Exam 5: Situational Approach

You are the leader of a small jazz band composed of four of your peers who have never been in a jazz group before.As the leader of the band,you have been very straightforward about how the band will function.You have clearly described each of the members' roles,and they are starting to catch on to how the group works.What style do you exhibit next?

Supportive leader behaviors help group members by ______.

The D4 follower needs which type of leader?

You are the executive director of the local animal humane society.You hired a staff member four weeks ago.You notice this new employee cheerfully interacting with other staff and potential adopters and daily attempting to learn new tasks.It is clear this employee needs more time and help learning the correct policies and methods to complete the work,and when you share this information,the employee readily accepts these directions.Based on the Situational Leadership Approach,which leadership style should you exhibit?

According to situational leadership,D3 subordinates may be highly skilled but also lack commitment.

A highly committed follower who does his job consistently well needs which type of leader?

You have emerged as the leader of your business finance group project in class.Your group has been working together for five weeks on the major part of the project,the in-class group presentation.One group member has missed quite a few group meetings lately and is minimally contributing to the ideas and final product for the in-class presentation.This group member is a junior in finance with a minor in communications and stated that she is an expert in PowerPoint and multimedia presentations.Based on SLII,which leadership style should you exhibit?

A leader who gives recognition and social support to followers is using ______.

If followers are low in competence and high in commitment,a leader should adopt which style?

Commitment in the situational leadership approach can be defined as ______.

D4 subordinates are not certain that they can do the job by themselves.

A leader who emphasizes communication with followers in both achieving goals as well as meeting social needs would best be described as possessing ______.

Leaders evaluate the competence and commitment of followers in which leadership theory?

Competence in the situational leadership approach can be defined as ______.

Which developmental level is a follower at if she is described as "an enthusiastic beginner" and what leadership style should be used according to the SLII model?

You are the executive director of the local animal humane society.A staff member you supervise has been working at the society for less than one year.At the 6-month,you discuss with this employee that they seem to have mastered the basic tasks of the job but not the more difficult tasks.You have noticed lately that they seem a bit disillusioned about the job and the process of caring for these animals that seem so sad to be in the facility.Based on the Situational Leadership Approach,which leadership style should you exhibit?

You are the leader of a group project for a class in which you previously have successfully used coaching style.Now the group members seem very insecure about whether they can complete the project,but it is apparent that they have learned a lot about how to do the project and are now quite competent to do a good job.You decide to switch to a supporting style.Why did you make this switch?

You communicate well with your followers by encouraging their work and helping them plan out their daily tasks.Which leader behavioral style are you using?

Which of the following is a strength of the situational leadership approach?

In SLII,Style 2 is low directive and low supportive.