum
 Styles of leadership

Autocratic Paternalistic Democratic Laissez-faire

 What is effective leadership?

How might we judge leaders?

What criteria can we use to assess how

well they have done?
 Your Task
https://thebluecube.com/7-business-leaders-who-changed-
the-world
/

Read the article above and answer the following question.

To what extent does the success of a business depend on

the leader?

Justify your answer with reference to business leaders in

the article.