WorksheetsPrinciples of Management
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A relationship through which one person influences the behaviour or actions of other people is ....?
Manager
Leadership
Control
Leader
Traditional View of leadership is.. ?
Inspiring employees
Creating a vision
Shaping core values & culture
Command & Control
(a) leaders are the people who influence or control the corporate strategy of a business
...........first created the theory in 1954 when writing his book ‘The Practice of Management’ . It was popular in industry in the 1960’s
Manager
Obama
Peter Drucker
Einstein
SMART objectives are?
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound
Smart, middle, agreed, real, trust
Smile, mind, real, agreed, trust
Name of the person created MBO (Management by objectives)
Thomas Alva Edison
Stephen Hawking
Peter Drucker
Leonardo da Vinci
A style of leadership that adapts to each situation. It believes that one style of leadership cannot be used and that the leader needs to keep changing in relation to the situation they are in is.....?
Empowerment
Management
Situational Leadership
Leadership
Who created the model of Situational Leadership during the mid 1970s?
Hersey and Blanchard
Peter Drucker
Ludwig van Beethoven
Charles Darwin
Telling someone what to do is ...?
Supporting
Directing
Coaching
Delegating
Providing support and discussing the task whilst giving emotional support to the individual is....?
Supporting
Directing
Coaching
Delegating
This model was created by observing the actions and behaviours of many leaders.
Functional Leadership
Observation model
One to one model
Phoenix model
This leadership model focuses on supervision, organisation, and employee performance.
MBO model
Action centred leadership
Transactional Leadership
(a) leaders inspire, encourage and motivate employees to achieve the long term vision.
Theory of "continuum of leadership behaviour" was created by ?
Tannenbaum and Schmidt
Albert Einstein
Mahatma Gandhi
(a) leadership is another form of situational leadership.
The Fiedler Contingency Model was created in the mid-1960s by Fred Fiedler, a scientist who studied the personality and characteristics of leaders.
Functions of management...
Planning
Organising
Co-ordinating
Controlling
Monitoring
Delegating
Inspiring
Energising
Influencing stakeholders
Envisioning
Determining the best path/route for success
Ensuring tasks and activities run in a timely and effective manner to ensure smooth operations is...?
Leadership
Organising
Delegating
Coordinating
Pros of what Reduces management stress and workload.
Allows senior management to focus on key tasks.
Subordinates are empowered and motivated.
Better decisions or use of resources (potentially).
Good method of on-the-job training.
Inspiration
Planning
Coordination
Delegation
Stakeholders are ...?
is someone who has an interest in the business.
Creating enthusiasm
Leading by example
(a) is the set of shared beliefs and actions that are built into the way that people in an organisation behave.
A culture usually starts with an organisation setting out their business vision, .............. and values/ethos
aims
mission
vision
future
A (a) statement sets out the organisation’s aspirations and where they would like to be in the future.
Which one is IKEA mission ?
"To inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time”
“our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people”
Give people access to all the music they want all the time - in a completely legal & accessible way
Inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow
.....................are moral guidelines that govern good behaviour.
vision
values
qualitative statement
ethics
Tall structure is ...?
senior management make all the decisions, centralised decision making, to ensure high levels of consistency and control throughout the organisation. More autocratic management culture.
with wider span of control.
many layers to the hierarchy, narrow span of control. Danger of slower communication and decision making from the top to the bottom of the structure.
.......are the things we learn that help us carry out tasks
Decision making
Team building
Communicating
Skills
creating targets and goals for individuals e.g. increase your sales by 10% by September 2018 is ...?
Motivating
Setting Objectives
Decision Making
Team building
...........intelligence is the ability to identify and manage your own emotions and the emotions of others.
Source
Emotional
Rational
Motivational
High
Self-awareness
Self-regulation
Motivation
Empathy
Social skills are element of .....?
Managing conflict
Problem solving
leadership
emotional intelligence
This leader will get things done and make changes quickly
Transformational
Charismatic
Autocratic
Democratic
Leaders that inspire and motivate due to their charm and personality are....?
Autocratic
Charismatic
Paternalistic
Laissez Faire
Advantage of being Autocratic leader can be.....
Organisations can be turned around
Gets the job done quickly
Decision making is simple
If staff are skilled they can be highly motivated
Cons of being Transactional Leader can be .....
Long term strategy is not a focus and so long term growth may not happen
Staff can become de-motivated as they have little say
These leaders can be self obsessed and not focus on staff
Change may make staff de-motivated and negative
Which leadership style is suitable?
For Creative situations
Where teamwork is important
When time is not an issue
Paternalistic
Transformational
Democratic/participative
Autocratic
Which leadership style is suitable?
When a quick decision needs to be made
Emergencies
When employees need lots of direction
Autocratic
Democratic/participative
Paternalistic
Charismatic
Which leadership style is suitable?
For Highly skilled workforce
Democratic/participative
Transactional
Autocratic
Laissez-faire
Which leadership style is suitable?
When employees are in need of being listened to
Highly skilled workforce
When a quick decision needs to be made
Emergencies
When employees need lots of direction
Creative situations
Where teamwork is important
When time is not an issue
Paternalistic
...... within an organisation are its people (employees).
They are classed as a resource and are a factor of production.
Financial resources
Human resources
Asset
Intangible asset
.......... is the management of people by a business to meet the strategic objectives of the business.
Asset management
Financial management
Resources Management
Human resource management
.............. is a method by which a business forecasts how many and what type of employees it needs now and in the future, matching the right type of employees to the needs of the business.
Planning
Fiscal policy
Human resource planning
Resources allocation
...... in business means the integration of operations, processes and strategies into diverse cultures, products, services and ideas.
Workforce
Globalisation
Re-deployment
Forecasting
The number of workers who leave an organisation taking into account employees who -
Resign – the employee decides to leave the company
Attrition – when an employee leaves due to natural reasons e.g. retirement
Dismissal – the company decides to ask the employee to leave
Productivity
Absenteeism
Labour turnover
Human resource planning
Formula for calculating rate of labour turnover
Number of employees leaving during a period/Average number employed during a period X 100
No of days taken off for unauthorised absence (during a specific period)/Total days worked by the workforce over the period X 100
Formula for calculating rate of absenteeism
Number of employees leaving during a period/Average number employed during a period X 100
No of days taken off for unauthorised absence (during a specific period)/Total days worked by the workforce over the period X 100
A......... is the proportion of employees not at work on a given day
Asset
Absenteeism
Apple
Android
A (a) is the proportion of employees not at work on a given day
Last year, a business employing 250 staff had 15 staff absent. Calculate the rate of absenteeism last year.
2%
6%
10%
16%
Last year, a business lost 1,560 days due to staff being absent. The business employed 300 staff during that period and each member of staff should have worked 260 days. Calculate the rate of absenteeism last year
2%
4%
6%
8%
Jasmine’s Florist employs on average 112 people per year. Last year 22 people left. Calculate the labour turnover
19.6%
18.6%
16.6%
Carlton Climbing wall dismissed 1 person and 1 person retired in 2017. 10 people resigned. The average number of people employed in 2017 was 68.
13.2%
14.6%
15%
17.6%
The process of identifying the need for a job, defining the requirements of the position and the job holder,
advertising the position and choosing the most appropriate person to fill the vacant post.
Employment
Advertisement
Recruitment and selection
Hiring
when the business looks to fill the vacancy from within its existing workforce
Internal Recruitment
External Recruitment
Outside people bring in new ideas is advantage of what type of recruitment?
external recruitment
internal recruitment
Limits number of potential applicants is a con of which type of recruitment?
external recruitment
internal recruitment
Delegating one or more business processes to an external provider, which then owns, manages and administers the selected processes to an agreed standard
Selection
External recruitment
Internal recruitment
Outsourcing
C (a) management involves the process that ensures a business responds to the environment in which it operates
Internal factors influencing change
Significant investment decisions
New ownership
Adjusting the organisational structure
All of the above
Internal factors influencing change
Political & legal changes
Change in strategic direction & corporate objectives
Higher cost of inputs
Increased demand for higher quality and levels of customer service
External factors influencing change
Globalisation
Longer-term changes in society
Technological change
All of the above
Which stakeholder is interested in "Value for money
Product quality & customer service"
Shareholders / Owners
Managers & Employees
Customers
management tool used to monitor, review and evaluate staff performance against a set of targets aligned with the business objectives
performance appraisal
evaluation
grade
performance
allows staff to improve and widen their skill and knowledge base to ensure that they can contribute as positively as possible to the performance of the organisation
Upskilling
Training
reskilling
teach employees additional skills and expand their capabilities, which can act as a key motivator and give the business more flexibility
performance
reskilling
training
Upskilling
changing the skill set of employees to ensure that they are aligned with business needs and are up to date; this can ensure staff remain motivated and productive, but also helps to increase staff retention
Upskilling
reskilling
training
Created 14 Principles of Management, identified the skills that were needed to manage well. As well as inspiring much of today's management theory, they offer tips that you can still implement in your organization
Harry Coal
Henry Ford
Henri Fayol
