30.Umang Gupta is the Managing Director of Denver Ltd. The company has built a reputation for excellence and success. It was known for the timely completion of orders. The Production Manager, Ms .Kanta was very careful with the order processing and had a team of fourteen employees working under him. Everything was going well. Unfortunately, she met with an accident. Umang knew that in the absence of Ms. Kanta, the company may not be able to meet the deadlines. He also knew that failure to meet deadlines could lead to customer dissatisfaction with the risk of losing business and interest. Therefore, he held a meeting with his staff at which accurate and quick processing of orders was arranged. Everybody agreed to work as a team because the behavior of Umang Gupta was positive towards the employees of the organization. Hence everyone put in extra time and effort and the targets were met on time. Not only this, Umang visited Ms. Kanta and advised her to take sufficient rest.

a. Identify the leadership style of Umang Gupta.

b. Explain the various leadership theories in detail.