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According to psychologist Kurt Lewin, which of the following is not a stage in the change process____________.

  1. unfreezing

  2. mediating

  3. changing

  4. refreezing


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

There are three basic styles of leadership decision-makingauthoritarian,democratic, and laissez-faire. Authoritarian leaders rule their groups, democratic leaders try to include everyone in the decision-making process, and laissez-faire leaders let the group function.

As per Blake and Jane Mouton (9, 1) grid style of leadership also known as__________.

  1. Autocratic-task oriented

  2. County club management

  3. Impoverished management

  4. Team management


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Relationship oriented leadership.Taskoriented (or task-focused) leadership is a behavioural approach in which the leader focuses on the tasks that need to be performed in order to meet certain goals, or to achieve a certain performance standard.

Blake and Jane Mouton suggested that_____ grid style of leadership is most effective.

  1. (1,9)

  2. (9, 1)

  3. (5, 5)

  4. (9, 9)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Blake and Mouton's Managerial Grid. Definition: RobertBlake and Jane Mouton have developed the Managerial Grid, also called as a leadership grid. According to them, the leadership styles can be identified on the basis of manager's concern for people and production.

As per Blake and Jane Mouton (5, 5) grid style of leadership also known as___________.

  1. County club management

  2. Middle of the road management

  3. Impoverished management

  4. Team management


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Middle management is the intermediate management of a hierarchical organization that is subordinate to the executive management and responsible for at least two lower levels of junior staff.

As per Blake and Jane Mouton (1, 1) grid style of leadership also known as ________________.

  1. Autocratic-task oriented

  2. Country club management

  3. Impoverished management

  4. Team management


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Impoverished or "indifferent" manager is mostly ineffective. With a low regard for creating systems that get the job done, and with little interest in creating a satisfying or motivating team environment , his results are inevitably disorganization, dissatisfaction and disharmony.

Since leading people involves interpersonal relationships between the leaders and the followers, leader should always try to improve his attitude towards the led to become effective.

  1. True

  2. Partly true

  3. False

  4. None of above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

An interpersonal relationship is a strong, deep, or close association or acquaintance between two or more people that may range in duration from brief to enduring.

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

  1. Country club

  2. Authority-compliance

  3. Impoverished

  4. Middle-of-the-road


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

authority-compliance people in this category believe that their team members are simply a means to an end. The team's needs are always secondary to its productivity.

On what belief are contingency theories of leadership based?

  1. That there is single style of leadership appropriate to all managers

  2. That there is no single style of leadership appropriate to all managers

  3. That there is no single style of leadership appropriate to all situation.

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Theories are commonly categorized by which aspect is believed to define the leader the most. The most widespread one's are: Great Man Theory, TraitTheory, Behavioural Theories, Contingency Theories, Transactional Theories and Transformational Theories.

Approaches to the study of leadership which emphasis the personality of the leader are termed as ______________.

  1. Inspirational theories

  2. Trait theories

  3. Group theories

  4. Contingency theories


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Trait theory (also called dispositional theory) is an approach to the study of human personality. Trait theorists are primarily interested in the measurement of traits, which can be defined as habitual patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion.

One contingency model of leadership is the path-goal theory. This suggests that an individual's motivation is dependent on __________________.

  1. Whether path-goal relationships are clarified

  2. Their effective performance

  3. The necessary direction, guidance, training and support being provided

  4. Expectation that increased efforts to achieve an improved level of performance will be successful


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Fiedler Contingency Model was created in the mid-1960s by Fred Fiedler, a scientist who studied the personality and characteristics of leaders. The model states that there is no one best style of leadership. Instead, a leader's effectiveness is based on the situation.