Business in Action 8th Edition by Courtland Bovee,John Thill

Exercise 8

Concept Integration. Chapter 7 discussed several styles of leadership: autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire. Using your knowledge about the differences in these leadership styles, which style would you expect to find under the following organization structures: (a) tall organization with departmentalization by function, (b) tall organization with departmentalization by matrix, (c) flat organization, and (d) self-directed teams?