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Leadership Styles
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Recapping leadership styles and models
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An Autocratic Leader...
allows workers to make all decisions
makes all decisions and workers have to carry them out
discusses decisions with employees and gives them input
delegates decision making process
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Democratic leadership likely to emphasise?
Long term
Target setting
Delegation and consultation
Rules and regulations
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A manager will carry out the following task?
Setting objectives and planning
All of the above
Organising a group
Motivating and communicating
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Which type of leader believes employees should be involved in decision making?
Democratic
Authoritarian
Theory X
Paternalistic
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What factor is most likely to influence a managers decision making?
Weather
Football results
Availability & Reliability of Data
Mood
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Laissez-faire means?
Very little delegation
Where the leader is seen as a “father-figure”
Employees have freedom to do what they think is best
Focus of power is more with the group as a whole
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What is the most likely reason for a shift away from autocratic leadership?
Better educated workforce
Pressure for greater employee involvement
All of the above
Changes in society’s values
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Which of the following refers specifically to leadership rather than management?
Authority comes with position rather than action
Motivating and inspiring others
Instructing and coordinating subordinates
Make tactical and operational decisions
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An autocratic leader is likely to communicate?
Slowly
Two-way
Horizontally
Top down
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When a leader identifies problems, makes decision and announces to subordinates?
Consults
Tells
Sells
Joins
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What is Leadership?
The ability to influence people to work toward a vision/goal
The ability to boss people around to get your objective done
the ability to do everthing yourself and not need help
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When is a manager most likely to use a laissez-faire management style
Employees threatening industrial action
Employees being made redundant
Employees need training
Employees skilled and motivated
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A managers attitude to risk is likely to depend on which factor?
Level of responsibility
The size of the budget
The penalties for poor decisions
External environment
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A possible advantage of using authoritarian management is:
Decisions made quickly
Allows for new ideas
Staff motivation is low
Highly inflexible
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A director is most likely to carry out the following?
Run a department
Report to shareholders
Carry out day-to-day tasks
Implement tactical decisions
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A paternalistic Leader acts as a?
Father figure/ Parent
Cupcake
Dictator
Steward
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What management style means all decisions are made centrally?
Laissez-faire
Bureaucratic
Authoritarian
Democratic
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Possible disadvantage of democratic management?
Staff more motivated
Employee wellbeing higher
May slow down decision making
Employees more loyal to business
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Which leadership style suggests the manager might adapt their style to different circumstances?
Situational
Paternalisitc
Autocratic
Democratic
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Autocratic leader
one-way decisions
cares for welfare of workers
involve workers in decisions
encourages feedback from workers
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Two leadership traits
vision, problem-solving
indecisive, cautious
ability to carry out tasks, follow orders
needs directing, monitoring
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Democratic leadership likely to emphasise?
Rules and regulations
Delegation and consultation
Long term
Target setting
