Management Functions and Leadership Styles and Traits

Which of the following is not a trait of great business leaders?

• Vision

• Friendliness

• Integrity

• Confidence

The following are all examples of leadership styles:

• Democratic, Laissez-faire, Autocratic

• Transactional, inspirational, charismatic

• Authoritative, charismatic, motivational

• Transactional, autocratic, charismatic

An authoritative leader exhibits the following characteristics:

• Controlling, Makes All Decisions, Maintains Power

• Controlling, intimidating, orderly

• Controlling, regimented, stable

• Controlling, knowledgeable, regimented

An authoritative leadership style is effective when:

• there isn't a need to monitor the team closely.

• there is room for error.

• the team has little experience.

• the project needs input from all members.

Participative or democratic management:

• centralises authority with the democratically elected manager.

• encourages employees to take responsibility for their work; shares decision making with team members.

• requires a lot of supervision of employees as employees are responsible for their own work.

• reduces the time it takes to make decisions.

Laissez-faire or Theory X Leadership Style:

• provides a lot of direction to employees on what their roles are.

• makes staff responsible for their own work.

• can lead to great productivity in the workplace.

• hands off approach; provides little or no direction

A leader motivates others toward a:

• Common goal
• High salary
• Leadership style
• Leadership skill

Which function of management involves identifying and arranging work and resources to achieve company goals.

• organizing

• leading

• staffing

• implementing

Which function of management involves analyzing information, set goals, make decisions.

• organizing

• leading

• planning

• controlling

Which function of management involves— duties associated with hiring, recruiting, training, and compensating people who work for business.

• controlling

• organizing

• leading

• staffing