Avdhesh is the Managing Director of Delta Ltd. The company had established a good name for itself and had been doing well. It was known for the timely completion of orders. The Production Manager, Ms. Priyanka was efficiently handling the processing of orders and had a team of ten motivated employees working under her. Everything was going on well.
Unfortunately, Priyanka met with an accident. Avdhesh knew that in the absence of Priyanka, the company may not be able to meet the deadlines. He also knew that not meeting the deadlines may lead to customer dissatisfaction with the risk of loss of business and goodwill.

So, he had a meeting with his employees in which accurate and speedy processing of orders was planned. Hence, everybody agreed to work as a team because the behaviour of Avdhesh was positive towards the employees of the organisation. Everyone put in extra time and efforts and the targets were met on time. Not only this, Avdhesh visited Priyanka and advised her to take adequate rest.

(i) Identify the leadership style of Avdhesh and draw a diagram depicting the style.

(ii) Also, identify any two values highlighted by the behaviour of Avdhesh.

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(i) Democratic/Participative leadership under this style, leader consults his subordinates in decision-making process and works out policies with the acceptance of the group. He encourages them to give suggestions in setting goals and implementing decisions. It is group centered leadership.

(ii) Two values highlighted by the behaviour of Avdhesh are :

(a) Respect for human resource and people working in the organisation.

(b) Teamwork and unity among workers.

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