Exam 13: Management and Leadership Development

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?

What conclusions does the research on wilderness training seem to indicate?

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

Although the development of the leadership at the top level of organizations is improving, the development of leadership at middle levels is considerably weaker.

Which of the four broad management development steps would include the concept of transferring learned principles?

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?

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?

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.

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

According to Whetten and Cameron, which of the following broad skill categories captures the essence of the most important skills needed of managers?

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

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?

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?

According to Henry Mintzberg, the fundamental roles managers play in organizations are interpersonal, informational, and transactional based.

The textbook describes one type of conflict as being not necessarily bad. What type of conflict may actually lead to a better outcome for the organization?

Explain the role coaching plays in management development and describe the five conditions in the "management pipeline" that are the focus of the coaching effort.

Within the context of interpersonal roles, managers play three key functions: they motivate others, act as liaison, and play a representational function.

As managers undertake the functions of management they play one or more of the interpersonal, decisional, and informational roles, drawing on skills associated with each of these three roles.

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?

What leadership style focuses on the needs of employees?