Uop Mgt 521 Week 4 Individual Knowledge Check

1 . Which 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?
•           A. Cultural style
•           B. Autocratic style
•           C. Democratic style
•           D. Laissez-faire style

2 . The ________ style of leadership describes a leader who tends to value employee participation, including in such areas as decision making and deciding on work methods and goals.
•           A. cultural
•           B. autocratic
•           C. democratic
•           D. laissez-faire

3 . Which 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?
•           A. Cultural style
•           B. Autocratic style
•           C. Democratic style
•           D. Laissez-faire style

4 . The ________ model proposed that the results of the least-preferred coworker questionnaire could determine whether someone was relationship or task oriented, and these results would determine effectiveness of group performance.
•           A. Fiedler contingency
•           B. situational leadership
•           C. leader participation
•           D. path-goal
5 . Which leadership model proposed that the final component in the model is the four stages of follower readiness, and different levels of follower readiness call for a different leader–follower relationship?
•           A. Path-goal model
•           B. The Fiedler model
•           C. Charismatic-visionary leadership
•           D. Situational leadership

6 . According to Hersey and Blanchard, a low task–high relationship situation calls for the ________ leadership style.
•           A. delegating
•           B. telling
•           C. participating
•           D. selling

7 . When Alan Jackman got promoted as the head of the sales team at Mac Software Inc., he chose three of...