30 mins, 2012        [password required] Key Topics Leaders Managers Autocratic Managers Democratic Managers Laissez-Faire Managers Paternalistic Managers Theory X And Y Managers What's the difference between a leader and a manager? What kinds of managers are there? What are the problems of managing in the real world? INTRODUCTION 14 mins Leaders and managers are not the same thing - leaders have extra qualities. Leaders need to be good at motivation and managing style. There are different management styles, too: autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire and paternalistic. But what are "Theory X" and "Theory Y" managers? Are "people-oriented" managers better than "task-oriented" managers? And what about useless managers? CASE STUDY 14 mins Stephen Maynard, boss of manufacturing company Blakeway, has been good at buying up failing companies and turning them round - but what kind of a manager is he? Is he good with people? How does he see himself? How do his colleagues and his employees see him? PLUS: Two case studies of managers in action in very different companies - food company General Mills UK and the Centor insurance company.

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