Chapter 8 Leadership In Management

Introduction to Business
Styles of Leadership
Name Period

Directions: Read the first column and match the characteristic to the leadership style with a check mark.

Characteristic Autocratic Democratic

1. Workers are encouraged to voice

their opinions
Leader shows workers exactly how to
do tasks with a high level of quality

3. Leaders set goals, then leaves

managers and workers alone
4. Leader makes all decisions without
consulting anyone

5. Leader explains reasons for actions

6. Leader delegates most authority to
workers

7. Leader rarely gives credit to

workers
8. Leader has time to work on other
tasks
9. Leader tells employees how to do
their jobs
10. Workers get to decide how to
divide up the work, as long as they
meet the goal
11. Leader invites questions from
workers
12. Works best when under extreme
time pressure

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