2.3 Leadership and managment

Question 1

Manager

Answer 1

Responsible for setting objectives, organizing resources, and motivating staff to meet organization aims

Question 2

Leadership

Answer 2

Art of motivating a group of people towards achieving a common objective

Question 3

Autocratic leadership

Answer 3

• Is centralized

* Keeps all decision making in the head of the organization

Question 4

Paternalistic leadership

Answer 4

Fatherly style typically used by dominant males where power is used to control and protect subordinate employees who are expected to be loyal and obedient

Question 5

Democratic leadership

Answer 5

• Is decentralized

* Promotes active participation of staff with decision making

Question 6

Laissez faire leadership

Answer 6

• “Let them do it”

* Leaves much of the decision making to workforce

Question 7

Situational leadership

Answer 7

Effective leadership varies with the task in hand, leader adapts their methods to the situation

Question 8

Ethical leadership

Answer 8

Leading by knowing and doing what is “right”

Question 9

Informal organization

Answer 9

• Members engage in similar or same activities

* Hierarchy is nonexistent

Question 10

Formal organization

Answer 10

• Highly specialized activities

* Defined by rules and regulations