Divide-and-Rule Strategy in management

Teamwork is a good attribute many organisations are striving to achieve with their employees or members. But, there is a fraction of leaders who generally feel insecured of their positions and hence apply the divide-and-rule strategy in their management of the employees, staff or members.

Such leaders usually like to sow discord among the subordinates. They would intentionally create disharmony among the subordinates so that they would get into conflict with one another. When this happens, the subordinates would obviously not be coming together as a team and go against the leader.

In this sense, the leader's position is secured. This style of management sounds pretty unsound, doesn't it? But, this happens when a weak leader is managing a team of strong and intellectual subordinates. Obviously, he does not encourage teamwork in his team.