Exam 14: Management and Leadership Development

An example of a management education program is an executive MBA.This type of management education program is best leveraged if trainees have little exposure or experience managing people.

Your organization has asked you to lead a discussion dealing with the differences between management development and employee training.Which of the following statements provides the best explanation

A recent university graduate landed a dream job as a sales representative for a major winery.She describes her first day as follows: "I have no idea what to do,to whom I report,or how I should go about doing my job." What type of work-related stressor is she describing

The planning function for management refers to defining the direction toward which the efforts of individuals are to be measured.

Which concept involves highly experiential programs designed to help managers develop greater levels of life experience by participating in physically and psychologically demanding tasks and activities

A manager is told by a superior that her business expansion proposal was rejected outright by senior management.Within hours of receiving the news,she meets with her superior and excitedly points out the lack of creativity on the part of senior management,indicating she may have to consider employment with another,more creative company.Which component/skill associated with EI does this manager potentially lack

According to Cameron and Tschirhart,the most important skills and competencies required of managers fall within four so called "clusters." Which of the following is NOT one of those clusters

According to the Conference Board of Canada Learning and Development Outlook,over 33 percent of Canadian organizations have a coaching and/or mentoring program in place.What percentage of these organizations consider coaching and mentoring to be positive tools in their people development strategies

According to Mintzberg,what contributes to managers settling for a solution that suffices in addressing their challenges

Carlos is very much aware his mood will have an impact on his ability to lead his human resource team effectively.What is Carlos displaying

The textbook identifies five strategies that will help managers deal with conflict,recognizing that not one strategy will work in all circumstances.The five strategies are avoidance,accommodating,forcing,compromising,and collaborating.

Most models of management skill development share four basic principles.Which principle involves helping managers become self-aware of their own strengths and weaknesses relative to the skill in question

What is one key difference between coaching and mentoring

John has experience managing marketing functions in a particular company.As part of his management development,he is asked to take on roles with similar levels of responsibility in other functional areas of the company.What management development approach is John's company using

Identify and briefly describe the four components all management development programs should include.

What was the most critical conclusion from Muller and Turner's research addressing the linkages between IQ,EI,and the successful management of projects

Which of the following statements is congruent with the notion of a "transformational leader" as demonstrated by John,who is the leader of his sales team

Henry Mintzberg identified three roles associated with the formal authority and status of a management position.Which of the following is NOT one of the roles identified by Mintzberg

When leading people,managers usually draw on "soft skills" or "people skills" to accomplish goals or outcomes.

Extensive research has been conducted in determining the effectiveness of outdoor wilderness training programs.Support for the effectiveness of this type of management development approach is overwhelmingly positive.