Chapter 8 test/quiz Leadership Styles

List 3 ways you can develop your leadership skills

• Books, videos, courses

• Magazine articles, pictures, demonstrations

• Practice, practice, practice

What is the definition of Leadership

• the ability to act and make decisions and make decisions without the help or advice from others

• leaders need confidence

• taking a company and its employees in a direction based upon a vision

What are the three types of leadership styles?

• pragmatist, idealist, steward

• Free-rein, democratic, autocratic

• initiative, integrity, communication

True or False: Autocratic leadership is when you take a group of people or employees on a single goal

• True

• False

True or False: Free-rein requires the leaders to set goals for managers and employees and then leave them alone to get the job done

• True

• False

Democratic leadership

• A style in which managers work with employees to make decisions.

• Managers works without the help of the employee to make decisions.

• Employees have the chance to make the decision without the managers help.

What is integrity?

• The ability to act and make decisions without the help or advice from others.

• Being able to communicate and discuss employee issues helps leaders deal effectively with different situations.

• Is an adherence to a code of ethical values such as honesty, loyalty, and fairness.

Initiative is?

• Giving managers and employees the power to run things and make decisions.

• The ability to act and make decisions without the help or advice of others.

• Work groups that supervise themselves.

What country started the self manage team approach?

• Finland

• United States

• Mexico

• Japan

What is the theory behind self manage team approach?

• Goal oriented, learn new skills, participate and cooperate

• No clear goals, no new learning, and little to no participation or cooperation

• Creates goals for the future by one person, the same person leads and manages all team meetings.