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According to the LPC Scale, what does a low LPC score indicate about a leader’s style?

AThey are relationship-oriented

BThey avoid tasks

CThey have no clear leadership style

DThey are task-oriented

Answer:

D. They are task-oriented

Read Explanation:

  • A low LPC score reflects that the leader rates the least preferred coworker negatively, indicating a focus on tasks rather than relationships.


Related Questions:

Consider the following statements about the concept of administration:
i. Administration is a universal process that occurs in both public and private institutional settings.
ii. The term ‘administration’ literally means the management of affairs, whether public or private.
iii. Administration, according to L.D. White, is the art of directing, coordinating, and controlling people to achieve a purpose.

Consider the following statements about Public Administration:

  1. It is concerned with the formulation and implementation of public policies for the welfare of the people.

  2. It exists within a political system to achieve goals set by political decision-makers.

  3. It is exclusively limited to the executive branch of government, as per all scholars.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
i. Simon – Public Administration is the activities of the executive branches of national, state, and local governments.
ii. Willoughby – Public Administration denotes only the operations of the administrative branch.
iii. D. Waldo – Public Administration is the science of management applied to legislative affairs.
iv. Pfiffner – Public Administration includes running an X-ray machine or coining money in the mint.

Consider the following statements about Classical Theories of Administration:

  1. They emphasize efficiency, productivity, and formal organizational structures.

  2. They recognize the importance of informal social relationships and group dynamics.

  3. Max Weber’s bureaucracy is based on rational-legal authority and formal rules.
    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

What tool does Fiedler’s Contingency Theory use to determine a leader’s style?