Managers, Leadership and Decision Making | AQA A-Level Business (7132)
Managers, Leadership and Decision Making
- 104 questions
- 9 subtopics
- The business functions, assessed on all three papers
- Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3
Managers, leadership and decision making can be examined on any of the three papers.
It covers the styles a manager can adopt, the tools used to make a decision under risk, and the stakeholders who have to be weighed in it.
Sample questions from Managers, Leadership and Decision Making
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Management, leadership and the four leadership styles
What is the primary concern of a paternalistic leader when making decisions?
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Acting in the best interests of employees. -
The Tannenbaum Schmidt continuum
Can managers change their position on the Tannenbaum Schmidt continuum?
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Yes, managers can move along the continuum depending on circumstances. -
Choosing a leadership style and its limitations
How does a manager's personality influence their leadership style?
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Personal traits, preferences and natural tendencies affect how a manager chooses to lead. -
Scientific and intuitive decision making, and expected value
What does each term in the expected value formula represent?
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Probability refers to the likelihood of each outcome occurring (expressed as a decimal or fraction), and outcome value refers to the financial return associated with that outcome. -
Reading a decision tree
How are the weighted values used at each chance node in a decision tree?
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The weighted values are summed at each chance node to calculate the expected value. -
Risk, uncertainty and opportunity cost
Define reward in the context of decision making.
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Reward refers to the potential benefit or return that may result from a particular choice. -
What influences a management decision
How do ethics influence management decision making?
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Ethics require managers to consider whether choices are morally right, not just profitable. -
Stakeholders and stakeholder mapping
What does 'stakeholder power' mean?
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The ability of a stakeholder to influence the decisions and actions of a business.
The 9 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Management, leadership and the four leadership styles | The difference between management and leadership, and the autocratic, paternalistic, democratic and laissez-faire styles. | 18 |
| The Tannenbaum Schmidt continuum | Leadership as a spectrum from boss-centred to subordinate-centred, and the four positions on it. | 11 |
| Choosing a leadership style and its limitations | How the task, time, workforce and culture shape the style, and the limits of each. | 13 |
| Scientific and intuitive decision making, and expected value | The two approaches to deciding, and calculating expected value and net gain. | 12 |
| Reading a decision tree | The chance and decision nodes, working backwards through the tree, and what the numbers mean. | 10 |
| Risk, uncertainty and opportunity cost | The difference between risk and uncertainty, reward, opportunity cost, and the limits of decision trees. | 12 |
| What influences a management decision | The mission, corporate objectives, ethics, the external environment and the resources available. | 8 |
| Stakeholders and stakeholder mapping | Who the stakeholders are, and mapping them by power and interest. | 9 |
| Stakeholder needs and managing the relationship | What each group wants, where needs conflict or overlap, and communication and consultation. | 11 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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