Styles of Leadership and Governments

Leadership StylesAnd

Government Structures

Leadership StylesAround the World

There are four maintypes of leadership

Laissez-Fair leadership-believes that the government should intervene as little as possible in the lives of it’s citizens

-also known as “hands-off” leadership

-generally, there is no governmental structure in place

-there are no laws, and everyone makes their own rules and decisions

Laissez-Fair leaders•Steve Jobs,

CEO of Apple•Queen Victoria of

England

Theocratic leadership-state is ruled by officials who are thought to be guided by a divine being

-it literally means the Rule of God

-at one time, church and religion played a very large role in the running of most countries

Theocratic – Vatican City

Autocratic leadership-one leader has uncontrolled or unlimited authority or power over others

-also known as a dictatorship

-one person who makes the decisions for the entire country

-leaders are often forceful, and may use threats of violence to enforce their will

Autocratic leaders•Hu Jintao,

president of China•Fidel Castro,

former leader of Cuba

Democratic leadership-supreme power is given to the people and exercised by them through voting

-citizens elect leaders and decision makers through majority voting

-the opinions and views of the public are encouraged and valued

-leaders must please the citizens of the country, so that they can be re-elected

Democratic leadersPaul Martin

former Prime Minister of Canada

Barack Obamapresident of the United States of America

Types of Government

Monarchy-one of the oldest forms of government

-claim to rule by “divine right”, in some cases they are thought of (or think of themselves as) human gods

-titles are passed down through generations

-monarchs rule with total power, and have the right to create or enforce any law they desire; they also rule the military, politics and the economy

Constitutional Monarchy-acknowledge a monarch as head of state, but monarch has no power

-most CM’s have a democratic parliament, where a Prime Minister is voted into power by election

-the true power resides with the citizens

Oligarchy-a small group of people have all of the power-some examples of an oligarchy are:

• Theocracy, rule by religious officials• Plutocracy, rule by the wealthy• Timocracy, rule by the most intelligent

-most often, oligarchies try to balance the interest of all people

Communism-most property is publicly owned and each citizen works for the benefit of the country

-the idea is a classless society where all people are equal and no one person is wealthier or above another

-no matter the job, everyone is paid the same

-in order for communism to work, citizens must make personal sacrifices for the betterment ofthe entire society

Fascism-led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism

-controlling everything and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism (love of the country)

-an extremely authoritarian style of government

-often rely on propaganda and violent enforcement of political messages

Democracy-government that is controlled by the entire population through elected officials

-the elected officials have the responsibility to respect the needs of people

-the citizens have the responsibility to abide by the laws of the state and government