Ariel, Fouad, Nicola, and Daryush Are Four Managers at Lost

question 39

Multiple Choice

Ariel, Fouad, Nicola, and Daryush are four managers at Lost Soles Shoes. Each uses a different decision-making style and believes that their style is the best. Ariel always presents the problem to her employees and gathers their opinions and suggestions, but makes the decision herself. Fouad gives his employees the responsibility for making the decision within a set of specified boundary conditions. Nicola makes the decision without asking her employees for their opinions or suggestions. Daryush presents the problem to his employees and seeks consensus, emphasizing that her opinion is only as important as every other employee's in her department. Ariel is displaying the ________ style of decision making.

• A) consultative
• B) autocratic
• C) delegative
• D) facilitative
• E) directive

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