The role of leader and management patterns

The revue of theoretical consideration on the role of a leader and manager shows that rich literature on that subject contains many disorderly and often contradictory ideas. In these circumstances a new approach can obtain both theoretical and utility value for social studies. The analysis of management patterns presents that leadership-orientated patterns are getting more popular in Poland, while the value of team-orientated management patterns is decreasing. The following management patterns are distinguished in this article: ownership, paternalistic, charismatic, power-orientated, administrative, club and passive.Zadanie pt. „Digitalizacja i udostępnienie w Cyfrowym Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego kolekcji czasopism naukowych wydawanych przez Uniwersytet Łódzki” nr 885/P-DUN/2014 dofinansowane zostało ze środków MNiSW w ramach działalności upowszechniającej naukę