Mathew Is a Manager at Wonderworld Hypermarket

question 14

Multiple Choice

Mathew is a manager at Wonderworld Hypermarket. He finds it difficult to cooperate and work with Anthony when it comes to getting the work done to meet the sales targets. Anthony is Mathew's least preferred subordinate. Mathew describes Anthony as gloomy, insincere, lazy, unfriendly, and boring when his boss asks for feedback about his subordinates. This scenario illustrates that Mathew is following a _____ leadership style.

• A) relationship-oriented
• B) country club
• C) task-oriented
• D) team management

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Definitions:

Bond

A fixed-income investment in which an investor loans money to an entity (typically corporate or governmental) that borrows the funds for a defined period at a variable or fixed interest rate.

Premium

In finance, this term refers to the amount by which the price of a bond or stock exceeds its principal or face value, or to an additional payment above the normal cost.

Time

A continuous sequence of events that occurs in an irreversible succession from the past, through the present, to the future.

Debt-to-Equity Ratio

A measure of a company's financial leverage, calculated by dividing its total liabilities by stockholders' equity.