When Is Autocratic Management Style Good for Your Business

What is autocratic management style? Autocratic management system is that which assumes a hard-lined, authoritarian, centrally instituted form of people's management skills. All the management functions are initiated from one central point, which is the management. The top management is manifested with too much authority. Even the other down-line managers are not empowered to effectively and efficiently test their attributes. 

There is a lot of control and confinement of power to one individual or the management. Other people's input in terms of ideas, opinions, views, and strategies is not welcomed. There is disconnection between the workers and the management. The most affected are the subordinates who do not have any say in the management initiatives of the organization. 

The associate workers are compelled, enforced and inflicted to deliver to expectations even when the work environment is not conducive and the targets set are unrealistic, unattainable and not measurable.  Employees feel enslaved to their duties. There is frustration, intimidation, and fear created in the efforts of influencing the workers to accomplish set goals. Nonetheless, this kind of management style has its own benefits.

One of the key advantages of autocratic form of people's management is that set goals can be achieved even in situations where they have previously failed due to lenient and non compelling efforts of the management. Although the results are attained, this is usually out of fear. In fact, this form of management forced the workers to deliver to expectations without failure as there is fear of victimization. 

But the main question is that; should employees be forced to execute their duties? Another importance of authoritative form of management is that decisions are made and implemented without interference from other employees. There is no objection as to why such decisions are being implemented without the consent and involvement of the employees. 

It must be said that, this system of management views employees as just mere tools of production and they are not valued and respected. The management is not presented with a lot of problems as the workers fear that when they present their complaints they will be victimized. Workers shy off from airing out their views from the repercussions that may befall them. 

However, this is extremely dangerous since when workers fail to express their frustrations, they develop ill emotions that may accumulate to reach a threshold level. When this point is reached, the results are unimpressive as they can confront the management showing anger and violent actions. In authoritarian system, the manager controls every management aspect and there are no overlaps in duty performance. 

There is also a no nonsense approach which instills discipline among the workers. It must be appreciated that employees can be difficult to handle especially when it comes to adhering to rules and regulations or accomplishing set targets. When workers have intentionally failed to play their part, they can be influenced by putting in forceful actions to manipulate them perform to expectations. 

Employees do not have to over think and indulge in aspects such as problem solving and decision making. This makes their role in the workplace simple and easy to handle. However, it must be said that this is not the best approach in career development as the workers lack the experience, knowledge, and skills to solve core problems in the workplace. They are unable to test their abilities. 

This negatively implicates on their performance. The management is also confronted with a lot of problems to solve and decisions to make which would otherwise be accomplished by the subordinates. In a nutshell, there is lack of self initiation and responsibility within the workforce when authoritative management style is used inappropriately.