Leadership Styles 8.2

The leadership style in which managers work with employees to make decisions is called _____.

• autocratic leadership 
• top-down leadership 
• democratic leadership
• collaborative leadership

Hands-off leadership is another name for _____.

• democratic leadership 
• free-rein leadership 
• freedom leadership
• lax leadership

A leader who makes all the decision without consulting others is called an ______ leader

• autocratic 
• automatic 
• autogenic
• autonomic

Giving managers and employees the power to run things and make decisions is called ______.

• authorizing 
• democratic 
• delegating
• laisser-faire

Thirty to forty years ago, ______ leadership was the predominant style used in U.S. businesses.

• autocratic 
• free-rein 
• democratic
• team

The self-managed team approach started in ______.

• Detroit 
• Japan
• Germany
• Silicon Valley

A self-managed team is likely to work on _____ project(s).

• a single
• computer-based 
• complex
• multiple

The performance of individual team members in a self-managed team is usually evaluated by the ______.

• evaluation specialist
• other team members 
• manager
• team leader

If a self-managed team has a team leader, the leader is often selected by _____ .

• chance
• previous team leaders 
• department managers
• team members

The leadership style employed by most military organizations is _____.

• autocratic 
• free-rein 
• democratic
• team-focused