Revision Quiz - Leadership Styles B1

A style of leadership where there is strict obedience to authority

• Democratic

• Laissez Faire

• Autocratic

• Paternalistic

Advantage of Autocratic Leadership

• Maintaining order and discipline

• Provides creativity and innovation

• Empowers and develops employees

• Increased participation

A type of leadership best suited to circumstances where employees are experienced and highly motivated.

• Transactional

• Democratic

• Transformational

• Laissez Faire

A type of leadership where the leaders have high levels of self-belief and inspire and motivate due to their charm and personality

• Autocratic

• Charismatic

• Laissez Faire

• Democratic

Two advantages of democratic leadership

• Employees are involved in the decision making

• Rapid implementation of decisions

• Enhanced morale and job satisfaction

• Potential for conflicts and disagreements

A leadership style where the manager relies on rewards and punishment to achieve optimal performance.

• Transformational

• Paternalistic

• Autocratic

• Transactional

A leadership style where the overall aim is to transform the business by investing in the employees

• Transactional

• Transformational

• Charismatic

• Laissez Faire

Select the relevant definitions of Management / Leadership styles.

• The way the functions of leadership are carried out

• When a manager has a meeting with an employee

• The way that a leader behaves

• Where a manager interviews an employee for a job

What type of leadership style would you recommend if a manager wanted to increase employee participation and get different opinions to support with decision making?

• Autocratic

• Transactional

• Laissez Faire

• Democratic

What type of leadership would you recommend to manage a project with a group of highly skilled and experienced software developers?

• Paternalistic

• Autocratic

• Laissez Faire

• Transactional