The Leadership Style of Dedy Yon Supriyono as a Mayor of Tegal in Handling COVID-19 Pandemic

DOI

10.2991/978-2-494069-65-7_53How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Leadership Style; Democratic; Regional Head; Handling the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The study of local leadership in COVID-19 pandemic crisis has not been widely discussed. For this reason, it becomes interesting to discuss the regional leadership style in the problem of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to provide an overview of Dedy Yon Supriyono’s leadership style as Mayor of Tegal in handling the COVID-19 pandemic in Tegal City. The research uses a qualitative method, with a descriptive analysis approach; the data analysis technique was carried out by interviewing some related information. The results showed that the leadership style of Dedy Yon uses preparedness and communication were carried out properly by the Department of Health through socialization and education to the community as well as communication that did not overlap. Then, monitoring and detection are carried out well, starting from the dissemination of security and safety information. The response and detention was carried out swiftly, PSBB was implemented to prevent the spread of the plague. Starting from the closing all tourist attractions, entertainments, workplaces, schools, places of worship. (1) Ability to make decisions, the Major of Tegal is brave in taking appropriate actions in handling COVID-19 and making decisions on all risks, implementing local lockdowns, area isolation, and PSBB. (2) Ability to motivate, Dedy Yon has tried to become a leader who is able to motivate his staff. The various motivations that Dedy Yon gave to his staff certainly had a positive impact. (3) Communication, in conveying messages of ideas or thoughts is done well even though he continues to improve communication patterns carried out in handling pandemics. (4) Ability to control subordinates, staff conditioning in the crisis situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dedy Yon is able to accommodate common interests and put aside egos of personal interests. (5) responsibility, Dedy Yon always puts forward and protects the people of Tegal City and is reluctant for many of its citizens to become victims of COVID-19, so try and be responsible as much as possible to be responsible for everything related to handling the COVID-19 pandemic in Tegal City. (6) Controlling emotional emotions, Dedy Yon is able to control his emotions. He does not easily get emotional; always cross-check if there is a misunderstanding. Dedy Yon Supriyono is a leader who has a democratic leadership style, due to his ability to carry out his duties properly in handling the COVID-19 pandemic. Putting him in cooperation is the main thing that must be done optimally in achieving goals, and upholding welfare as the main goal, and always responsive in giving constructive criticism or appreciating staff who have worked.

Copyright

© 2022 The Author(s)

Open Access

Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Shafira Virginia Rahmasari
AU  - Erni Zuhriyati
AU  - Adibah Dhivani Gusmi
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/24
TI  - The Leadership Style of Dedy Yon Supriyono as a Mayor of Tegal in Handling COVID-19 Pandemic
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Innovation on Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences (ICOSI-HESS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 644
EP  - 659
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-65-7_53
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-65-7_53
ID  - Rahmasari2022
ER  -