Communication within this system? Motivational factors? Culture? Organisational Structure?

The structure organisation of country that my leader was a part of?

Autocratic management, Communist (country). Because it was an Autocratic management style's communication is from top to bottom.

He was the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, but when he took over, he changed everything, he took control like non other leaders in the past did, he was quite a dictator himself. No one can do anything about it because he had the right to do it. 

How he was in society, how his leadership/motivation skills lead him to success? 

At one point of time, Chairman Mao was so adored by his people. People in China worshiped him as god- called him the god of nation. People would chant "Chairman Mao will live Forever! Forever! Forever! He also wrote a little red book and the country was flooded with his theories and all, everyone even memorised them and recited them daily.

Brainwashing- 洗脑

• It was used in china way before propaganda and all happened.
• brainwashing has been existing in China for a very long time.
• Leaders have been adopting this skill to manipulate their followers into doing something or an act of either bad or good. 
• People worshiped him most probably because he was good in manipulating people into believing that he cares a lot for the nation and he is the person who gave them a good life to live. 

McGregor's theory of X and Y, which one does Chairman Mao's leadership lies?

McGregor believes that in this world, there are only two types of management, and his theories are named Theory X and Y.

Theory X characteristics - Chairman Mao's leadership lies under theory X. 

• Manager take full control 
• Workers hate work
• Needs push for productivity 
• Coerced to perform 
• Everything must be stated out for them to do in order to proceed with their job. 

Theory Y characteristics 

• People are actively involved in work
• They love work 
• Everyone makes decision together
• Share ownership in tasks 
• Ideas everywhere
• Both workers and Managers have level of self management. 

Motivational factors accordance to Maslow's Hierarchy. 

• Under the command and control environment, the people rely on their lower needs as levels of motivation.
• Managing like management X satisfies Chairman Mao's higher needs that people working under him are productive. 

"A satisfied need no longer motivates", people working under Chairman Mao already have their lower needs, everyone has equal plot of land and equal amount of money (Physiological needs), there is no competition (security needs), most of them may feel loved and have belonging (belonging to Chairman Mao, god of nation). They may have lack of Self esteem and Self actualisation, they will crave for it in long run.

The cultures within the government?

Aggressive culture-

Under autocratic leadership, Chairman Mao was definitely an aggressive leader, he recruited his army in quite a short amount of time relatively and turned China upside down in terms of industrial and agricultural advancements.

• Chairman Mao demands, some would say improbable, expectations for his country (advancement of country). 
• Once he had total control of the country, regardless any advice from his men, he invasively changed all the laws and culture of China. 
• He would eliminate anyone who goes against him immediately.

Organisational structure: Hierarchal structure- 

Characteristics

• Hierarchal culture has some resemblance to bureaucracy. 
• The hierarchal culture is for leaders who just wants things to get done, whenever they command, the thing will get done for them as how they desire. 
• Communication top to bottom
• Full command
• Everyone has their statuses
• The leader might take advantage of the power and abuse the power to lead. 
• Sometimes the leader is too self absorbed in their own world, knowledge and new ideas from outside may not be received or known. 

Pros

• Command is obeyed
• Less probability of rebellion
• Effective, get things done
• Decision making is fast
• No one will challenge the leader 

Cons

• Lack of creativity
• A person takes control not because of their competency because they were mostly chosen by the previous leader.
• The leader might take advantage of the power and abuse the power to lead. 
• The followers tend to have lack of confidence
• Lack of decision making when something urgent comes up and require response
• People who are at the bottom of the hierarchal chart will have lower self esteem 

Reference-

1. http://www.bsffilmgroup.com/CulturalRevolution-link.html