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Melissa is an army sergeant. She spends most of her time inspecting her unit's work, giving orders, and discouraging activities that are not part of her objectives. According to the text, her style of leadership is described as ____.

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OPTIONS:

a. ​relationship-motivated

b. ​contingency-based

c. ​superordinate

d. ​task-motivated

Answer:

d. ​task-motivated

Step-by-step explanation:

A ​task-motivated style of leadership is a type that places much emphasis on planning and structuring of tasks in order to meet objectives and goals that have been set to achieve.

A leader that adopts this type of leadership style, would usually include measures such as well defined objectives and process, as well as a reward and punishment measures, in order to ensure goals and objectives are being met. The focus is on achieving a set objectives.This type of leadership style can be used in law enforcement agencies.

The style of leadership used by Melissa as described in the question is a task-motivated leadership style.

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