WorksheetsLeadership and management
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
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
