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What are the merits and demerits of authoritarian leadership?

      

What are the merits and demerits of authoritarian leadership?

  

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Francis
Advantages
- It can lead to faster decision-making, because only one person’s preferences need to be considered.
- It helps to ensure the safety of both employees and consumers by having workers follow a strict set of instructions
- Reduces pressure off the workers themselves on the decision-making process

Disadvantages
- The followers do not have their own freedom to choose from the available decisions
- It can make people feel insignificant or powerless, and can lead to resentment over time
- Its inflexibility and hard line approach can lower morale, stifle creativity and innovation, and drive employees away
francis1897 answered the question on August 25, 2022 at 09:25


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