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Tick mark the correct answer.
Leadership is a function of all the following except.

  1. Work group

  2. Product or service

  3. Leader

  4. Situation


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Leadership is a function of all the following except product or service. 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.

__________ is the ability to influence human behaviour.

  1. Interpersonal skills

  2. Decision-making skills

  3. Administrative skills

  4. Leadership skills


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Leadership skill is the ability to influence human behaviour. Leadership  is a process of influencing the behaviour of people at work towards the achievement of specified goal. In simple terms, leadership can be defined as the process of influence.

Leadership is possible in ________.

  1. organised groups

  2. unorganized groups

  3. both (a) and (b)

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Leadership is possible both in organised and unorganised groups. Leadership is a process of influencing the behaviour of people at work towards the achievement of organisational goals. It shows interpersonal relationship between leader and followers. The leaders have informal authority only that is the authority of trust and faith shown by the group members. 

The concept of 'Leadership continuoum'  is developed by ________.

  1. Tannenbaum and Schmidt

  2. Rensis Likert

  3. George Terry

  4. Taylor


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The concept of 'leadership continuum' is developed by the Tannenbaum and Schmidt in 1958. Leadership continuum represents a range of action related to the degree of authority  used by the leader and the area of freedom available to non managers.

Leadership is a function of ________.

  1. stimulation

  2. manager

  3. management

  4. organisation


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Leadership is the function of stimulation because it influence the behaviour of people by making them strive voluntarily towards achievement of organisational goals. Leadership indicates the ability of an individual to maintain good interpersonal relations with followers and motivate them towards achievement of organisational goals. 

The work-standards approach is ______.

  1. democratic

  2. autocratic

  3. universal

  4. sociolistic in nature


Correct Option: B

Leadership is most often associated with the ability to __________.

  1. communicate well with large groups of people.

  2. arrange activities that have to be performed in a systematic way

  3. determine the most effective course of action

  4. inspire other toward high levels of achievement


Correct Option: D

The search for personality, social, physical, or intellectual attributes that would describe leaders and differentiate them from nonleaders goes back to the ______.

  1. 1930s.

  2. 1950s.

  3. 1970s.

  4. 1990s.


Correct Option: A

With which management functions, 'mentoring' is primarily associated?

  1. Planning

  2. Organising

  3. Leadership

  4. Control


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
The ability of a company's management to make sound decisions and inspire others to perform well is leadership. leadership is primarily mentoring or providing direction.

According to the Ohio state studies, the extent to which a leader share mutual trust and respect for his/her employees is referred to as ________.

  1. consideration

  2. employ- oriented behavior

  3. concern for production

  4. task-oriented behavior


Correct Option: A