Types of Management Styles Quiz
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Which type of management style involves standing at a distance from employees?

  • Visionary management style
  • Consultative management style
  • Collaborative management style
  • Delegative management style (correct)

    • In what circumstances might an authoritative management style be needed?

  • During a team-building exercise
  • During a company celebration
  • When implementing a participative management style
  • In a crisis situation (correct)

    • Which factor influences a manager's style based on the information provided?

  • The weather conditions
  • The size of the company (correct)
  • The number of office plants
  • The color of the office walls

    • What type of management style is sometimes useful in teamwork according to the text?

    <p>Participative management style</p> Signup and view all the answers

    National culture can influence a manager's style according to which dimensions?

    <p>Hofstede dimensions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for a management style where the manager forces their personal style to match what employees are used to?

    <p>Paternalistic leadership style</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main reason why women aspiring to management positions tend to adopt a masculine style?

    <p>They are judged harder on their errors than men.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In an egalitarian culture, how are the talents of all people utilized according to the text?

    <p>The talents of all people are used more completely.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Based on the text, which management style is characterized by quick switching between persons and topics, and creating a sense of urgency?

    <p>Democratic</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main difference between learning skills and adopting a management style according to the text?

    <p>Management style is more character-based.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which skill is closely related to being relation-oriented, connecting, and sensing individual qualities in management?

    <p>Team-building skills</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of management style is characterized by a 'command-line' approach?

    <p>Autocratic management</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which management style places a strong emphasis on client satisfaction?

    <p>Consultative management</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which type of management style are high-tech staff and managers likely to be involved in building client relations?

    <p>Democratic management</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which trend in modern management involves fewer hierarchical levels within an organization?

    <p>Flattening of the organization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of management style is more likely to delegate tasks and grant autonomy to staff?

    <p>Laissez-faire management</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What organizational change involves sub-dividing a company into semi-autonomous units?

    <p>Shift from functional to general managers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Management Styles

    • Laissez-faire management style: standing at a distance from employees, delegative, and visionary
    • Democratic management styles: standing among employees, including consultative, participative, collaborative, transformational, and coaching styles

    Factors Influencing Management Style

    • Personality and background
    • Company culture and management style of predecessors
    • Size of the company/department
    • Sector/industry
    • National culture (Hofstede dimensions)
    • Circumstances/situation at hand

    Company Type/Sector Effect on Management

    • Product-oriented (e.g., orange juice concentrate) vs. service-oriented (e.g., men who use a softer approach)
    • Agricultural vs. industrial management styles
    • B2B (e.g., packaging machines) vs. B2C (e.g., web shop for hemp seed products)
    • High-education (e.g., block chain consultants) vs. low-education workers (e.g., vegetables farm labourers)
    • Niche (e.g., organic, cold-pressed canola oil producer) vs. bulk production (e.g., canola biodiesel factory)

    Managerial Skills

    • Strategic skills: long-term vision and solving complex situations
    • Team-building skills: relation-oriented and sensing individual qualities
    • Organizational skills: planning, quick switching between persons and topics
    • Communication skills: adjusting to listeners and charisma
    • Transfer of knowledge skills: sensing what knowledge is complementary
    • Flattening: fewer management levels and managers within the organisation
    • Coaching: less traditional directing and more guidance and autonomy to staff
    • Shift from functional to general managers: organisations are being sub-divided into autonomous business units
    • Reason behind these trends: knowledge (human capital) is an ever more important aspect of labour

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    Test your knowledge on different management styles including laissez-faire, delegative, visionary, democratic, consultative, participative, collaborative, transformational, and coaching. Learn about various approaches to managing teams and conflicts in the workplace.

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