AUTORACTIC VS DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP

 Democratic leadership, also known as participative

leadership or shared leadership, is a type of 
leadership style in which members of the group take a
more participative role in the decision-making process.
DEMOCRATIC  Known as an most effective type of leadership
LEADERSHIP  The leader act as an guide and mentor for employees in
achieving their goals but leader makes final decision
after everyone’s input
Benefits
1. More ideas and creative solutions
2. Group member commitment
3. High productivity

Drawbacks
4. Communication failures
5. Poor decision-making by unskilled
groups
6. Minority or individual opinions
overridden
 The leader holds much of power and
decision making authority with
himself

Autocratic Decision making process is

leadership centralized

Autocratic leadership is fast as one

person leads the group
 Little or no input from members

Leaders make the decision

Characterstics of
autocratic Group members are rarely trusted

leadership
Doesn’t not trust employees

Employees becomes stressfull resentful fearful

 Advantages
 Everyone participates
 Better Informed
 Creative decision making
 Increases positivity and transparency
 Makes it easier to distinguish future leader
Disadvantages
 Time consuming
 Confusion of responsibilities
 Less effective with unskilled workers
 Not all informed will be shared with
everyone at times
Disadvantages advantages
Democratic autocratic

 The leader can threaten the stability of

 Decision is faster in autocratc leadership
organization  When conditions are dangerous , rigid
 They decide which group member should rules can bring stability
contribute  It is commonly used in situation where
control is necessary
 BASIS FOR
AUTOCRATIC LEADERSHIP DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP
COMPARISON

Authority Centralized Decentralized

Behavior orientation Task Oriented Relation Oriented

Conceived from Theory X Theory Y

Control High level of control Low level of control

Autonomy Less High

DIFFRENCE
Suitability Appropriate when the subordinates Appropriate when team members
unskilled, uneducated and are experienced, qualified and
obedient. professional.
 Conclusion
 When it comes to effectiveness, democratic leadership is a step
ahead than autocratic leadership.
 One can make a choice between the two leadership styles,
considering the immediate goal and subordinates. When the
immediate goal of the concern is increase in output and
subordinate’s need for independence is low, autocratic leadership
style proves better. However, the immediate goal tends to be job
satisfaction as well as the subordinates require the greater degree of
independence, democratic leadership style is best.