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Saksham, a newly appointed servicemen at M/s. Ghaziabad Petrol Station, G.T. Road, usually encounters problems while performing his job, 'like swiping the card when customer's pay; generally forgetting to bring down the meter to zero before filling the petrol tanks of various vehicles; considerable amount of petrol spills while filling the petrol tank and so on. Overall, he doesn't respond in the manner as expected. Hence, customers get irritated and often complain about him. Saksham feels sad that dispite his best efforts, he is not being able to perform his job properly. Saksham was appointed on the request of one of the close relatives of Petrol Pump Manager. Hence, the Petrol Pump Manager tries to improve Saksham's performance through maintaing good personal relations with him and thus to achieve goals of the organisation. Otherwise Petrol Pump Manager likes to give orders and expects his subordinates to obey them without any contradiction. He believes reward and punishment both can be given depending upon the result.

The leadership style usually followed by the Petrol Pump Manager is :

Solution

Correct Option: 3

The manager gives orders, expects obedience without contradiction, and uses reward and punishment based on results. This matches the dogmatic or autocratic leadership style, where the leader centralises decision-making and expects strict compliance.

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