Management Styles/Theories
Management Roles (Robbins)
Management Roles (Minzberg)
Decision-Making Process
Ethics
100

This is defined as: organisation and coordination of company activities according to policies.

What is Management

100

This role defines goals, sets strategies and creates plans

What is: Planning

100

This Interpersonal role includes motivating employees...

What is: Leader 

100

Name one action of positive decision makers...

What is:  (Any 1)Decisive, offers solutions, distinguish between problems/opportunities, simplify situations

100

This involves businesses recognising they need to make positive impact on the community and environment...

What is CSR?  Corporate Social Responsibility

200

This theory believes leadership is more important than traits...

What is: Behavioural theory 
200

This role includes evaluating activities according to the plan...

What is:  Controlling

200

This Interpersonal Role involves networking with outsiders...

What is:  Liaison

200

This graphical tool helps choose between several courses of action...

What is:  Decision tree

200

These are principles that guide leaders' decision making and behaviour...

What is:  Ethical Leadership?

300

This involves: (1) Establishing a clear vision, (2) sharing with others and (3) providing information to realise the vision.

What is: Leadership 

300

Steve Jobs may be described as this type of Manager...

What is: Controlling

300

This Information Transfer role includes transmitting information outside the company

What is: Spokesperson

300

Name one action of negative decision makers...

what are:  Turning simple situation into complex, irrelevant solutions, indecisive and focus on wrong problems

300

Blanchard and Peale suggest that managers ask themselves _______ questions in order to make ethical decisions

What is:  Three questions

400

These theories realise that managers need to adapt their leadership style to the situation as it arises...

What is: Situational/Contingency

400

This role includes: directing and motivating staff, and resolving conflicts...

What is:  Leading

400

This decision-making role looks for opportunities for growth and develops strategies...

What is: Entrepreneur 

400

Name any two of the Seven Stages of Decision Making...

What are:  (two) gathering info, defining problem, examining results, selecting alternative, consider results, identify alternatives and take necessary action

400

Ethical question #1: Is the decision/action _____?  Does it comply with _____ law and company policy? 

What is:  legal, civil 

500

These leadership styles include: buying work of employees with rewards and forming emotional bonds with employees 

What are: Transactional/Transformational 

500

This role includes working out all the details, such as what, where, when, and how...

What is:  Organising
500

This decision-making role plans and makes decisions... 

Resource Allocator 

500

Who said: "Decision making has been seen as a rational and logical process"?

Who is:  Miller, 1999

500

Ethical question #2: Is the decision/action _______or_____ to everybody concerned? 

What is: balanced or fair