Leadership and management

In Administration Industrielle et Générale (1916), Henri Fayol outlined five major functions of management:

• Planning, organizing, inspiring, coordinating and controlling

• Planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating and controlling

• Planning, organizing, commanding, motivating and controlling

• Planning, managing, commanding, coordinating and controlling

A leadership style characterized by individual control over all decisions and little input from group members is:

• Paternalistic leadership

• Autocratic leadership

• Democratic leadership

• Situational leadership

A leadership style in which members of the group take a more participative role in the decision-making process is:

• Paternalistic leadership

• Democratic leadership

• Situational leadership

• Autocratic leadership

A leadership style in which a leader adjusts their type of leadership to best suit a particular situation or task is:

• Laissez-faire leadership

• Situational leadership

• Autocratic leadership

• Democratic leadership

A leadership style in which leaders let their employees use their creativity, resources, and experience to help them meet their goal is:

• Laissez-faire leadership

• Democratic leadership

• Situational leadership

• Paternalistic leadership

To get tasks accomplished, managers:

• Motivate and inspire with their personal qualities

• Have vision

• Help subordinates to resolve problems

• Rely on instincts

Leaders:

• Instruct and coordinate people

• Have authority by virtue of their position in the organization

• Motivate and inspire with their personal qualities

• Like to make the organization function

According to Geert Hofstede, cultural influences relevant to business have five dimensions:

• Power distance, individualism, tolerance, masculinity and short-term orientation

• Power distance, individualism, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity and long-term orientation

• Power distance, collectivism, uncertainty avoidance, feminity and long-term orientation

• Power distance, individualisme, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity and short-term orientation

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.

Which of the following leadership style is the most popular among employees?

• Laissez-faire leadership

• Democratic leadership

• Situational leadership

• Paternalistic leadership