CAIE IGCSE Business Studies 2.2.3 leadership styles
Practise leadership-style questions by matching the style to employee skills, work type and business size before justifying a choice.
- Syllabus
- 2027–2029
- Course
- Business 0264
Exam points
- State factors that affect leadership style, such as manager skills or employee experience.
- Compare autocratic, democratic and laissez-faire styles for the case situation.
- Justify the most suitable leadership style after weighing employee and business needs.
2.2.3—Leadership styles question 1
[Maximum number: 2]
RBG is an oil company. It has operations in 6 countries. RBG has 2000 employees including 60 managers. Some of its managers use a laissez-faire leadership style. All of RBG's internal communication uses information technology (IT) based methods. The Managing Director knows RBG's business activities can create external costs and external benefits. She says: 'Pressure groups often try to influence business decisions.'
Define 'laissez-faire leadership style'.
Award 2 marks for a full definition. Award 1 mark for a partial definition.
Makes the broad objectives of the business known to employees, but then they are left to make their own decisions and organise their own work [2]
OR
A style of leadership that supports employees in achieving targets at the same time as allowing them the freedom to decide how to meet the targets [2]
Partial definition e.g. managers do not tell workers what to do/how to organise work [1]
For both marks need the idea that it links to decision making
- and it is the employees/workers who make them.
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