Styles

You are part of a team made up of the warden and assistant wardens of a medium to large close-security prison. You know inmates tend to riot or have sit-ins over the subject of food and medical care. You have been receiving information from your correctional officers that the inmates are starting to complain about the food. The chicken is not thoroughly cooked, the food is bland, and several inmates who have dietary restrictions are having problems with the kitchen staff. You want to stop things before they escalate into a full-blown problem. The team is to consider this problem from the perspective of 3 management styles:

• Authoritarian style
• Democratic style
• Laissez-faire style

You can gather information on these styles at the following Web site: http://www.soencouragement.org/leadership-styles.htm