Sam is a supervisor who spends the majority of his time focused on meeting production schedules and how the plant is running and virtually no time on employee needs. sam is considered a/an leader.

job-centered

Explanation:

There are two types of Leadership regarding the priorities between people and the work to be done: task-oriented leadership and people-oriented leadership.

Task Oriented Leadership:

It is the type of leadership that puts the work to be done, the tasks, the people. This style typically occurs in types of jobs where there are constantly urgent situations, situations that require immediate and of course correct decisions: airplane pilots, air traffic controllers, military in battle, surgeons in some specialties, traders and brokers of financial instruments in time real.

People Oriented Leadership:

It is the type of leadership that puts people before tasks. This style typically occurs in situations where there is time to analyze alternatives, to listen to ideas. There is time for the team to gather information and use it in the decision process, propose approaches to the problem, generate ideas. These situations usually occur in business areas where decisions have to be made and there is time to decide: company directories, work groups in functional areas of the organization, specialized professional groups.