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Effective Management and Leadership

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ability to motivate individuals and groups to accomplish important goals is called?

a)

Management

b)

Leadership

c)

Strategy

d)

Business Ownership

2.

The organization of processes and people to achieve a desired result is called?

a)

Management

b)

Leadership

c)

Strategy

d)

Business Ownership

3.

Select two leadership skills

a)

Communication

b)

Planning

c)

Integrity

d)

Monitoring

4.

which one is not a strategy of an effective leader?

a)

be proactive

b)

always keep your ultimate goals in mind

c)

put first things first, know your priorities

d)

never forgive any mistakes

5.

One disadvantage of an autocratic leadership style is...

a)

there is no disadvantage

b)

good staff ideas are ignored

c)

there is a lack of supervision

6.

The ability to influence a group toward the achievement of goals - is a:

a)

Management asset

b)

Leadership asset

c)

both: a management and a leader assest

d)

no asset

7.

Which on of these statement was often used to describe managers vs. leaders?

a)

The manager innovates, the leader renovates

b)

The manager propagate, the leader innovates

c)

The manager administers; the leader innovates

d)

The manager innovates; the leader administers

8.

Participative or democratic management:

a)

centralises authority with the democratically elected manager.

b)

encourages employees to take responsibility for their work.

c)

requires a lot of supervision of employees as employees are responsible for their own work.

d)

reduces the time it takes to make decisions.

9.

Laissez-faire management:

a)

provides a lot of direction to employees on what their roles are.

b)

makes staff responsible for their own work.

c)

can lead to great productivity in the workplace.

d)

delegates decisions to employees and does not provide feedback.

10.
A leader whose role is characterized by a fatherly attitude in the sense of being protective, nurturing, and helping members of the organization he leads, is referred to as?
a)
Laissez-faire leadership
b)
Autocratic leadership
c)
Democratic leadership
d)
Paternalistic leadership
11.

A leadership style characterized by individual control over all decisions and little input from group members is:

a)

Paternalistic leadership

b)

Autocratic leadership

c)

Democratic leadership

d)

Situational leadership

12.

A leadership style in which members of the group take a more participative role in the decision-making process is:

a)

Paternalistic leadership

b)

Democratic leadership

c)

Situational leadership

d)

Autocratic leadership

13.

Which function of management involves identifying and arranging work and resources to achieve company goals.

a)

organizing

b)

leading

c)

staffing

d)

implementing

14.

What is leadership ?

a)

A manager

b)

Employees who are hardworking

c)

A business leader is to provide the overall vision and goals of the business .

d)

It is a style that allows dictatorship

15.

Distinguish between leadership and management

a)

Management is all about managers and leadership is for critical thinkers .

b)

Management controls and directs people and resources accordingly to achieve objectives whereas leadership ,motivates ,guides and communicate .

c)

Management is the most effective leadership style

16.

What are the advantages of autocratic leadership?

a)

It is an innovative style of leadership

b)

Decisions are made quickly and by the most experienced members of staff

c)

Employees ideas and creativity are not usually considered

17.

What is an advantage of laissez-faire style of leadership?

a)

It leaves room for decision making to more innovative

b)

Roles of responsibility are clearer

c)

It makes employees feel more supported

18.

Which type of leadership style involves managers and employees working together in unison to make decisions?

a)

Democratic

b)

Laissez-faire

c)

Autocratic

19.

Which type of leadership style involves the manager making all the decisions?

a)

Laissez-faire

b)

Autocratic

c)

Democratic

20.
Which function of management involves analyzing information, set goals, make decisions.
a)
organizing
b)
leading
c)
planning
d)
controlling
21.

Changes to the business organization with strategic planning and clear objectives refers to?

a)

Invitational leadership

b)

Transformational leadership