Tag: leadership

Questions Related to leadership

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

What is the best term to describe the process of attempting to influence other people to attain the organisation's objectives?

  1. Planning

  2. Organising

  3. Leading

  4. Controlling


Correct Option: C

Decision-making skills are required at __________.

  1. top level management

  2. middle level of management

  3. all level of management

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: C

A manager should know how to identify a problem and possess the ability to find a best solution for solving any specific problem. This can be termed as ___________.

  1. technical skill

  2. leadership skill

  3. problem solving skill

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: C

Under ____________of leadership, the leader allows participation by member of the group in management and decision-making process.Subordinates are frequently consulted by the manager on various problems and are allowed sufficient freedom to communicate with the leader and also with their fellow subordinates.

  1. free rein style

  2. autocratic style

  3. democratic style

  4. Laissez-faire


Correct Option: C

In the Blake and Mouton Leadership grid,which management style has low concern people but a high concern for production? 

  1. Country club

  2. Authority-compliance

  3. Impoverished

  4. Middle-of-the-road


Correct Option: B

Under _______of leadership, the leader uses his power  very little giving  subordinate's full freedom of action and independence for setting their goals and means of achieving them.This types of leader depends heavily on subordinates? 

  1. free rein style

  2. democratic style

  3. Laissez-faire

  4. (A) or (B)


Correct Option: D

"Leadership is the activity of influencing people to strive willingly for group of objectives" is the definition given by __________.

  1. Glueck

  2. Harold Koontz and Heinz Weihrich

  3. George Terry

  4. Gay and Strake


Correct Option: C

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 towards high levels of achievement


Correct Option: D