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organizations, to work better, gather more volunteers and spread the energy of fellowship in everyvolunteer firefighting association.METHODSAnalysing models of existing systems for organizational, motivational and leadership issues.MAIN ABOUT LEADERSHIPDefinitionsLeadership is the sum of those qualities of intellect, human understanding, and moral character thatenables a person to inspire and to control a group of people successfully [3].Leadership traits or characteristics are those qualities of personality which are of greatest assistance inobtaining confidence, respect, obedience and loyal cooperation [3].Types of LeadershipMost common Leadership Types are:- Autocratic Leadership- Bureaucratic Leadership- Charismatic Leadership- Democratic Leadership or Participative Leadership- Laissez-faire Leadership- People-oriented Leadership or Relations-oriented Leadership- Servant Leadership- Task-oriented Leadership- Transactional Leadership- Transformational LeadershipThere are many leadership types that are present within different organizations. Within this paper justfour of the most used types are presented (the autocratic, bureaucratic, charismatic and the democraticleadership type).Autocratic LeadershipAutocratic leadership is an extreme form of leadership, where a leader exerts high levels of power overhis employees or team members. All the power is in the hands of one man. It is a system ofpunishments and rewards. The autocratic leader is superior. People within the team are given fewopportunities for making suggestions, even if these would be in the team's or organization's interest.Most people tend to resent being treated like this.Positive effect: For some routine and unskilled jobs this style can be effective where the advantages ofcontrol outweigh the disadvantages.Negative effect: Autocratic leadership usually leads to high levels of absenteeism and staff turnover.Also, the team's output does not benefit from the creativity and experience of all team members, somany of the benefits of teamwork are lost.Bureaucratic LeadershipBureaucratic leaders "work by the book", ensure that their staffs follow procedures exactly.Positive effect: This is a very appropriate style for work involving serious safety risks (such asworking with machinery, with toxic substances or at heights).Negative effect: In other situations, the inflexibility and high levels of control exerted can demoralizestaff, and can diminish the organizations ability to react to changing external circumstances.Charismatic LeadershipA charismatic leadership style is tied up with the great charisma of the leader and the motivation thatleader gives to the followers.Positive effect: It injects huge doses of enthusiasm into the team, and is very energetic in drivingothers forward.486M&S 8(2013)