Leading

Persons who are able to influence others and who possess managerial authority are termed ________.

• entrepreneurs

• leaders

• managers

• visionaries

An important aspect of leadership is influencing a group to achieve its goals.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which one of the following describes the leadership style in which a leader tends to centralize authority, dictate work methods, make unilateral decisions, and limit employee participation?

• Authoritarian style

• Autocratic style

• Democratic style

• Laissez-faire style

In working with his employees, Carlos involves them in decision making and encourages them to participate in deciding their work methods and goals. Carlos's leadership style can best be described as ________.

• autocratic

• laissez-faire

• democratic

• participative

 The ________ style of leadership describes a leader who tends to involve employees in decision making, delegate authority, encourages participation in deciding work methods and goals, and uses feedback as an opportunity for coaching employees.

• participative

• autocratic

• democratic

•  laissez-faire

Which one of the following describes the leadership style in which the leader generally gives the group complete freedom to make decisions and complete the work in whatever way it sees fit?

• Facilitative style

• Delegative style

• Democratic style

• Laissez-faire style

Laila sees her role as someone who provides direction and resources for her team then gets out of their way and lets them do their work however they think best. Laila uses the ________ style of leadership.

• autocratic

• participative

• facilitative

• laissez-faire

 Ali emphasizes to his people that the work must be done, regardless of circumstances, and focus on meeting sales targets. Ali's contingency model would classify Jack as ________ oriented.

• employee

• organization

• task

• relationship

The ________ leadership theory is a contingency theory that focuses on followers' readiness.

• adaptive

• situational

• adjustable

• facilitative

According to SLT, a high task-low relationship situation calls for the ________ leadership style

• delegating

• telling

• participating

• selling