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Term | Definition |
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What are the three types of Management Skills? | Leadership, Motivation and Communication |
Define Leadership | The ability to direct people, give them instructions and make them follow follow and obey you. |
What are the three types of leadership styles | Autocratic, Democratic and Laissez Faire |
Describe an Autocratic Leader | The manager makes all the decisions without consulting the employees. |
Describe a Democratic Leader | The manager involves employees when making decisions. |
Describe Laissez Faire Leadership | The manager does not interfere with how employees do their work. |
What is Delegation? | An important part of being a leader is delegating work to employees |
What is an example of Delegation | The Human Resources Manager might ask his assistant to interview candidates for an important vacancy in the business because he doesn't have time to do it. |
Advantage of Delegation is | Sharing the work out among the employees gets the work done faster. |
Disadvantage of refusing to delegate is | Employees are unhappy. They think that the manager has no faith in their abilities. |
Importance of Effective Leadership | Improved Efficiency, Improved Co-ordination, Employee Retention and Change. |
Definition of Management | A process that involves a manager working with people and using other resources such as money and equipment to ensure that the business achieves its goals |
Characteristics of Managers | Charismatic, Decision and a Hard worker |