Bill Has Just Been Promoted from Within a Group of Design

question 96

Multiple Choice

Bill has just been promoted from within a group of design engineers to the position of team leader.Team members are required to lay out production specifications from rough plans drawn up in the product development group.This is straightforward work that is rather tedious and not particularly fulfilling.Although Bill still does some of the engineering design work,he is also now responsible for supervising members of the team.Under these circumstances,it would probably be most appropriate for Bill to emphasize ____ in his leadership behavior.

• A) a telling style
• B) initiating structure
• C) delegating
• D) consideration

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