bureaucratic (adjective, bu-reau-crat-ic, \ ˌbjʊrəˈkrætɪk◂ \) leadership (noun, lead-er-ship, \ ˈliːdərʃɪp \)
Definition: is a leadership style that prioritizes procedures, historical methods, and policies regardless of whether they are effective in changing the internal environment of a company. Managers and directors that use this leadership style strive to solve problems and conflict situations by implementing additional control mechanisms, and they gather their power by supervising the overall flow of information within a company. A bureaucratic leadership approach is efficient in highly-regulated business industries that don’t demand a lot of creativity from employees.
In a Sentence:
- In a simple cable manufacturing factory such as ours, having bureaucratic leadership makes the most sense, as accountability is vital here, while no creativity is demanded from the employees.
- As Red Keep is following the bureaucratic leadership style, it’s no wonder that everyone in that company reports to the chief director.
- Adding unnecessary regulations and control mechanisms is a typical approach from a manager that believes in the effectiveness of bureaucratic leadership.
Synonyms and related words: bureaucratic organization, bureaucratic control, leadership, leadership system
