Refer to Table 15.4. The doctor's medical practice is an example ...

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Refer to Table 15.4. The doctor's medical practice is an example of Mintzberg's:
 
  A) simple structure.
  B) machine bureaucracy.
  C) professional bureaucracy.
  D) adhocracy.

Question 2

Discuss the autocratic-delegation continuum model and the two-dimensional model of subordinate participation.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

The autocratic-delegation continuum model is a leadership approach that recognizes that leaders allow followers to have different degrees of decision-making power, ranging from autocratic, through participative, to delegation. Although this model reasonably describes the role of leaders in organizational decision-making, it is regarded as being overly simplistic. In fact, researchers have observed that describing a leader's participation in decision-making involves two separate dimensions.

The two-dimensional model of subordinate participation distinguishes between leaders who are directive or permissive toward subordinates, and the extent to which they are participative or autocratic in their decision-making style. As the name implies, this conceptualization describes subordinates' participation in decisions in terms of two dimensions. These two variables yield the four possible patterns: the directive autocrat, the permissive autocrat, the directive democrat, and the permissive democrat.