LC Business Management Skills 1 Leadership and Motivation

A manager gives the employees a goal to achieve and leaves it up to the employee as to how they will achieve that goal -

• Autocratic

• Democratic

• Laissez Faire

________ leadership is where the manager makes all the decisions without ever asking the employees for their opinion.

• Autocratic

• Democratic

• Laissez Faire

A democratic leader trusts their staff and delegates work to them.

• True

• False

A Theory X manager motivates their workers with praise and recognition.

• True

• False

According to Maslow's theory, all workers are motivated in the same way and move up the hierarchy at the same pace.

• True

• False

Which is a limitation of Maslow's theory?

• everyone has the same needs as is assumed by the hierarchy

• money is a must to satisfy only physiological needs

• it is easy to identify to which level a worker is on the hierarchy

• self-actualisation is never permanently achieved

When could an Autocratic Leadership style be appropriate?

• All the time

• Stressful situation

• Emergency situations

• Meetings

___________ is when a manager assigns authority to an employee to carry out some task or project. He gives the employee the power or authority to do the work but will hold the employee accountable.

• Motivation

• Leadership

• Delegation

• Democratic

Which of these is not an advantage of delegation

• Manager has more time for important tasks

• Work done faster

• Less responsibility for employees

• A good way to train employees

Which need is number 2 on Maslow's Hierarchy of needs?

• Esteem

• Safety

• Physiological

• Social

• Self-actualisation