1.1 Research theories of management and leadership

Qualification: Level 4 Diploma in Adult Care Optional Units
Unit: Unit 650 Understand professional management and leadership in health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Learning outcome: 1. Understand theories of management and leadership and their application to health and social care or children and young people settings
Assessment criteria: 1.1 Research theories of management and leadership

• This page provides an overview of some of the theories of management and leadership
• It is important to make the distinction between leadership and management:
  • Leadership is being able to influence others and have them ‘buy-in’ to organisational objectives
  • Management is more practical and deals with planning, organisation andcoordination
• Adair’s Action-Centred Leadership
  • Leaders have three tasks:
    1. Achieve the task
    2. Build and maintain the team
    3. Develop the individual
• Bennis’ Types of Leader
  1. Transactional – leader rewards team members in exchange for their service
  2. Transformational – leader focuses on inspiring and motivating team members to improve performance
• Lewin’s Leadership Styles
  • Autocratic (do what I say)
  • Democratic (let’s talk about what we should do)
  • Laissez-faire (you decide what to do)
• Hersey & Blanchard’s Situational Leadership
  • The leadership style that should be used in a particular situation will depend on the competency and confidence of the individual team member.