Self-Assessment Test - 7.1 Time: 1.5 hes Hors 1. Strict obedience of order and discipline is found in— ; “@) Autocratic leadership (b) Democratic leadership ) (9) Free-rein leadership 2. Two-way communication technique is used under— (a) Laissez-Faire leadership style (6) Autocratic leadership style . Identify the element of directing in the given picture. (@) Formal Communication (©) Leadership (b) Democratic leadership style (4) None of these. (@) Paternalistic leadership. 0) (y (b)_ Informal Communication (@) Motivation ) 4. Match the following, concepts with their meaning. [eouuNa ‘COLUMN? A. | Authority 4. Increases the role of subordinates in the organisation by giving them more autonomy B__| Functional structure Flows downwards from superior to subordinate C._ | Decentralisation Cannot be entirely delegated D_ [Responsibility iv. Minimum duplication of efforts and hence economical i, C-ii, Div Biv, C-i, D-ii (a) Badly expressed message (©) premature evaluation (a) Supervision (©) Leadership - Identify the characteristic of ‘Directing’ highlighted (a) Directing is a continuous process (©) Directing facilitates change (©) Directing takes place at every level (4) Directing initiates action Which of the following is not a type of semantic barriers? as an element of directing involves instructing, observing, overseeing, employees and other resources to accomplish desired objectives. Which of the following describes ‘Autocratic Leadership Style’? (0) A+ii, Biv, C-i, Dit (4) Adil, Bi, Civ, Di i) (©) Unclassified assumptions (a) Technical jargon monitoring and guiding the effortsof a () Motivation (4) Communication - “Directing takes place where senior-subordinate relationship exists.” in the above statement— a a (a) Leader develops action plan in consultation with his subordinates {b) Communication is only one-way with subordinates«only to support and provide information to his subordinates. 4 Eee high degree of independence ‘0 cance of delegation in the scenario where i oor (b) Effective management oy eee develormen (a) Motivation of employees (0 cane correct opti n from the options given below @ pc ent Lscorrect and statement 2 isnot correct. sent 2s cortest and statement 1 not correct Ya hesatements T and 2 are correct, the statements I and 2 are not correct, wy Bot wo ‘steem needs are at the apex of Maslow's hierarchy of human needs. giatement statement Self- actualisation needs relate to personal growth and realisation of one’s full potential. “ayesha Lid’ assures their employees that in spite of recession, no worker will be retrenched from work. 38 1 stify the type of incentive offered. On gE Mr, Onkar, Manager. After re two more incentives of the same type. the Assistant Sales Manager of XYZ Ltd. receives directioi i the directions, Mr. Onkar gives instructions to t the Production Manager of ‘Goyanka Ltd.’ planned to replace the old machinery with the latest one, All vere comfortable in operating the old machinery therefore resisted to change. However, Mr. Pare Workings of new machinery and informed workers about its need and advantages. On accepted the change. portance of directing in the second p wns from Mr. Sachin, the regional Sales the sales executives working under him. ni) fi Me. Parag the workers decided to demonstrate the tending the demonstration, workers were satisfied and happily ara. @) @) att vuentify and state the feature of directing discussed in the first para and im 1h ‘ue Chips Ltd’ offers to its employees, isu of shares ata price which is less than the market price. {) Name and explain the type of incentive offered to the employees. {i) Explain one more incentive of the same category. JJement of Directing? What are the features of motivation? @) ‘seven jobs in the last one year. He is a hard working person his inadequate vocabulary and omission of needed words. ‘conveyed. All these create a misunderstanding between 11, Why is supervision considered an important el ative of ‘Onida Ltd.’ has changed 15, Neeraj a sales represent istomers due to but is not able to finalise deals with the cu: Sometimes he uses wrong words so intended meaning is not them and his clients. @ (i) Identify the communication barrier discussed above. (ii) State the category of this communication barrier. (ii) Explain any other communication barrier of the same category. 16, “A manager is always a leader but a leader may not be a manager.” In the light of the above statement, mention the (6) difference between ‘manager’ and ‘leader’. 11 Sadat isthe Chief Executive Officer of a reputed company. She introduced appropriate skill development programmes To motivate and retain the best talent in the and a sound promotion policy for the employees of her company. 1 company, she designed the jobs of the managers to include greater variety of work content. Identify and explain the two incentives introduced by Sadaf to motivate the employees of her company. o