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WorksheetsManagement and Leadership styles
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Laissez-faire management:
provides a lot of direction to employees on what their roles are.
makes staff responsible for their own work.
can lead to great productivity in the workplace.
delegates decisions to employees and does not provide feedback.
Participative or democratic management:
centralises authority with the democratically elected manager.
encourages employees to take responsibility for their work.
requires a lot of supervision of employees as employees are responsible for their own work.
reduces the time it takes to make decisions.
One of the following is not a feature of an autocratic management style.
The manager makes all decisions.
The manager has total control.
The manager encourages team work.
The manager closely supervises employees.
What is management style?
cognitive ability
the way a manager works with and involves employees
the way a leader identifies with the payroll system
the difference between specialized and frontier
This leader's lack of trust in his or her employees doesn't inspire them to be creative
Laissez-faire
Democratic
Authoritative
Autocratic
Sets goals and then leaves staff alone to get the job done.
Democratic
Transformational
Laissez-fiare
Autocratic
Communication goes both ways with this type of leadership.
Democratic
Laissez-faire
Autocratic
Participative
Top-down approach: One-way communication
Democratic
Autocratic
Laissez-faire
Transactional
Best style for crisis management
Transformational
Democratic
Autocratic
Laissez-faire
Best style for highly educated and specialized industries with professionals like Lawyers, Accounting and Banking.
Laissez-faire
Democratic
Authoritative
Participative
Management only involved if staff requests
Super-cool boss
Laissez-faire
Democratic
Autocratic
A benefit to this style of leadership is quick decision making
Autocratic
Democratic
A boss who drinks too much coffee
Laissez-faire
This style creates the best bond between employee and employer
Democratic
Laissez-faire
Autocratic
Lots of super strong glue
A con for this type of leadership style is that the productivity may suffer since the manager is hands off
Laissez-faire
Democratic
Employees need MORE coffee
Autocratic
A con of this type of leadership is decisions are not made quickly.
Autocratic
Democratic
Supervisors take too many coffee breaks
Laissez-faire
A con of this type of leadership is some employees may feel that management is not contributing
Democratic
Laissez-faire
Autocratic
My boss KEEPS going to the coffee shop!!!!
Which type of leadership style involves the manager making all the decisions?
Laissez-faire
Autocratic
Democratic
What is an advantage of laissez-faire style of leadership?
It leaves room for decision making to more innovative
Roles of responsibility are clearer
It makes employees feel more supported
Which type of leadership style involves managers and employees working together in unison to make decisions?
Democratic
Laissez-faire
Autocratic
What is the difference between a manager and a leader?
Managers inspire people and leaders delegate tasks to their employees
Leaders have people follow them while managers have employees who work for them
They are both similar
What is an advantage of autocratic leadership?
It is an innovative style of leadership
Decisions are made quickly by the manager.
Employees ideas and creativity are not usually considered
What are the disadvantages of laissez-faire leadership?
Employees creativity isn't usually considered and employees could become demotivated
Employees are scared of management and are not allowed to make decisions
It is unclear who takes responsibility and can lead to poor performance if inexperienced staff aren't supported
What are the advantages of democratic leadership?
Employees are highly motivated and accepting of change
Employees are lazy and scared of change
Decisions are made quickly and efficiently
Decision making can be very slow when it comes to Democratic leadership
True
False
Decisions are made quickly when there is an Autocratic leadership style
True
False
Planning
Directing
Organizing
Controlling
Directing
Controlling
Planning
Organizing
Directing
Controlling
Staffing
Planning
Which management function is described in the following situation: James Crane, a manager, wants to create a team atmosphere among the members of his sales department. He surveys team members of their strengths and weaknesses then creates work groups so that employees with a variety of skills are in a group together.
