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_________state that "leadership is influencing people to follow in the achievement of a specialized goal".

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  1. Koontz and O'Donnell

  2. Gray Desslor

  3. George R. terry

  4. Lewin, Lippitt & white

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Koontz and O'Donnell state that " leadership is influencing people to  follow in the achievement of a specialized goal". Leadership can be defined as a process of influencing the behaviour of people at work towards the realization of specific goal. The influence under leadership is always for the achievement of common goal.

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given:

List I List II
A. Ohio State University Study 1. Production centered and employee centered
B. University of Michigan study 2. Consideration and initiating structure
C. Likert's System Four 3. Country club, team manager. impoverished, task manager
D. Fiedler's Leadership Model 4. Exploitative authoritative, benevolent authoritative, consultative, participative
5. Leader-member relations, task structure, position power
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  1. A - 1, B - 2, C - 4, D - 5

  2. A - 2, B - 1, C - 3, D - 4

  3. A - 2, B - 1, C - 4, D - 5

  4. A - 5, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
List 1  List 2
 Ohio State University Study  Production centered and employee centered
 University of Michigan study  Consideration and initiating structure
 Likert's System Four  Exploitative authoritative, benevolent authoritative, consultative, participative
Likert's System Four
 Fiedler's Leadership Model  Leader-member relations, task structure, position power

Match the items of List-I with List-II and select the correct code:

List-I List-II
(a) Getting Effective Leadership in the Industrial Organization (i) Dale Yoder
(b) The Nature of Leadership Organization and Management (ii) Alford and Beatty
(c) Industrial Management (iii) Douglas McGregor
(d) Personnel Management (iv) Chester I. Bernard
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  1. $(a) - (i), (b) - (ii), (c) - (iii), (d) - (iv)$

  2. $(a) - (iii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (ii), (d) - (i)$

  3. $(a) - (iii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (i), (d) - (ii)$

  4. $(a) - (iv), (b) - (iii), (c) - (ii), (d) - (i)$

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Correct Option: B

A leader who identifies what subordinates need to do to achieve objectives, clarifies organizational roles and tasks, sets up an organization structure, rewards performance and provide for the social needs of their followers, is __________.

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  1. a transformational leader

  2. a participative leader

  3. a transactional leader

  4. an autocratic leader

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Correct Option: C

Consider the following leadership styles:
1. Telling 2. Autocratic
3. Selling 4. Motivating
5. Participating 6. Delegating
7. Charismatic
Select the four styles of leadership explained by Hersey and Blauchard.

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  1. $1, 2, 6$ and $7$

  2. $2, 3, 4$ and $5$

  3. $1, 3, 5$ and $6$

  4. $4, 5, 6$ and $7$

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Correct Option: C

Blake and Mouton`s managerial Grid has all of the following management styles except ________.

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  1. impoverished

  2. democratic

  3. authority-obedience

  4. country club

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Correct Option: B