Question
Avdhesh is the Managing Director of Delta Ltd. The company had established a good name for itself and had been doing well. It was known for timely completion of orders. The Production Manager, Ms Priyanka was efficiently handling the processing of orders and had a term of ten motivated employees working under her. Everything was going on well. Unfortunately, Priyanka met with an accident. Avdhesh knew that in the absence of Priyanka, the company may not be able to meet the deadlines. He also knew that not meeting the deadlines may lead to customer’s dissatisfaction with the risk of loss of business and goodwill. So, he had a meeting with his employees in which accurate and speedy processing of order was planned. Everybody agreed to work as a term because the behaviour of Avdhesh was positive towards the employees of the organisation. Everyone put in extra time and efforts and the targets were met on time. Not only this, Avdhesh visited Priyanka and advised her to take adequate rest.
1) Identify the leadership style of Avdhesh and draw a diagram depicting the style
2) Also, identify any two values highlighted by the behaviour of Avdhesh
Solution
The leadership style followed by Avdesh is Democratic or Participative leadership.
Quote for Democratic leadership: ‘He had a meeting with his employees in which accurate and speedy processing of orders was planned. Everybody agreed to work as the team because the behaviour of Avdesh was positive towards employees of the organisation.
Values highlighted by the behaviour of Avdesh are
- Building team spirit as Avdesh’s behaviour towards the employees was positive
- Care for employees as he visited Priyanka and advised her to take adequate rest
