Questions for review. 1. What makes an effective leader?

1. What makes an effective leader?

2. What standards does the leader set for the organization?

3. What is the main characteristic of a leader in all cultures?

4. What leadership styles do you know? Which one have you ever experienced?

5. What strengths and weaknesses of each of three classic styles of leadership can you name?

6. What is meant by the quality of vision? Why is it called the first quality of leadership?

7. Comment on the following example: ”When Jack Welsh was the president of General Electric, he encouraged managers to treat each employee as if that employee might be promoted over his head sometime in the future and he might find himself working under the person who is now working below him. This way of thinking ensured that managers treated their staff with a high degree of respect and courtesy.” What does this example prove?

8. What positive aspects of a person’s character would you like to see in your boss? Which negative ones would you dislike?

9. As a leader, would you prefer to work with people you like or people with good qualifications? And as a manager? Why, why not?

10. Is there any difference between formal or informal leaders? Give your examples.

11. Prove the statement: “If ethics are poor at the top, that behaviour is copied down through the organization”

12. Comment on the following statement: “An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.” Give your reasons

16.Why is management as a discipline becoming more and more important in many academic institutions?

17. What criteria of professionalism do you know? What components do they consist of?

18. If you were a manager, how would you describe your management style?

19. Are men better managers than women? Why, why not? Give examples.

20. What characteristics should successful managers have? Do you possess any of them? Which ones?

21. What essential tasks should managers perform?

22. What managerial functions do you know? Are all of them are equally significant? Why?

23. How do managerial skills and personal qualities of international managers differ from those of managers working inside one country?

24. What should international managers be aware of? Why?

25. Would you like to work as an international manager? Why? Why not?

26. Which of these is a ‘soft’ skill: analyzing, monitoring, budgeting, counselling?

27. What are the reasons for manager’s failure? Ground your opinion.

28. Are managers always independent in making decisions or their freedom is limited? If yes, how?

29. For effective time management what’s the best frequency for checking your email box: constantly, every hour, two or three times a day? Why?

30. You’re a personnel manager of some company. You’ve got one vacancy but 2 equally-qualified candidates: a male and a female. Whom will you choose? Why?

31. Comment on the following statements: “Nothing is as practical as a good theory” and “Experience is the only teacher”.

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