Question 1

What is organizational leadership? How can leadership be effective?

Accepted Answer

Organizational leadership is an interper

Question 2

As a person moves up in the organization,the relative importance of ________ decreases.

Accepted Answer

A)  conceptual skills 
B)  technical skills 
C)  emotional intelligence 
D)  social intelligence 
A)  conceptual skills 
B)  technical skills 
C)  emotional intelligence 
D)  social intelligence

Question 3

Amounts of reciprocal influence are limited in a leader-follower relationship in the maturity stage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following statements is consistent with the path-goal theory of leadership?

Accepted Answer

A)  Directive leadership behaviors are counterproductive and should be avoided. 
B)  Supportive leadership style is suitable if subordinates are inexperienced. 
C)  Leaders' job is to increase subordinates' satisfaction and effort. 
D)  Leaders' styles cannot be changed and the situation has to be changed to fit the leader. 
A)  Directive leadership behaviors are counterproductive and should be avoided. 
B)  Supportive leadership style is suitable if subordinates are inexperienced. 
C)  Leaders' job is to increase subordinates' satisfaction and effort. 
D)  Leaders' styles cannot be changed and the situation has to be changed to fit the leader.

Question 5

A manager is using a coalition tactic when she seeks the aid of others to persuade an employee to do something.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Identify a leader's attribute that is universally viewed as positive.

Accepted Answer

A)  individualistic nature 
B)  trustworthiness 
C)  cautious nature 
D)  class consciousness 
A)  individualistic nature 
B)  trustworthiness 
C)  cautious nature 
D)  class consciousness

Question 7

Leadership that motivates followers to ignore self-interests and work for the larger good of the organization to achieve significant accomplishments is called ________ leadership.

Accepted Answer

A)  transformational 
B)  transactional 
C)  informative 
D)  consultative 
A)  transformational 
B)  transactional 
C)  informative 
D)  consultative

Question 8

According to Fiedler's leadership contingency theory,a favorable situation for the leader exists when the task is highly unstructured.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Leadership process can be best described as a(n)________.

Accepted Answer

A)  interpersonal process 
B)  personal attribute 
C)  internal consciousness 
D)  charismatic aptitude 
A)  interpersonal process 
B)  personal attribute 
C)  internal consciousness 
D)  charismatic aptitude

Question 10

Kerry is a unit manager in a Japanese automobile company.He leads a small team of design engineers at the company.He takes good care of his subordinates and expects performance in return.These management practices can be best referred to as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  individualism 
B)  neutralism 
C)  collectivism 
D)  paternalism 
A)  individualism 
B)  neutralism 
C)  collectivism 
D)  paternalism

Question 11

Which of the following is the best example of a leadership substitute?

Accepted Answer

A)  highly standardized tasks 
B)  formalized procedures 
C)  indirect feedback from managers 
D)  advisory or staff support 
A)  highly standardized tasks 
B)  formalized procedures 
C)  indirect feedback from managers 
D)  advisory or staff support

Question 12

Which of the following theories/models has its primary emphasis on followers' readiness to engage in learning new tasks?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fiedler's leadership contingency model 
B)  Leader-member exchange (LMX) theory 
C)  Path-goal theory of leadership 
D)  Hersey and Blanchard's situational leadership model 
A)  Fiedler's leadership contingency model 
B)  Leader-member exchange (LMX) theory 
C)  Path-goal theory of leadership 
D)  Hersey and Blanchard's situational leadership model

Question 13

Briefly explain the leader-member exchange (LMX)theory.

Accepted Answer

LMX theory focuses on the types of relat

Question 14

Which of the following statements is true about social intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Standardized behaviors would help a manager achieve social intelligence. 
B)  Social intelligence focuses on being able to read other people. 
C)  Self-awareness is the most important aspect of social intelligence. 
D)  Social intelligence considers self-regulative abilities to be more important than the circumstances. 
A)  Standardized behaviors would help a manager achieve social intelligence. 
B)  Social intelligence focuses on being able to read other people. 
C)  Self-awareness is the most important aspect of social intelligence. 
D)  Social intelligence considers self-regulative abilities to be more important than the circumstances.

Question 15

Showing trust and confidence in subordinates is an example of initiating structure behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Broman Group Inc.designs,manufactures,and sells consumer product dispensing systems.Jim Cole is a plant supervisor at one of the manufacturing plants of the company.He observes a dip in the performance of a worker in his team.Jim informs the employee that he will release his annual increment only if his performance improves significantly in the coming months.Which of the following is most similar to the situation mentioned here?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aston, the supervisor of a small organizational team, assigns inconvenient shifts to those employees who do not agree with his policies. 
B)  Arthur, the CEO of a leading book retailer in the southeastern United States, decides to reduce the salaries of its employees due to a financial slowdown. 
C)  Anderson, an operations manager, uses his formal authority to persuade the employees to put in additional hours of work every day. 
D)  Andrea, the CEO of a design software and service company, asks for a formal explanation from the managers for the company's poor financial performance. 
A)  Aston, the supervisor of a small organizational team, assigns inconvenient shifts to those employees who do not agree with his policies. 
B)  Arthur, the CEO of a leading book retailer in the southeastern United States, decides to reduce the salaries of its employees due to a financial slowdown. 
C)  Anderson, an operations manager, uses his formal authority to persuade the employees to put in additional hours of work every day. 
D)  Andrea, the CEO of a design software and service company, asks for a formal explanation from the managers for the company's poor financial performance.

Question 17

Which of the following can be considered the essence of emotional intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A)  awareness of others 
B)  behavioral flexibility 
C)  social perceptiveness 
D)  behavioral charisma 
A)  awareness of others 
B)  behavioral flexibility 
C)  social perceptiveness 
D)  behavioral charisma

Question 18

Managers usually have the authority to distribute rewards to employees.This reward power they enjoy is one of the strongest sources of ________ power.

Accepted Answer

A)  position 
B)  situation 
C)  referent 
D)  personal 
A)  position 
B)  situation 
C)  referent 
D)  personal

Question 19

A manager is using his reward power when he withholds a desired prize for an employee.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The employees of a firm reports to line managers and they are responsible for controlling the work of the employees.What kind of power does the line managers enjoy in this example?

Accepted Answer

A)  reward power 
B)  expert power 
C)  legitimate power 
D)  referent power 
A)  reward power 
B)  expert power 
C)  legitimate power 
D)  referent power

What is organizational leadership? How can leadership be effective?

As a person moves up in the organization,the relative importance of ________ decreases.

Amounts of reciprocal influence are limited in a leader-follower relationship in the maturity stage.

Which of the following statements is consistent with the path-goal theory of leadership?

A manager is using a coalition tactic when she seeks the aid of others to persuade an employee to do something.

Identify a leader's attribute that is universally viewed as positive.

Leadership that motivates followers to ignore self-interests and work for the larger good of the organization to achieve significant accomplishments is called ________ leadership.

According to Fiedler's leadership contingency theory,a favorable situation for the leader exists when the task is highly unstructured.

Leadership process can be best described as a(n)________.

Kerry is a unit manager in a Japanese automobile company.He leads a small team of design engineers at the company.He takes good care of his subordinates and expects performance in return.These management practices can be best referred to as ________.

Which of the following is the best example of a leadership substitute?

Which of the following theories/models has its primary emphasis on followers' readiness to engage in learning new tasks?

Briefly explain the leader-member exchange (LMX)theory.

Which of the following statements is true about social intelligence?

Showing trust and confidence in subordinates is an example of initiating structure behavior.

Which of the following can be considered the essence of emotional intelligence?

Managers usually have the authority to distribute rewards to employees.This reward power they enjoy is one of the strongest sources of ________ power.

A manager is using his reward power when he withholds a desired prize for an employee.

The employees of a firm reports to line managers and they are responsible for controlling the work of the employees.What kind of power does the line managers enjoy in this example?

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Exam 8: Leadership

What is organizational leadership? How can leadership be effective?

As a person moves up in the organization,the relative importance of ________ decreases.

Amounts of reciprocal influence are limited in a leader-follower relationship in the maturity stage.

Which of the following statements is consistent with the path-goal theory of leadership?

A manager is using a coalition tactic when she seeks the aid of others to persuade an employee to do something.

Identify a leader's attribute that is universally viewed as positive.

Leadership that motivates followers to ignore self-interests and work for the larger good of the organization to achieve significant accomplishments is called ________ leadership.

According to Fiedler's leadership contingency theory,a favorable situation for the leader exists when the task is highly unstructured.

Leadership process can be best described as a(n)________.

Kerry is a unit manager in a Japanese automobile company.He leads a small team of design engineers at the company.He takes good care of his subordinates and expects performance in return.These management practices can be best referred to as ________.

Which of the following is the best example of a leadership substitute?

Which of the following theories/models has its primary emphasis on followers' readiness to engage in learning new tasks?

Briefly explain the leader-member exchange (LMX)theory.

Which of the following statements is true about social intelligence?

Showing trust and confidence in subordinates is an example of initiating structure behavior.

Which of the following can be considered the essence of emotional intelligence?

Managers usually have the authority to distribute rewards to employees.This reward power they enjoy is one of the strongest sources of ________ power.

A manager is using his reward power when he withholds a desired prize for an employee.

The employees of a firm reports to line managers and they are responsible for controlling the work of the employees.What kind of power does the line managers enjoy in this example?

The Nature of Management

Social Responsibility and Managerial Ethics

International Management and Globalization

Strategic Management

Planning

Organizational Structure and Design

Managing Diverse Human Resources

Motivation

Groups and Teams

Communication and Negotiation

Individual and Group Decision Making

Operations Management

Control

Organizational Change and Development

Filters