autocratic management style

His blunt, critical and autocratic management style turned off employees and the public.

He has a very autocratic management style and he doesn't like people to disagree with him."

An autocratic management style is one where the manager makes decisions unilaterally, and without much regard for subordinates.

But others say the styling is inevitable, given G.M.'s stolid, autocratic management style.

Many blamed Ray Kassar's autocratic management style, but Kassar was not held accountable.

But they still expressed doubts about how well the mercurial, sometimes autocratic management style of the 65-year-old Mr. Maxwell would work in large publishing operations.

Critics had complained about Dr. Diamandopoulos's salary and benefits, which exceeded $800,000 last year, and his autocratic management style.

Terry Opdendyk, the president hand-picked by the early venture capital investors, had an extremely autocratic management style that led to the departure of many key executives.

He concludes that rather than an accident, the disaster was the result of NASA's autocratic management style and closed-door decision-making process.

His tenure there has been stormy, partly because of what critics called an autocratic management style, but yesterday he denied that problems at the hall had led him to leave.

Former executives cited Jacobs Suchard's autocratic management style and inability to recognize the difference between American and European candy consumption habits.

And the founders of Ben and Jerry's Homemade Inc. have been tweaked frequently for preaching corporate democracy while practicing a more autocratic management style.

The settlement ends a dispute that started in December when shareholders, spurred by Relational, began to question Mr. Nardelli's compensation, business strategy and autocratic management style.

On the other hand for an autocratic management style the lack of worker motivation can be typical if no loyal connection is established between the manager and the people who are managed.

But Mr. Ford complained increasingly that he was outside the flow of important information, and he was clearly uncomfortable with Mr. Nasser's more autocratic management style.

For two years, Mr. Disney and another former board member, Stanley P. Gold, had publicly complained about what they considered Mr. Eisner's autocratic management style.

Just as there are occasions where the use of an autocratic management style would be appropriate, there are also instances where a company will benefit from a persuasive management style.

Most speakers took aim at Dr. Summers for what they described as an autocratic management style that has stifled the open debate that is at the core of the university's values.

Henry Ford 2d will surely be remembered best for his flamboyant self-indulgence, bitter divorces and autocratic management style - if not merely as the Ford who dismissed Lee Iacocca.

In district after district, Mr. Lynn, the Transportation Commissioner, was under fire for what critics described as an autocratic management style, characterized by a refusal to consult or advise the boards.

But he was criticized for what critics called an autocratic management style: some parents, teachers and school officials said that he encouraged teaching geared specifically toward standardized tests and that he talked down to teachers.

In the last few months, analysts and people in the industry said, Pfizer's board has grown increasingly concerned about Mr. McKinnell's autocratic management style and the company's struggles to bring new drugs to market.

It was a surprising turnaround for Home Depot's board, which had publicly supported Mr. Nardelli as recently as two weeks ago even as questions about his compensation, business strategy and autocratic management style mounted.

He was brought in to provide steadiness after the brief and contentious tenure of Franz Xaver Ohnesorg, whose autocratic management style provoked a wave of staff resignations and pervasive insecurity among those who remained.

Disney board members hope the split of the chairman and chief executive titles will pacify investors disgruntled about an underperforming stock price and Mr. Eisner's autocratic management style, according to three people close to the board's deliberations.