Management & Leadership at Coca cola company

9.2 Autocratic

The authoritarian leadership style or autocratic leader keeps strict, close control over the followers by keeping close regulation of the policies and procedures given to the followers. To keep main emphasis on the distinction of the authoritarian leader and their followers, these types of the leaders make sure to only create a distinct professional relationship.

Where the leader makes all the decisions, there is no negotiation and is very prescriptive and there is little job satisfaction. However, the job gets done quickly and there is less conflict between different ideas. This style is hardly used among the company as they believe that the lack of input could lead to poor results. Autocratic does save a lot of time as quick decisions can be made and there is no time wasted on discussion resulting in the business saving time and money.

On the factory floor at Coca-Cola, there is an autocratic system of management where the employees are controlled by the managers and follow their procedures.