Leadership Style in Workforce Management Test - the question form
Questions: 16 · 3 minutes
1.
Central management requires that all matters be reported directly to them.
Tries to make decisions together with subordinates, making decisions alone only on the most urgent and time-sensitive issues.
Some important matters are effectively decided without the manager’s involvement; others carry out the manager’s functions.
2.
Always gives orders, directs, and insists, but never asks.
Gives orders in a way that makes you want to carry them out.
Cannot give orders.
3. Which statement best reflects your opinion of the manager?
The manager tries to ensure that their deputies are qualified specialists.
The manager does not care who works as their deputy or assistant.
The manager demands unquestioning compliance and obedience from their deputies or assistants.
4. When solving work-related tasks, the manager:
Is interested only in meeting targets, not in how people relate to one another.
Is not interested in the work and takes a purely formal approach.
Tries to foster good relationships among people in the team.
5.
He is probably conservative because he is afraid of new things.
Does not accept subordinates’ initiative.
Encourages employees to work independently.
6. How does the manager typically respond to criticism?
Is usually not offended by criticism and takes it into account.
Does not like being criticized and does not try to hide it.
Listens to criticism and even intends to take action, but does not do anything.
7. Which statement best reflects your view of the manager?
It seems that the manager is afraid to be accountable for their actions and tries to reduce their responsibility.
The manager shares responsibility between themself and their subordinates.
The manager makes decisions single-handedly or cancels them.
8.
Regularly consults with subordinates, especially experienced employees.
Subordinates not only provide advice but can also give directions to their manager.
Does not allow subordinates to offer advice, let alone disagree.
9. Select the statement that best describes the manager.
Usually consults with deputies and lower-level managers, but not with rank-and-file employees.
Regularly communicates with subordinates, discussing the team’s current situation and the difficulties that need to be overcome.
To get a task done, they often have to persuade their subordinates.
10. In interactions with subordinates, the manager:
Always treats subordinates politely and kindly.
Often shows indifference toward subordinates.
Can be tactless and even rude toward subordinates.
11. In critical situations, the manager’s leadership style
is ineffective in carrying out their responsibilities.
generally becomes more strict.
does not change.
12. Which statement best reflects your opinion of the manager?
They decide even those issues they are not very familiar with.
If they do not know something, they are not afraid to show it and ask others for help.
They cannot act independently and wait to be "pushed" by others.
13.
He is probably not a very demanding person.
He is demanding but also fair.
He can be overly strict and even overly critical.
14. The manager’s approach to supervising work is best described as:
When monitoring results, consistently notes what went well and praises employees.
Always supervises employees’ work very strictly and closely monitors the team as a whole.
Checks on work only from time to time.
15. Which statement best reflects your view of the manager?
Is able to maintain discipline and order.
Often reprimands subordinates or gives them formal warnings.
Is unable to influence discipline.
16. Choose the statement that best matches your opinion of the manager.
When the manager is present, employees constantly have to work under strain.
Working with the manager is interesting.
Employees are left to themselves.