WGU D072 LEADERSHIP STYLES
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What leadership style outcome is high productivity but hampers creativity and
works short term but creates tension as a long-term approach?
✔✔ ANSWER: Autocratic
What leadership outcome is lower productivity than those under autocratic
leadership but higher levels of work quality and satisfaction? (This approach can
be inefficient if roles are unclear or there are communication failures. It can also
lead to poor results if the group is not skilled in the area in which they are making
decisions.)
✔✔ ANSWER: Participative
What leadership outcome only works in circumstances where employees are
independent, highly skilled, and motivated? (Otherwise, teams perform poorly,
make many demands of their leader, and show little inclination towards
cooperation.)
✔✔ ANSWER: Laissez-faire
What is the characteristic of an autocratic leadership style?
✔✔ ANSWER: Telling (High task / Low relationship focus)
What is the characteristic of a participative leadership style?
✔✔ ANSWER: Selling / Participating (High relationship focus)
What is the characteristic of the Laissez-faire leadership style?
Delegating
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT RATED A+
What leadership style outcome is high productivity but hampers creativity and
works short term but creates tension as a long-term approach?
✔✔ ANSWER: Autocratic
What leadership outcome is lower productivity than those under autocratic
leadership but higher levels of work quality and satisfaction? (This approach can
be inefficient if roles are unclear or there are communication failures. It can also
lead to poor results if the group is not skilled in the area in which they are making
decisions.)
✔✔ ANSWER: Participative
What leadership outcome only works in circumstances where employees are
independent, highly skilled, and motivated? (Otherwise, teams perform poorly,
make many demands of their leader, and show little inclination towards
cooperation.)
✔✔ ANSWER: Laissez-faire
What is the characteristic of an autocratic leadership style?
✔✔ ANSWER: Telling (High task / Low relationship focus)
What is the characteristic of a participative leadership style?
✔✔ ANSWER: Selling / Participating (High relationship focus)
What is the characteristic of the Laissez-faire leadership style?
Delegating
