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A Study of Management by Exception: Active, Passive & Laissez-faire Leadership Style of Leaders in B School.

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With advancement in technology, firms are striving not just with different leadership styles to improve their employee's efficiency but also trying out new ways to motivate their staff and develop highly talented personnel's & retain them as well. The aim of this study is to analyse the degree of variance in between different leadership styles of B School Leaders of M.P.
A Study of Management by Exception: Active, Passive &
Laissez-faire Leadership Style of Leaders in B School.
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With advancement in technology, firms are striving not just with different leadership styles to improve their
employee's efficiency but also trying out new ways to motivate their staff and develop highly talented
personnel's & retain them as well. The aim of this study is to analyse the degree of variance in between
different leadership styles of B School Leaders of M.P. Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire is used to
collect data from Teaching Staff (Faculties) of B Schools of M.P. ANOVA is used as a tool to test hypothesis.
The study authenticate significant difference among means of different Leadership styles namely;
Management by Exception Active, Management by Exception Passive and Laissez Faire Leadership Style
with value F(2,300) = 39.260,p=.000.The result complies with the study conducted by Bass, B. M. ,2000 that
states “some components of transactional leadership style can foster organisation learning but improving
leadership performance depends on frequency of increase in transformational leadership behaviour.
Organizations that are easy, able and willing to change are more transformational than transactional in terms
of the new paradigm of leadership”. Though there is not much empirical research done on these components
of leadership styles in education sector, so the current study is an attempt to explore different leadership styles
that should be prevalent in institutions and its impact on workforce. The research endeavour led to conclusion
that a leader must be aware of impact of his leadership style on goal achievement and must possesses
necessary skills to follow smooth transition between different leadership styles as and when needed.
Keywords: Leader, Management by Exception Active, Management by Exception Passive, Laissez-faire
Leadership Style, B School
Conceptual Framework:
Years of research has proved that two most important aspects of leadership are Charismatic &
transformational trait of leader that affects an individual performance and also the performance of
organisation as a whole. A Leader is said to be effective only when he has the ability to motivate followers to
achieve mutual goals.
Leader & Leadership
A Leader can be simply defined as a personality who has followers or a person who is an inspiration for many
or a being with vision and clarity to achieve his vision and goals .A leader believes in moving groups rather
than walking alone and Leadership can be said as a rapport between Leader & Follower, that drives both
towards desired goal accomplishment (Bennis & Nanus 1985; Burns 1978)
Ms. Kiran Gehani Hasija
Asst. Professor, IPS Academy, IBMR Indore, India
Email-kirangehani2@gmail.com
Dr. Anukool M. Hyde
Professor, PIMR, Indore, India
Dr. Vivek S. Kushwaha
Director, IPS Academy, IBMR, Indore, India
E-mail : director.ibmr@gmail.com
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To clearly put leader and leadership into words is a difficult task as the studies conducted in past does not
conclude on any single definition of these terminologies (Bass and Avolio 1997). A Leader is known for his
leadership style via ways he present himself in front of his followers. His behaviour can affect the learning
process of employees positively or negatively. Some studies conducted in past confirms these assumptions to
be true.
There exist various kinds of leadership styles like: Autocratic Leadership, Democratic Leadership,
Charismatic Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Transactional Leadership and Laissez Faire
Leadership Style. As stated by Sadler, 2001 a Transformational leader indulges in Learning all through Life
as they learn from individual mistakes, group mistakes and try understanding the opportunity better. On a
contrary, transactional leaders confine their leader-follower relationship to effortless exchange of task and
talks relevant for a job at satisfactory price.
Transactional Leadership
Bass (1985) measure it to be a top-down management approach in organisation but Avolio (1994) considers it
as relationship with exchange of value. Alimo-Metcalfe, B. & Alban-Metcalfe, J. (2001) believe
transactional leadership to be a reward–punishment relationship in between leader and follower. On a
contrary, Burns (1978) & Northouse (2007) affirms transactional leaders are those motivated by self-
interest.
A transactional Leader relies on good communication as their goal accomplishment fully depends on their
quality of rightly communicating the task to their team at work place. They instruct their staff about the
process and outcome of achieving a task and also inform them about the rewards associated (Avolio et al.,
1991) .Transactional Leadership has distinct dimensions suggested by Bass (1999):
1. Management by Exception Active (MBE A)
A Leader keeps check on performance of his workforce and directs them as and when needed. Leader ensures
task achievement with full efficiency and effectiveness. A Leader also help the employee to focus on
deviations and errors, if any in their work.
Bass & Avolio (2002) stated a Leader who Manages By Exception-Actively is the one who not only
concentrates on errors but help employees in dealing with such errors, complaints or failures. He keeps
reminding them of their failures so as to boost them for achieving a set standard. Such Leaders also adapt their
actions to the situations, thereby taking corrective actions which sometimes prove to be negative but the
approach is effective in long run.
2. Management by Exception Passive (MBE P)
In this approach of leading, leaders wait for mistakes to happen and then take action. So the approach is also
called as Reactive Approach. At times, when a standard performance is not as per the criteria expected,
employee is punished for the discrepancy. As per Bass and Avolio (1994), Management By Exception
–Passive is like Reactive Management Approach or Putting-Out-Fires approach . The relationship is quite
negative in nature as the leader gives feedback only when mistakes occur (Barbuto & Brown, 2000).
Non Transactional Leadership style
Laissez-faire Leadership Style
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It is the only Non Transactional Type of Leadership where a leader tries to avoid situation until the important
issues arise, leader disappears until the need be, he moreover focuses on delayed answering to instant
questions and avoid making any decisions timely. As a whole, leader doesn't care regarding issues in
organisation, ignores his responsibilities and authority. Thus there lacks good relationship between leader and
his subordinates.
B School
Business School in wider terms is an institute which conducts training and imparts education on management
subjects like economics, accounts, communications, etc.. In a B-School, graduates are not just taught but they
are trained for higher level skilled jobs. They explore organisation norms by practical training on field and in
organisations too.
Sometimes the term is interchangeably used for Management Institute or Institute of Management Studies or
Institute of Business Management, etc. B school offers various courses ranging from undergraduate programs
to post graduate programs in Business Administration.
As per a survey report by Association of Business Schools (ABS) in UK , “The ratio of undergraduate
students preferring to study business related subjects as compared to other fields is 7:1, which is close to
200,000 students across UK”.
Review of Literature
There is not a single definition that defines leadership completely as the variety of studies conducted on the
topic differ with the context and does not accept a single universally accepted definition Bass and Avolio
(1997). Lussier and Achua( 2001) states leadership to be a process while some defines it to be an element in
distinction, whereas some others call it as an insight of a person's trait that defines an individual's personality.
Bass Theory of leadership is moreover based on an integrated view of trait theory, various styles and
contingency approach of leadership Hartog et al. (1997), it also incorporates the work of sociologists such as
Weber (1947) and political scientists such as Burns (1978).
Each employee has a set of aim and can be influenced if they believe; there is a positive correlation between
effort and performance, whose outcome can be a gratifying remuneration ;and the remuneration fulfils an
important need and the overall purpose is to give efforts a considerable significance Quick (1998).
Literature of Transactional Leadership supports the view that employees are satisfied with leader who is
supportive and considerate in his behaviour distinguishing him from those who are unsympathetic or decisive
in approach towards their subordinates (Yukl 1971).
Some authors stated leadership is more of an individual skill rather than a organizing process where authority
and democracy goes hand in hand and the role of manager is to transform the system in which roles are rooted.
This movement focus on transition from “the public manager” to “management in public” Vince (2000). A
positive Leadership shall ensure employees growth and performance and lead to positive organisational
output. "Leadership consists of method, not magic" (Schmoker, 2001)
A few studies also state the difference in leadership style of men and women focusing on their gender roles in
being either a transformational, transactional or laissez faire leader. It also proves a women's preference to
follow transformational style as it provides her with overcoming the role incongruity. Various research
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studies have been done to understand the strength of relation between employee's task achievement and
leadership style (Paracha et al., 2012; Islam et al., 2012; Yiing & Ahmad, 2008). Burns (1978) believed
transactional leadership to be based on barter relationship between a leader and follower. This exchange can
be economic, social, political or psychological in nature. He asserts this kind of leadership cannot bring
leaders and followers together to chase higher level goals.
Leadership has been put forth in various categories from time being.Bass (1990) stated that transactional
leadership aims at clarifying job requirements and the specification to avail contingent rewards .Burns
(1978) differentiated between transformational & transactional leadership styles by referring former to the
active engagement of the leader with followers fulfilling intrinsic needs such as self-realization and
belongingness & quoting transactional leadership style as exchange of tangible rewards at work along with
loyalty of followers. Efficient Transactional leaders are those who motivates the employees with recognizing
their performance and rewarding them for same and even punish them ,if objectives are unfulfilled Odumeru
& Ifeanyi (2013). Efficient Leaders adopt different leadership styles as per situation and appropriate time
Miner (2006).
García-Morales et al., (2012) & Lloréns Montes et al., (2005) in their empirical research proved that over
transactional leadership, transformational leadership has got more significance as it promotes organisational
learning. The predictions proved to be right about transformational leaders to be the educational leaders of
future in learning organizations Bass (2000). A leadership style is effective when a leader is able to motivate
his employees to speak freely, listen carefully and express their ideas without any pester.
Such behaviour facilitates learning in public sector and is thus one of the critical skills a leader must possess.
Ring and Perry (1985).Wang & Rode(2010) quoted in their study that leaders who explore their followers
need and include them in decision making along with considering them as an important asset to organisation,
are the leaders who signifies positive relation between job satisfaction and employee performance.
(Odumeru & Ifeanyi, 2013) With change in management scenario and growing trends of various leadership
styles in corporate sectors, Transactional Leadership has also gained worth as a prominent leadership style.
Few researchers assume it to be a subset of transformational leadership which is directly correlated to
organisations performance. Robbins (2005) states Leadership which manages employees through either
rewards or through penalty is a transactional leadership. It is a kind of managerial responsibility in which
leader clarifies roles and expectations of employees (Dubrin, 2004). Miller (2011) further elaborated that
transactional leaders help their followers understand the task and need to achieve them with full focus.
Sadeghi and Pihie (2012) confirmed the relationship of exchange that transactional leaders establish
between them and followers. It justifies the quote “transactional leaders emphasize on extrinsic rewards for
excellent quality work and impose retribution for odd results” Hargis, Wyatt and Piotrowski (2001).Non
transactional leaders let their workforce be free for decision making. Thus giving them freedom at their pace
.Different leadership styles engage employees differently; few leadership styles have strong association to
organisations performance while some have weaker associations too. To achieve organisational goals
productively and keep the employees engaged at work place Leader should be honest and fair in style of
communication (Yao et al., 2017).
Iqbal, Anwar, and Haider (2015) demonstrated in their study the relationship between organisational
effectiveness and leadership style. Bhargavi & Yaseen (2016) Further quotes, a leaders style contribute in
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achieving the projects deadline timely. Sougui et al (2015) presented the study stating non transactional
leadership style does not impact organisations performance significantly. It can prove to be effective when the
time taken for goal achievement involves longer tenure and a certain procedure. According to Khan and
Yadav (2016), leaders affect the efficiency with which their employee works in organization. Some
Transactional leaders restrict themselves to use of rewards & recognitions to motivate their employees to
achieve higher end goals whereas leaders who manage with exception encourage employees by shifting their
focus from self interest to shared interests of the group as a whole. Such leaders are competent to inspire
employees while achieving organisational goals. Ebrahim (2018) stated in his study that leadership style
varies with capabilities of people involved in goal setting. Transactional leadership style may be successful in
certain sectors but a leader shall keep changing the leadership style as per the situation and need.
Objective:
To analyse variance between Management by Exception Active, Management by Exception Passive &
Laissez-faire Leadership Style of Leaders in B School.
Hypothesis:
Ho: There is no significant difference among means of Management by Exception Active, Management by
Exception Passive and Laissez Faire Leadership style of Leaders in B-school.
Research Methodology
A Research study on ANOVA between Management by Exception Active, Management by Exception
Passive and Laissez Faire Leadership style of Leaders in B-school of M.P was conducted. The study confines
to Transactional and Non-Transactional Leadership Style of Leader in B School . The research study is
primary in nature and data is collected by virtue of Questionnaire floated through several medias like Gmail,
Whatsapp, Facebook , etc... The questions were related to traits of leader and leadership style observed by
faculties and practised by their employer, in their respective institutes. The Research Instrument namely
Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire consists of 45 questions that assess different Leadership styles and its
impact on employees. The data was collected, from 101 such faculties of B Schools of M.P. Rating of all
factors on scale follows Likert Measurement criteria with five responses ranging from 0 -4 where zero stands
for Never and four stands for Always.
Analysis
ANOVA
Sum of
Squares df
Mean
Square
F
Sig.
Between
Groups
822.304 2 411.152
39.26
0
.000
Within
Groups
3141.743
300
10.472
Total 3964.046 302
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Descriptives
N
Mean
Std.
Deviatio
n
Std.
Error
95% Confidence
Interval for Mean
Mini
mum
Maxi
mum
Lower
Bound
Upper
Bound
MBEA
101
9.0693
3.07330
.30580
8.4626
9.6760
2.00
16.00
MBEP
101
9.3663
2.57962
.25668
8.8571
9.8756
2.00
15.00
LFL
101
5.7327
3.91380
.38944
4.9600
6.5053
.00
14.00
Total 303 8.0561 3.62298 .20813 7.6465 8.4657 .00 16.00
Findings
The findings of the study serve as tool to examine the difference in leadership styles of B school
leaders. The 101 participants in Management by Exception- Active group had mean of 9.0693(SD =
3.07); in Management By Exception- Passive group had almost close mean value of 9.3663 (SD =
2.57) but the Laissez faire leadership style differed by mean value of 5.7327 (SD = 3.91). The
Difference in mean is therefore significant, F(2,300) = 39.260,p=.000.One way Analysis of
Variance showed that the difference in mean is significant, F(2,300) = 39.260,p=.000.Therefore
Null Hypothesis which states “There is no significant difference among means of Management by
Exception Active, Management by Exception Passive and Laissez Faire Leadership style of Leaders
in B-school” is rejected and the alternate hypothesis gets accepted justifying the fact that if p-value
is less than alpha, null hypothesis gets rejected thereby concluding the difference between group
means of different leadership styles is statistically significant. The adjusted p-value also represents
the smallest family error rate at which a particular null hypothesis is rejected.
The difference in means of diverse leadership style signifies the value of leading by examples, or just
leading being a Laissez Faire Leader in organisation. It is the duty of a leader to follow his vision and
achieve his goals in mutual consensus with his employees but if a leader always finds faults and
errors and never encourages his subordinates to strive for more, he lacks a true leadership skill and
thus is rejected by his employees sooner or later. On a contrary if a leader follows Management by
exception Active, he gains respect, goodwill and goals are achieved at a faster pace. A Leader may
vary in their sense of leadership styles for different situation but they should focus on using these
styles to affect organisation culture in a constructive way.
Conclusion
“The aim of this research endeavour is not to provide statistical, but analytical generalization” (Yin,
2003).The findings of the study serve leaders to examine their leadership style and its successful
implementation. A transformational Leader delegates his duties so as to motivate his employees and
lead being an inspiration. He not just articulates vision but also be an optimistic partner who
encourage team work and accentuate on constructive results thereby vitalizing his group for better
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performance (Sundi, 2013). For ensuring learning and growth of individual in organisation a key
contributor is leader's ability to communicate freely and ensure a free flow of information in
organisation and to build a culture that stains holds for one of the key aspects of successful leadership
style. Brodtrick (1995)
The study authenticates significant difference among means of different Leadership styles namely;
Management by Exception Active, Management by Exception Passive and Laissez Faire
Leadership Style. The main variables have been measured on the basis of MLQ Form. Accordingly,
the data have been gathered with the help of manual and Google forms filled by faculties of different
B schools of M.P.
The data obtained were statistically analysed on the basis of Anova used by the means of SPSS
program. The results of the empirical research confirmed the Alternate hypothesis to be true, with
the significant difference in means of three leadership styles of Leaders in B school with F(2,300) =
39.260,p=.000. Yammarino & Bass (1990) in their research called transactional and
transformational leaders to be active leaders as compared to Laissez-faire leaders who are
considered to be inactive, less responsible and are ascribed to delay in decision–making. In some
cases such style is effective for instance with a group of scientists or college professors
(Sutermeister, 1969; Williams, 1978) but in particular such leadership style indicated the absence
of leadership. Hence such leadership style was well thought-out to be unsuitable way to lead
(Hartlog et al., 1997). Nonaka et al., (2002)A Leader shall always try to promote hassle free flow of
right information throughout all the Medias of communication and promotes knowledge creation as
well, such leadership style can be said as “distributed leadership” .A transactional Leader ensures
Employees motivation to contribute more to organizational productivity. Whether with reward or
with penalty such leaders achieve optimum goals with greater quality of work . Results show Paying
attention to such leadership styles eventually increases organizational effectiveness and efficiency.
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... Частково підтверджено кореляції професійного благополуччя з характеристиками транзакційного лідерства, крім показника Активне управління за винятком (Management-by-Exception (Active)) (r=,178; p>.05). Активне управління за винятком -це стиль управління, при якому лідер постійно бере безпосередню участь у справах своїх підлеглих, щоб уникнути помилок і певних відхилень від встановлених стандартів [10]. Такий управлінський підхід заважає реалізації базових потреб особистості в автономії та компетентності [17], а отже і професійному благополуччю. ...
... Умовні винагороди -це провідний атрибут транзакційного лідерства, сфокусований на схваленні працівників за добре виконану роботу і на винагороді за досягнені результати [2]. Надання керівником позитивного відгуку підвищує самооцінку працівника [10], що є важливим аспектом його професійного благополуччя. Негативні кореляції професійного благополуччя з Пасивним управлінням за винятком (r=-,251; p<,05) та Лідерством-невтручанням (r=-,462; p<,001) також дозволяють інтерпретацію в межах мотиваційно-ціннісної моделі. ...
... Негативні кореляції професійного благополуччя з Пасивним управлінням за винятком (r=-,251; p<,05) та Лідерством-невтручанням (r=-,462; p<,001) також дозволяють інтерпретацію в межах мотиваційно-ціннісної моделі. Обидві ці характеристики лідерства асоціюються з невтручанням лідера в робочі процеси, наданням більшої свободи працівникам, ризиком виникнення хаосу та санкціями за порушення Випуск 2 (4) Серія: Психологія  НАУКОВІ ЗАПИСКИ певних стандартів [10]. Все це суперечить прагненням працівників до порядку, стабільності, свободи від стресу, тобто задоволенню потреби у психологічній безпеці, що є важливим аспектом благополуччя працівників [20]. ...
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... Transactional leadership focuses on clarifying job requirements and providing contingent rewards, while transformational leadership involves actively engaging with followers to fulfill their intrinsic needs. Efficient transactional leaders motivate employees through recognition and rewards for their performance and administering punishments for unmet objectives (Hasija et al., 2019). Additionally, effective leaders adapt their leadership styles according to the situation and appropriate timing. ...
... They continuously remind employees of mistakes to motivate them to reach a predefined standard. These leaders also adjust their actions according to the situation, taking corrective measures that may sometimes have negative consequences but are effective in the long run (Hasija et al., 2019). This aspect is recognized for being more focused on tasks rather than relations. ...
... As per Bass and Avolio, passive management by exception is implied for short-run solutions and acting towards putting out fires, not looking over to prevent the causes of initiation of discontent (Salter et al., 2014). Management by exception (Passive) has been discussed as negatively impacting overall job satisfaction in the long run, as it leads to employees having more pressure in the latter stage at the time of getting results (Hasija et al., 2019). ...
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... Effective communication is essential for transactional leaders to clearly convey the expected roles of their followers in performing speci c tasks and the corresponding reward mechanisms [6]. According to [23], transactional leadership comprises three key components: (a) Contingent Reward, (b) Active Management by Exception, and (c) Passive Management by Exception, and (c) Passive Management by Exception [24] . ...
... Such leaders ensure the conformity through satisfying the needs and wants of their subordinates at work place. Leaders practicing management by exception behavior demonstrate implicit trust in their followers' ability to complete ongoing tasks adequately [24]. However, this leadership approach fails to inspire followers to surpass their anticipated performance levels. ...
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... The laissez-faire style is described as a passive leadership style in which the leader attempts to avoid situations until important issues arise, focus on delaying their answers to instant questions, and avoid making any timely decisions (Hasija et al., 2019). ...
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... Transactional leadership is comprised of two factors: (a) contingent reward which entails a follower's effort in exchange for a certain reward, and (b) management-by-exception, such as corrective criticism, negative reinforcement, and negative feedback. Management-by-exception can be active (MBEA), where the leader urges the follower to grow by concentrating on their failures and complaints, which results in an increase in organizational effectiveness (Avolio et al., 1999;Hasija et al., 2019). Management-by-exception can also be passive (MBEP), where the relationship is negative since the leader only interferes to correct the followers' mistakes (Avolio et al., 1999). ...
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... Hence, the idea of Leadership is by exception in that management spends its precious time focusing on the most critical matters and paying attention only to material or moral deviations that need examination and study. The purpose is; that the school has organizational effectiveness, and organizational effectiveness means the ability for the organization to survive and continue, which implies that the organization does not die, but rather constantly reshapes itself in a new way [16]. ...
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... Transformational leadership consists of 4 sub-constructs namely Idealized influence, intellectual stimulation, Individualized consideration and Inspirational motivation consisting of total 16 items (Bass & Riggio, 2005;Nazim & Mahmood, 2016). Transactional leadership consists of 3 items contingent reward system, management by exception (active) and management by exception (passive) consisting of overall 12 items (Bass & Riggio, 2005;Hasija et al., 2019;Sakiru et al., 2013). The combined analysis of both constructs was used to measure ambidextrous leadership impact on job satisfaction. ...
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... Management by exception is a management style in which a leader is continuously involved directly in the affairs of his/her followers to avoid deviation from the main objectives. Direction is given straightaway when it is needed and errors are pointed out immediately (Hasija et al., 2019). ...
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... However, passive management is less salient to students because passive behaviors cannot be observed until deviations from standards sink below an instructor's threshold. If standards never cross the threshold, such behaviors cannot be observed or corrected (Hasija et al., 2019). Contingent rewards during instruction are typically laid out prior to learning, especially in syllabi. ...
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