Leading People & Organizations
Decision Making
The Essentials of Control
Strategic Human Resource Management
Leading People & Organizations
100

This type of decision-making involves the leader making decisions alone without input from others.

What is Autocratic Decision Making?

100

This bias occurs when individuals rely too heavily on the first piece of information they receive when making decisions.

What is Anchoring & Adjustment?

100

This financial statement provides a snapshot of a company's financial position at a specific point in time.

What is a Balance Sheet?

100

This HR function involves finding and hiring the right individuals for specific roles within the organization.

What is Selection and Placement?

100

Name two of the four path-goal leadership styles.

What are Directive leaders and Supportive leaders? (Also acceptable: Participative leaders and Achievement-oriented leaders)

200

In this style of decision-making, leaders allow group members to participate in the decision-making process.

What is Democratic Decision Making?

200

What is the tendency to make judgments about the likelihood of an event based on how easily examples of it come to mind?

What is Availability bias?

200

Name two of the five core principles of Lean management.

What are Define Value from the Customer’s Perspective and Create Flow in Each Value Stream?

200

Name two key elements of HR management that contribute to organizational success.

What are Job Design and Compensation and Rewards?

200

What is the tendency to make judgments about the likelihood of an event based on how easily examples of it come to mind?

What is Availability bias?

300

This leadership style involves minimal leader involvement, allowing employees to make decisions on their own.

What is Laissez-faire Decision Making?

300

This bias involves seeking out information that supports pre-existing beliefs while ignoring contradictory evidence.

What is Confirmation bias?

300

This type of control focuses on monitoring and adjusting ongoing activities to ensure they align with organizational goals.

What is Operational Control?

300

This term refers to the deliberate structuring of tasks to optimize employee performance and satisfaction.

What is Job Design?

300

Name two key elements of HR management that contribute to organizational success.

What are Job Design and Compensation and Rewards?

400

Name two of the four path-goal leadership styles.

What are Directive leaders and Supportive leaders? (Also acceptable: Participative leaders and Achievement-oriented leaders)

400

The phenomenon where individuals continue to invest time, money, or effort into a decision, even though it's clear it's not the best course of action.

What is Escalation of Commitment?

400

Describe the type of control that aims to prevent problems before they occur by anticipating changes and taking proactive measures.

What is Feedforward Control?

400

A systematic process to identify and develop internal employees with the potential to fill key leadership positions in the future.

What is Succession Planning?

400

This type of control focuses on monitoring and adjusting ongoing activities to ensure they align with organizational goals.

What is Operational Control?

500

This type of path-goal leader sets challenging goals and expects high performance from employees.

What is an Achievement-oriented leader?

500

This bias occurs when individuals make decisions based on how the information is presented, rather than on the information itself.

What is Framing bias?

500

 This type of control involves comparing actual performance to desired performance during the implementation of an activity.

What is Concurrent Control?

500

This HR strategy involves attracting, retaining, and developing skilled employees to gain a competitive advantage.

What is Talent Management?

500

This HR strategy involves attracting, retaining, and developing skilled employees to gain a competitive advantage.

What is Talent Management?

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