Management Theories/Styles Crossword

A spectrum of leadership styles based on a changing gradient of the leader’s use of authority to the subordinates areas of freedom. The scale includes tells, sells, suggests, consults, joins, delegates, and abdicates.
A leadership style in the form of a grid based on two behavioural dimensions: concern for people, and concern for results. It has five management styles based on these dimensions: country club, team, impoverished, produce-or-perish, or middle-of-the-road management.
A theory that asserts that an individual is composed of a set of definite traits. These traits are distinguishable and often long lasting quality or a characteristic of a person that makes them different from the others.
A collection of ideas which set general rules on how to manage a business. It addresses how managers relate to their organisations goals, how to achieve them, and how to best motivate employees.
A management style where one person controls all the decisions and takes very little inputs from other group members.
A management style where all individuals are involved in the decision-making process for the business, but the group's leader has the authority to make the final decision of the group.
A management style where the leader gives full freedom to their subordinates to act on their own.
A management style that involves a dominant figure who acts as a patriarch/matriarch and treats employees like they are members of a large family. In exchange, the leader expects loyalty, trust, and obedience from employees.
The power/ability to carry through an action.
Passing authority down the organisational hierarchy.
Someone who is under the authority or control of another person within a business.
Provides subordinates with the means to exercise power/control over their working lives.
Passing authority from the centre of an organisation to those working elsewhere in the business.
The term that implies there is not a single perfect style of leadership, and that it is best to be flexible with management styles.