GDSS

question 50

Multiple Choice

GDSS

• A) are designed to allow meeting attendees to share their thoughts in real-time with their peers.
• B) support decisions that require knowledge about the geographic distribution of resources.
• C) are typically used with geographically dispersed attendees.
• D) implement structured methods for organizing and evaluating ideas.

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Definitions:

Transactional Leadership

A leadership style focused on the exchange between leaders and followers, where performance is rewarded and non-performance might be punished.

Contingency Approaches

Management theories suggesting that there is no one best way to make decisions; rather, the optimal choice depends on the situation.

Transactional Leadership Approaches

Leadership styles focused on the supervision, organization, and group performance, based on a system of rewards and penalties for achieving specific goals.

Trait Approaches

Trait approaches in psychology propose that individual personalities are composed of broad dispositions, and that these traits influence behavior.