WorksheetsPartial 2.2 / Human Capital
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 45mins
1.- The choice of management or leadership style is least likely to be
influenced by the financial remuneration of employees.
a) True
b) False
2.- A paternalistic management style involves guiding and managing the workforce in a manner
similar to how parents might manage their children.
a) True
b) False
3.- A laissez-faire management style involves managers giving out orders instead of listening
to the views of their workers.
a) True
b) False
4.- Recruiting workers is not likely to be a key function of management
a) True
b) False
5.- With a situational management style, managers change and adapt their approach to suit
different settings and circumstances.
a) True
b) False
6.- Paternalistic leaders make decisions that they believe will be in the best interest of their
workers, but are not consultative.
a) True
b) False
7.- A situational management style requires managers to be flexibly skilled in order to adapt
themselves to different circumstances in the workplace.
a) True
b) False
8.- A paternalistic management and leadership style gives workers complete freedom to make
their own decisions in the workplace.
a) True
b) False
9.- A laissez-faire leadership style is suitable if employees are highly skilled, experienced and
driven.
a) True
b) False
10.- A democratic management style directly involves the input of others before any final
decision is made.
a) True
b) False
11.- An autocratic approach to management and leadership is suitable if employees need to be
dismissed for gross misconduct in the workplace.
a) True
b) False
12.- A situational management or leadership style might or might not involve others in decision
making, depending on the circumstances.
a) True
b) False
13.- The key roles of managers are commanding, controlling, coordinating, organizing, and
planning
a) True
b) False
14.- A democratic leadership style is most appropriate when dealing with a large group of
inexperienced and unskilled workers.
a) True
b) False
15.- Responsibility describes who is in charge of whom and in what capacity.
a) True
b) False
16.- Matrix structure describes a flexible organization structure made up of representatives
from different departments temporarily working together on a particular project.
a) True
b) False
17.- Delayering describes the process of removing one or more layers of hierarchy to make the
organizational structure flatter.
a) True
b) False
18.- Taller hierarchical structures are characterized by a wide span of control.
a) True
b) False
19.- Bureaucracy is the term used to describe the administrative systems of a business, which
rely on a set of rules and procedures and formal hierarchical structures.
a) True
b) False
20.- Levels of an organizational hierarchy show the number of levels of formal authority from
top to the bottom.
a) True
b) False
21.- Flat structure is the Type of organizational structure that has few levels in the
organizational hierarchy.
a) True
b) False
22.- Hierarchy is the A type of organizational structure that is tall/vertical, with many levels in
terms of ranks.
a) True
b) False
23.- Organization by function isn’t the structuring a workforce according to business functions,
i.e., specialized roles or tasks.
a) True
b) False
24.- The outsourced workers also known as outsourced vendors or the contractual fringe,
these are the individuals or other organizations hired on a contract basis to carry out a specific
but non-core role in Charles Handy’s Shamrock organization.
a) True
b) False
25.- Tall organization also known as a vertical structure, this type of organizational structure
has many layers in the organizational hierarchy
a) True
b) False
26.- Tall structure is the type of organizational structure that has many levels of hierarchy, so
the span of control is likely to be narrow
a) True
b) False
27.- A democratic management is the management style that involves centralized and
autonomous decision-making, without input from others in the organization
a) True
b) False
28.- An autocratic management is the management style that actively involves the participation
of employees in the decision-making process
a) True
b) False
29.- The laissez-faire leadership is a hands-off approach to leadership by devolving decision-
making power to the workforce
a) True
b) False
30.- The leadership is the art of inspiring and motivating other people towards achieving a
common organizational aim or vision
a) True
b) False
