Management and Leadership styles

Question 1

Define Autocratic leadership

Answer 1

When the leader is in full control and makes all decisions

Question 2

Define Democratic leadership

Answer 2

Members of the business take a more participative role in decision making as well as the CEO

Question 3

Define laissez-faire leadership

Answer 3

Where leaders make few decisions and allow staff to choose appropriate workplace solutions

Question 4

Define paternalistic leadership

Answer 4

A dominant authority figure who acts as a father figure and treats employees like members of an extended family

Question 5

Define transformational leadership

Answer 5

Where leader works with teams to identify needed change. Employees needs come before manager’s needs

Question 6

Define transactional leadership

Answer 6

When leader tends to work within the status quo