Umang Gupta is the Managing Director of Denver Ltd. The company had established a good name for
itself and had been doing well. It was known for timely completion of orders. The Production Manager,
Ms. Kanta was efficiently handling the processing of order and had a team of fourteen motivated
employees working under her. Everything was going on well. Unfortunately she met with an accident.
Umang knew that in the absence of Ms. Kanta, the company may not be able to meet the deadlines. He
also knew that not meeting the deadlines may lead to customer dissatisfaction with the risk of loss of
business and goodwill. So, he had a meeting with his employees in which accurate the speedy
processing of orders was planned. Everybody agreed to work as team because the behaviour of Umang
Gupta was positive towards the employees of the organisation. Hence everyone put in extra time and
efforts and the targets were met on time.
Not only this, Umang visited Ms. Kanta and advised her to take sufficient rest.
a. Identify the leadership style of Umang Gupta and draw a diagram depicting the style.
b. State any two merits
Answers
Explanation:
Umang Gupta is the Managing Director of Denver Ltd. The company had established a good name for
itself and had been doing well. It was known for timely completion of orders. The Production Manager,
Ms. Kanta was efficiently handling the processing of order and had a team of fourteen motivated
employees working under her. Everything was going on well. Unfortunately she met with an accident.
Umang knew that in the absence of Ms. Kanta, the company may not be able to meet the deadlines. He
also knew that not meeting the deadlines may lead to customer dissatisfaction with the risk of loss of
business and goodwill. So, he had a meeting with his employees in which accurate the speedy
processing of orders was planned. Everybody agreed to work as team because the behaviour of Umang
Gupta was positive towards the employees of the organisation. Hence everyone put in extra time and
efforts and the targets were met on time.
Not only this, Umang visited Ms. Kanta and advised her to take sufficient rest.
a. Identify the leadership style of Umang Gupta and draw a diagram depicting the style.
b. State any two merits
Answer:
(a) Democratic or participative leadership.
Democrative leadership is one in which a leader develops action plan and makes decisions in consultation with his subordinate.
(b) two merits :-
- Teamwork
- Better decisions.
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