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This style involves making all decisions without input from team members, often used in crisis situations requiring rapid action.
Difficulty: Easy- Autocratic leadership
- Democratic leadership
- Laissez-faire leadership
- Servant leadership
A group of employees who share a common purpose and hold themselves mutually accountable for results forms this unit.
Difficulty: Medium- Department
- Committee
- Task force
- Team
This sociologist's "Normal Accidents" theory argues that catastrophic failures are inevitable in tightly coupled, complex systems regardless of management quality.
Difficulty: Hard- James Reason
- Charles Perrow
- Diane Vaughan
- Todd LaPorte
A manager who primarily motivates employees through rewards, bonuses, and punishments exemplifies this exchange-based approach.
Difficulty: Easy- Transformational leadership
- Transactional leadership
- Charismatic leadership
- Situational leadership
This researcher developed an eight-step change model starting with "Create a Sense of Urgency" and ending with "Anchor New Approaches in the Culture."
Difficulty: Medium- John Kotter
- Kurt Lewin
- Peter Drucker
- Jim Collins
This theorist argued that organizations are essentially coalitions where decisions emerge from bargaining among stakeholders with different preferences and power levels.
Difficulty: Hard- James March
- Jeffrey Pfeffer
- Richard Cyert
- Henry Mintzberg
This hands-off approach gives employees complete freedom to make decisions with minimal guidance from their manager.
Difficulty: Easy- Autocratic leadership
- Bureaucratic leadership
- Transactional leadership
- Laissez-faire leadership
The implicit, unwritten expectations between employer and employee—like promises of promotion or job security—that go beyond formal agreements describes this bond.
Difficulty: Medium- Employment contract
- Psychological contract
- Social contract
- Performance agreement
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