Intro To Business Chapter 8

Delegating

Giving managers and employees the power to run things and make decisions.

Confident

Self-assurance makes others feel ________________ in their leader's abilities.

Leadership

Taking a company and its employees in a direction based upon a vision.

Initiative

The ability to act and make decisions without the help or advice of others.

Confident

A ________________ leader has to be decisive.

Communicator

A good _____________________ listens as well as speaks.

Free-rein Leadership

A leadership style whereby a leader sets goals for managers and employees and then leaves them alone to get the job done.

Democratic Leadership

A leadership style whereby managers work with employees to make decisions.

Autocratic Leadership

A leadership style whereby one person runs everything and makes all the decisions without consulting others.

Democratic

A team leader in a self-managed team would be described as a ______________ leader.

Integrity

An adherence to a code of ethical values such as honesty, loyalty, and fairness.

Autocratic

An emergency situation involving a police officer or fire fighter would require _______________ leadership.

Hands-off

Another name for free-rein leadership is ______________ leadership.

Answers include schools, sports, school clubs and activities, music groups (symphonies, orchestras, bands), and politics.

Besides the business world, give three examples where good leadership is needed.

Democratic leadership is a style in which managers work with employees to make decisions. A free-rein leadership style requires the leader to set goals for managers and employees and then leave them alone to get the job done.

Describe the difference(s) between a democratic leadership style and a free-rein leadership style.

Learned

Leadership qualities can be ______________.

Goal-oriented

On a self-managed team, a project is more ____________________ than task- oriented.

Human Relations

The study of how people interact in the workplace.

Trend

To have or take a general direction

Self-managed

Today's leadership trend is toward ______________________ teams.

Self- confidence means knowing what to do and taking action. If a leader did not show self-confidence, then subordinates would not feel confident in any of the leader's decisions.

Why would a good leader need self-confidence?

Self- managed teams

Work groups that supervise themselves.

Initiative

______________ would be figuring out a new and efficient way to handle a problem on your own.

Good

___________________ leadership is needed in many areas.