Leadership - week 1

An important function of management is setting o.........................

Leading a team involves which of the following statements:

• To examine, explore, consider, explain

• Inspiring staff commitment to achieving goals

• Making decisions about finances

• Reflecting and reviewing the aims and objectives of a business

Leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common g...........

Which one of the following refers to an autocratic style of management?

• Managers have an attitude of trust and reliance on their employees.

• A type of leadership style in which members of the group take a more participative role in the decision-making process.

• One person controls all the decisions and takes very little inputs from other group members.

In Tannenbaum and Schmidt, which type of leadership might be used for employees, who are very low skilled and need a lot of direction?

• Tell

• Joins

• Consults

In Tannenbaum and Schmidt's leadership model, it is suggested that as the team’s freedom increases, so the manager’s authority d..............

The Blake Mouton Grid model suggests, which type of manager exerts minimum effort to get required work done and to maintain interpersonal relationships.

• Country Club

• Team Leader

• Impoverished Management

• Authoritarian

In the Blake Mouton Grid, country club managers low on concern for production and high on concern for p.....................

A traditional organisational structure might have a top down approach – one person making d..................

There has been a gradual shift away from autocratic leadership. One reason this could have occurred is because of a better educated w...............