Exam 13: Leadership, People and Culture

Finkelstein suggests that leaders fail because they overreact to environmental challenges.

Something that indicates indirectly the aspects of an organisation's culture is a:

Pfeffer's practices that characterise most successful people-oriented organisations do NOT include:

Sustainability is an element of implementation,but not a criterion for decision-making about implementation choices.

People selection on the basis of values fit with organisational culture is not a reliable predictor of job performance.

Communication - or lack of it - is frequently raised as a problem in implementation failure.What are the four steps proposed by Conger for effective persuasion communication?

Hubbard,Rice and Galvin suggest that the common requirements of leadership are:

Hubbard,Rice and Galvin suggest one of the issues arising from assuming that value statements reflect the culture of the organisation is that:

Sonnenfelt argues that an important aspect for selection should be that board members are:

Hubbard,Rice and Galvin suggest that there are various types of boards,including:

Hubbard,Rice and Galvin conclude that the role of the board of directors in the leadership of the organisation is:

Assess how 'top management teams' can function effectively.

Hilmer argued that the board's role is to:

Values statements will often reflect ethical considerations.

Hubbard,Rice and Galvin define management as the ability to:

Hubbard,Rice and Galvin define culture as the underlying ___,___ and ___ that affect how the ___ of the organisation should be conducted - '___ we ___ around here':

Cognition theory assumes that cognition represents the world as the person sees it and that action is preceded by understanding.

Hubbard et al.'s concept of 'captain-coach' is inconsistent with the idea of 'Management by Walking Around'.

From a strategic perspective,both leadership and management tasks are equally important.

Here is Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream values statement.Critique the statement based on the three issues that Hubbard et al.suggest should show in order to reflect the culture of the organisation. Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream -We strive to minimise our negative impact on the environment. -We strive to show a deep respect for human beings inside and outside our company and for the communities in which they live. -We seek and support nonviolent ways to achieve peace and justice.We believe government resources are more productively used in meeting human needs than in building and maintaining weapons systems. -We strive to create economic opportunities for those who have been denied and to advance new models of economic justice that are sustainable and replicable. -We support sustainable and safe methods of food production that reduce environmental degradation,maintain the productivity of the land over time and support the economic viability of family farms and rural communities.