The way in which leaders influence their followers is referred to as leadership style.

The leadership style of an individual is determined by the extent of control he exercises over his followers and the way he behaves towards them.

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Autocratic Leadership: Leaders who adopt this style retain all the authority and decision making power. They do not consider employees suggestions, opinions or views.

Communication flows only from the leader to the followers and the amount of information that flows through the channel is controlled by the leader.
The Autocratic Leadership style is useful when employees are new and inexperienced and need to be guided. It is also useful when a decision has made immediately and the time and situation does not permit consultation and discussion.

2. Consultative Leadership: Consultative (or Participative) leaders encourages employees to participate in decision making. The leader listens to subordinates ideas and opinions, but takes the final decision himself. Consultative (or participative) leadership style is useful when subordinates are competent and capable of working independently with little or no supervision by the leader.

3. Laissez Faire or Subordinate-centered Leadership: In this style, the leader completely delegates the responsibilities, and decision making power to the subordinates. The leader simply presents the task to the subordinates. The laissez faire leader shows respect for subordinates and encourages them to express their views and opinions freely. The Laissez Faire style is useful when subordinates need a high degree of independence to perform well and when the leader has complete confidence in the subordinates capabilities.

4. Bureaucratic Leadership: Leaders set certain rigid rules and regulations and procedures. They carry out their tasks in a mechanical way. 5. Manipulative Leadership: In this style of leadership, leaders believe that employees should be manipulated to get them to behave in the way the leader wants them to behave. The leaders identify the needs and desires of employees and use this information against them to achieve their goals. This style of leadership is used to motivate employees to perform on projects of short duration. But it is highly ineffective in creating a long-lasting relationship between subordinates and the leader.

6. Expert Leadership: In this leadership style, a person with a high level of knowledge and abilities leads the group. To maintain his leadership position, the leader should continuously demonstrate his expertise.

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System 1 Management: - This style is called the exploitive-authoritative style. It represents dictatorial leadership behavior. All the decisions are made by the managers, and there is little employee participation. System 2 Management: - This management style is called the benevolentauthoritative style. Though the managers behave in a patronizing manner, they have confidence and trust in their subordinates.

3. System 3 Management: - This style is referred to as the consultative style. Manager in this system do not have complete confidence and trust in their subordinates. Though they seek advice from subordinates, they retain the right to take the final decision.

4. System 4 Management: - This style of management is called the participative leadership style. In this system, managers trust their subordinates completely and have confidence in their abilities. DETERMINANTS OF LEADERSHIP The quality of subordinates/followers The nature of the situation

DETERMINANTS OF LEADERSHIP
The quality of subordinates/followers An effective leader always builds a strong team consisting of people who are independent and self motivated. Lack of initiative on the part of subordinates and overdependence indicates that leader is ineffective. The nature of the situation: Different individuals are effective in different situations. Therefore an individual who has the background and knowledge relevant to a given situation will come forward to lead the group when the situation arises.