Fayol suggested that the prime activity, in the management process, was that of controlling.

Research suggests that traditional management activities, such as planning, decision making and controlling, account for 32% of management time.

Consideration, in the Ohio studies, is the extent to which the leader is task oriented, and directs subordinate work activities toward goal attainment.

The managerial grid suggests a two-dimensional leadership theory, that measures a leader's concern for people and concern for the organization.

The country club management style (1,9) stresses high service and concern for guests or customers, sometimes to the detriment of employees of the firm.

To match the leader's style with the situation, by changing factors in the situation to achieve the best match, is the only way to achieve success in Fiedler's contingency theory.

Transactional leadership seeks to link the followers motivation to the goal to be achieved.

Task Structure refers to the extent to which the leader has formal authority over subordinates.

According to Hersey and Blanchard, the telling style is appropriate for followers with moderate readiness.

If someone believes in telling their subordinates exactly what they are supposed to do, then they are exercising supportive leader behaviour, according to the Path-Goal theory.