Front-line manager Robin Ward won't take "no" for an answer when she gives her employees orders. Drawing from her military background, she takes the attitude, "do it because I said so." Whenever Ward makes a decision, she rarely asks her subordinates for input. When she heads down the hall, people get out of the way, whispering, "there goes ‘my-way-or-the-highway' Ward." Ward is a(n) ________blank leader.

a. Transformational
b. Laissez-faire
c. Autocratic
d. Democratic