Composition II
Interview Summary
Types of Bosses/Supervisors
For the various organizational goals and objectives to be accomplished, resources (including human resources) must be organized and activities directed in an optimal manner. Those who engage in the said organization of resources as well as direction of various organizational activities are commonly referred to as bosses, supervisors, or simply leaders. It would be prudent to note that not all bosses embrace the same approach to management and/or leadership. We could, thus, classify bosses based on the leadership styles and approaches they deploy. Towards this end, the following types of bosses/supervisors exist: authoritarian or autocratic bosses, transformational bosses, and laissez-faire bosses.
To begin with, authoritarian bosses are those who subscribe to the authoritarian approach to leadership and management. According to Schedlitzki and Edwards, authoritarian leaders prefer to make all the decisions by themselves and rarely invite employees to participate in decision making (330). As the authors further point out, these kinds of bosses seek to centralize decision-making power and rarely consult subordinates (Schedlitzki and Edwards 330). Although authoritarian bosses could be quite effective in situations that require or call for prompt decision-making, their approach to leadership and management could hurt the morale of employees or staff. Further,...
…greater say in the methods and approaches used to accomplish certain tasks and activities. According to Bojeun, laissez-faire bosses often have the capability to foster a creative and progressive work environment. However, this leadership approach could result in confusion over who is actually in control (Bojeun 107).In the final analysis, it should be noted that each approach to leadership tends to have its own pros (and sometimes downsides). In my case, however, I would love to work under a transformational boss. This is more so the case given that the encouragement and support offered by such a leader would come in…
Works Cited
Bojeun, Mark. Program Management Leadership: Creating Successful Team Dynamics. CRC Press, 2013.
Schedlitzki, Doris and Gareth Edwards. Studying Leadership: Traditional and Critical Approaches. SAGE, 2014.
Stacey, Ralph. Tools and Techniques of Leadership and Management: Meeting the Challenge of Complexity. Routledge, 2012.
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