Management and Leadership (AQA AS Business): Exam Questions

Statement 1: ‘According to Blake Mouton, a middle-of-the-road leader has a greater concern for production than a country club leader.’

Statement 2: ‘According to Blake Mouton, an impoverished leader has a greater concern for production than a team leader.’

Read statements 1 and 2 and select the correct option from the following:

Managers’ leadership style in a business is shown by the Tannenbaum and Schmidt diagram below. The managers change their leadership style from point A to point B.

Explain one benefit of this change to the business.

A business has a manager with a ‘country club’ style of management on the Blake Mouton grid. It replaces this manager with one who has a ‘produce or perish’ style.

Analyse one impact this change could have on the motivation of the business’s employees.

A manager has a high concern for people and a low concern for production or task. According to Blake Mouton this manager is

Based on Tannenbaum and Schmidt’s continuum of leadership, in which part of the continuum does the manager have least authority?

Explain why managers may change their style from that shown at A to that shown at B on the Tannenbaum and Schmidt diagram below.

Read the case study in the insert booklet.

The original small factory was described as being run using a team management approach on the Blake Mouton grid. Analyse how this team management approach might have led to the judges’ comments at the ‘award ceremony’. (lines 31 – 34)