Leadership and Management

Question 1

What is leading?

Answer 1

It is the ability to influence, motivate and direct people toward the attainment of goals and objectives.

Question 2

What is the difference between management and leadership?

Answer 2

Management promotes stability and order, leadership promotes vision and change.

Question 3

What are the qualities of a manager?

Answer 3

• Focus on organization
• Rational
• Maintains stability
• Assigns tasks
• Organizes
• Analyses
• Position power

Question 4

What are the qualities of a leader?

Answer 4

• Focus on people
• Visionary
• Promotes change
• Defines purpose
• Nurtures
• Innovates
• Personal power

Question 5

What are the essential skills associated with effective leading?

Answer 5

• Visioning
• Managing power and influence
• Empowering

Question 6

What are the two types of rewards?

Answer 6

• Extrinsic ( reward given by others )
• Intrinsic ( rewards given to yourself )

Question 7

What is the Contingency Theory of Leadership?

Answer 7

It proposes the idea that managers influence others by adapting their style to the circumstances.

Question 8

What are the differences between autocratic leaders and democratic leaders?

Answer 8

Autocratic centralize power and decision-making to themselves while democratic decentralise authority and there is active participation from members