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    1. The document discusses authoritarian and democratic leadership styles. Authoritarian leadership is characterized by a single leader making all decisions without input from subordinates. 2. Tuckman's theory proposes that groups go through 5 stages of development: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Authoritarian leadership may be more suitable for situations requiring fast decision making like the military, while democratic leadership is better for situations like politics that require more consultation. 3. The document analyzes the application of authoritarian leadership and Tuckman's group development theory in different contexts like families, the military, and law and order situations. It concludes that while authoritarian leadership has benefits, it also has drawbacks and needs

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    1. The document discusses authoritarian and democratic leadership styles. Authoritarian leadership is characterized by a single leader making all decisions without input from subordinates. 2. Tuckman's theory proposes that groups go through 5 stages of development: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Authoritarian leadership may be more suitable for situations requiring fast decision making like the military, while democratic leadership is better for situations like politics that require more consultation. 3. The document analyzes the application of authoritarian leadership and Tuckman's group development theory in different contexts like families, the military, and law and order situations. It concludes that while authoritarian leadership has benefits, it also has drawbacks and needs

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    1. The document discusses authoritarian and democratic leadership styles. Authoritarian leadership is characterized by a single leader making all decisions without input from subordinates. 2. Tuckman's theory proposes that groups go through 5 stages of development: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Authoritarian leadership may be more suitable for situations requiring fast decision making like the military, while democratic leadership is better for situations like politics that require more consultation. 3. The document analyzes the application of authoritarian leadership and Tuckman's group development theory in different contexts like families, the military, and law and order situations. It concludes that while authoritarian leadership has benefits, it also has drawbacks and needs

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    1. The document discusses authoritarian and democratic leadership styles. Authoritarian leadership is characterized by a single leader making all decisions without input from subordinates. 2. Tuckman's theory proposes that groups go through 5 stages of development: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Authoritarian leadership may be more suitable for situations requiring fast decision making like the military, while democratic leadership is better for situations like politics that require more consultation. 3. The document analyzes the application of authoritarian leadership and Tuckman's group development theory in different contexts like families, the military, and law and order situations. It concludes that while authoritarian leadership has benefits, it also has drawbacks and needs

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    1.

    Leadership Theory

    Authoritarian leadership style

    a). Definition

    It is also known Autocratic leadership style (Bonebright, 2010). It is attributed by an overall

    individual in control over the verdicts with a high negligence of the subordinate contribution.

    The overall leader makes the decision based on the intuitions; hinged on the personal thinking

    and opinions. Notably, the leader is the absolute verdict maker (Kiazad et al., 2010; Tuckman

    and Jensen, 2010).

    b). Explanation

    Autocratic leadership is characterised with neglecting of the members input; the leaders are

    the only with mandate to make the decision; methods and process are dictated by the leader

    and the members are rarely entrusted with the task management (Bonebright, 2010).

    2. Tuckman’s Theory

    a). Definition

    Tuckman came up with 5 stages that can be used in the exploration of group

    development. The theory is applicable in the validation of the leadership acceptance and

    refusal (Bhatti et al., 2012).

    b). Explanation

    Tuckman and Jensen, (2010), stated that the stages are:

    Formation.

    At this level the individualistic relation is characterised as by dependency. The

    subordinate depends on the innocuous acts and sequential behaviour of the leader; rely on

    him for guidance and directions to follow.

    Storming

    The level is attributed by the opposition and wrangles accruing in the personal
    relationship within the leadership circle.

    Norming

    This level immense cohesion occurs among the interpersonal relations. Acknowledgment

    among the members is vivid.

    Performing

    This level is not attainable to all groups. If to attain this level all the members must

    emulate a true independence; exponential of their capacity, range and deeper in relating.

    Adjourning

    This level involves execution of tasks.

    3. Application

    On a family setting, autocratic leadership is involved with allot of problematic situations;

    seldom many families brake up than they reach the fourth stage of Tuckman theory

    (Bonebright, 2010).

    In an armed force situation, autocratic leadership is more suitable as in such it

    necessitated for a fast decision making, usually the setting the leadership attains the final

    stage (Bhatti et al., 2012).

    In political system, calls for a lot of consultation for decision making. Actually such

    system needs democratic system. If autocratic applied there is allot of coercion, thus even

    the second stage is hectic (Kiazad et al., 2010).

    In a legal and police occurrence, the system is more applicable as these situations call for

    enforcement of the law; often the decision is well validated through the five stages

    (Miller, 2003).

    4. Conclusion

    Authoritative style of leadership has a lot of benefits as the applicability of the theory
    is high. With reference Tuckman theory the style of leaderships is has a few contains

    that require keen when applying the style.

    5. Reference

    Bonebright, D.A., 2010. 40 years of storming: a historical review of Tuckman's model

    of small group development. Human Resource Development International, 13(1),

    pp.111-120.

    Bhatti, N., Maitlo, G.M., Shaikh, N., Hashmi, M.A. and Shaikh, F.M., 2012. The

    impact of autocratic and democratic leadership style on job satisfaction. International

    Business Research, 5(2), p.192.

    Kiazad, K., Restubog, S.L.D., Zagenczyk, T.J., Kiewitz, C. and Tang, R.L., 2010. In

    pursuit of power: The role of authoritarian leadership in the relationship between

    supervisors’ Machiavellianism and subordinates’ perceptions of abusive supervisory

    behavior. Journal of Research in Personality, 44(4), pp.512-519.

    Miller, D.L., 2003. The stages of group development: A retrospective study of

    dynamic team processes. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences/Revue

    Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, 20(2), pp.121-134.

    Tuckman, B.W. and Jensen, M.A.C., 2010. Stages of small-group development

    Revisited1. Group Facilitation, (10), p.43.

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