Model Manager’s Behavior in Decision Making Process in Context of Role of Management Psychology
Journal Title: Journal of Intercultural Management - Year 2012, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Times of postmodernism are a challenge to everyone, including managers. Everymanager should know how to introduce people to values and opinions, be able to developetheir characters and create the coherent and integrated employee’s personality. Goodleadership always requires reference to the objective, to effective solution of plannedtask. The leadership style depends on a cultural variable referred to as a „powerdistance”. In cultures with a low power distance an ideal supervisor for most workersis a loyal democrat. In cultures with a high power distance this is „friendly autocrat”.The elaboration contain the presentation results of research of Polish, Austrian andAmerican managers. The American and Polish respondents managers tend towardsautocratic behaviors, but now political and economical situation in Poland haschanged. The modern managers Carnot effectively per form their managerial functionapplying traditional methods of autocratic leadership.
Authors and Affiliations
Henryk Skłodowski,, Małgorzata Roślak-Olczyk
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