12.1 Management and managers

Question 1

Autocratic management

Answer 1

A management style where one manager takes all the decisions with very little, if any, input from others.

Question 2

Democratic management

Answer 2

A management style that encourages the active participation of workers in taking action.

Question 3

Paternalistic management

Answer 3

A management style based on the view that the manager is in a better position than the workers to know what is best for an organisation.

Question 4

Laissez-faire management

Answer 4

A management style that leaves much of the business decision making to the workforce.

Question 5

Management

Answer 5

The organisation and coordination of activities in order to achieve the defined objectives of the business.

Question 6

Managers

Answer 6

The person responsible for setting objectives, organising resources and motivating workers so that objectives of the business are met.