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Read the following paragraph and indicate which management skill is described.

Sergeant Fox tried to visualize, examine, consider, realize, and reflect on the factors involved to accomplish his mission. He knew he would have a lot of work to do before anything actually got accomplished. He had to define the squad's objective, study the situation, list and examine possible courses of action, and select the course of action that would accomplish his objective.

• Planning

• Organizing

• Coordinating

• Controlling

Though it may be in written or spoken form, leaders manage their people by directing them. A leader who needs someone to do something that they cannot require them to do is actually asking them for assistance. Which type of directing is this?

• Demanding

• Requesting

• Suggesting

• Volunteering

Management skills can be divided into two phases of a project, __________.

• preparation and implementation

• organization and execution

• preparation and execution

• organization and implementation

T or F: All good leaders are good managers

• True

• False

As leaders move up the chain of command, they typically have __________.

• less resources under their direct control

• less responsibility for overall performance

• less face-to-face contact with all the people under their command

What is the most important resource available to a leader?

• Time

• Money

• Material

• People

As a leader, you use your organization skills to execute your plans. Identify the organizing factors used in the directions below. Select the correct set of organizing factors for the situation below.

Kelly, Kent, and Tony have done this kind of work before. They will work on the King Project. Zachary and Kim will finish the Turner Project.

• Develop a working structure

• Determine each task

• Select personnel

• Set priorities