Task-Oriented Leader
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A task-oriented leader focuses on completing tasks and achieving goals. They define work and roles, plan and organize tasks, and monitor progress. Key strengths are meeting deadlines and ensuring work gets done efficiently. However, criticisms include neglecting employee welfare and happiness, which can demotivate staff and limit creativity. While necessary for completing work, task-oriented leadership alone is not ideal if it does not also attend to individual and team needs.
Task-Oriented Leader
- 1. Task- Oriented Leader Prepared by: Lea Jean S. Sumayan
- 2. A task-oriented leader focuses on the tasks that need to be performed in order to meet certain goals or to achieve a certain performance standard.
- 3. Qualities of a task-oriented leader Task-oriented leaders focus on getting the necessary task in hand in order to achive goals. These leaders are typically less concerned with the idea of catering to employees and more concerned of meeting specific goals. They often actively define the work and the roles required, put structures in place, and plan, organize, and monitor progress within the team.
- 4. Task-oriented leaders will search out the best methods and resources to get the work done, make decisions relating to organizing and assigning work as an invidual, and continuously monitor the performance of those with whom the manager assigns the work to.
- 5. Key strengths of task-oriented leadership It ensures that deadlines are met and jobs are completed. It is useful for team members who don`t manage their time well. This leadership exemplify a strong understanding of how to get the job done. It focuses on the necessary workplace procedures and delegating work accordingly to ensure that everything gets done in a timely and productive manner.
- 6. Key strengths of task-oriented leadership Task-oriented leadership have a sound understanding of the resources required to complete a task and can be highly efficient in their planning and delivery. This can result in improved productivity as well as efficiency savings within the organisation.
- 7. Key criticisms of task-oriented leadership It ruins the risk of overlooking the welfare and happiness of the staff. Being totally focused on the task can result in the leader ignoring key issues which may arise within the team. Pushing the staff to complete the task without paying attention to their personal needs can result in a team which feels undervalued and unappreciated.
- 8. Key criticisms of task-oriented leadership Task-oriented leadership does not allow staff to be innovative, creative or spontaneous in their work. Staff working under this style of leadership can often lack enthusiasm, inspiration and willingness to go above and beyond.
- 9. Key criticisms of task-oriented leadership With few opportunities to explore new ideas staff will often find themselves limited in their ability to develop into more complex job roles. Progression and training is more formal in this environment which limits staff development opportunities.
- 10. Within all industries there is a need for task-oriented leadership – if it didnt exist, very few tasks would get completed. However, if all you do as a leader is push the team to complete tasks, neglecting the needs of the individuals and teams completing the work, you run the risk of staff welfare issues developing your workforce becomes ever more demotivated and uninspired.
- 11. Thank you for listening!