Leadership

A college professor is working with a group of her students to conduct a special research study. Although she allows the tem to discuss certain aspects of the project and share their ideas, she retains the final decision making authority.

• Autocratic

• Participative

• Transformational

• Laissez-faire

• Transactional

A new supervisor has just been just in charge of the production line. He immediately starts by telling the crew what changes need to be made. When some suggestions are made he tells them he does not have time to consider them.

• Autocratic

• Participative

• Laissez-Faire

• Transformational

• Transactional

A construction crew has worked together for the last four years with very little change-over iin personnel. They alway vote whenever a decision has to be made on how to proceed with the project.

• Transformational

• Autocratic

• Laissez-Faire

• Transactional

• Participative

An inspection line has no supervisor. They are expected to have the correct staffing, procedures and expertise on each shift to ensure no detective parts gets past them.

• Transactional

• Participative

• Laissez-Faire

• Autocratic

• Transformational

A manager is told to get a top priority project up and running immediately. He calls him staff together, explains the project and outlines what team members can expect in terms of rewards or punishment if the project goals are not met.

• Laissez-Faire

• Autocratic

• Transactional

• Transformational

• Participative

A new squad leader is just assigned overseas. She immediately calls her squad together for a meeting and asks for their ideas and input on an upcoming field training exercise

• Transformational

• Transactional

• Laissez-Faire

• Participative

• Autocratic

A small department performs the same functions everyday. To get information out, the supervisor sends it by email or voicemail, very rarely is a meeting called

• Laissez-faire

• Participative

• Transformational

• Autocratic

• Transactional

The owner of a small electronic store starts every day by telling the three employees what has to be done and how to do it

• Transactional

• Participative

• Autocratic

• Laissez-faire

• Transformational

A project is running late and the manager puts out a course of action to take to try to put it back track. Later that week she calls a meeting of all supervisors and key players to create a strategy to keep the project running on schedule.

• Participative

• Transactional

• Laissez-faire

• Autocratic

• Transformational

A newly hired supervisor is not allowed to make any decisions unless it is approved by the manager first.

• Laissez-faire

• Autocratic

• Transactional

• Transformational

• Participative