MM 33 Traditional Leadership

The three or four leadership styles proposed by Max Weber are now considered traditional or traditional leadership styles. This is because they are rarely used anymore, as they are almost all leader-centered. Today, cooperative models are commonplace. Nevertheless, two examples are provided first:

Patriarchal leadership:
Management assumes the role of a benevolent yet demanding father figure. Despite absolute obedience, the leader, as the head of the team, is always available to answer employees' questions and requests. This unequal relationship is legitimized by experience, knowledge, or age. This leaves no room for joint decision-making or objections from employees.

Charismatic leadership:
Charismatic leadership is sustained by employees' belief in the uniqueness of management. It is characterized by a leader who presents himself as self-confident, articulate, powerful, successful, and competent. Often, the focus is on a vision that can only be realized with the help of employees. They submit to the leadership's decision-making power and willingly submit to it solely out of faith in it.

In the context of:

Q: Q01, Q07