Exam 20: Leadership: Motivating Change Within Organizations

Which one of the following is a source of organizational power?

What are the two tasks of good leadership?

Logrolling consists of:

To say that a business proposal to do something different inside a company has distributional consequences means that:

If a senior manager wishes to see her proposal win support through flexibility toward the final product, then she is:

If executives at Global Insurance think they have a new, innovative, and, importantly, profitable way to reorganize the company, they must recognize that they need to confront the:

In the 2001-2003 period, US airlines had a difficult time earning a positive net income. Terrorism, war, disease, and a weak economy all combined to reduce both business and tourist travel. In addition, the major airlines faced competition from the cut-rate airlines. Most airlines began a change in organizational architecture. All major airlines are organized by trade unions for pilots, clerks, mechanics, and flight attendants. What major leadership issues need to be addressed as these companies reorganize?

If an executive exercises leadership through changing organizational architecture, then that manager will:

What are the three issues related to proposal design?

A professor wants to convince his department that he would like to develop and teach a course titled, "Sex and Violence". The best way to gain the support of the department is to:

Voluntary consent to a leader's proposals and control over resources by a leader both have an important impact of internal power of a corporate leader. Which one is most important for the successful functioning of today's corporate management?

J.L. Pratt noted of the old General Motors that, "When one of them had a project, why he would get the vote of his fellow members, if they would vote for his project, he would vote for theirs." This is called:

As CitiGroup was being formed out of Travelers Insurance, Solomon Smith Barney, and CitiBank, many of the new executives were friends of one another. The company adopted an organizational architecture that financed large mergers, initial public offerings (IPOs), and corporate loans while using its brokerage house, Solomon Smith Barney, to sell stock in the companies it promoted to ordinary investors. Explain the potential issues of power and leadership in a new restructured corporation with a very complex structure.

In the case study at the end of Chapter 20, Global Insurance is a company that offers disability insurance. Its major problem is that it does not process policies very quickly, largely because it is not computerized and the process is not linked electronically. The CEO wishes to innovate and to change organizational architecture to computerize and link all phases of the application process. What aspects of leadership need to be emphasized during this difficult transition at Global?

If a manager maintains flexibility toward the final design proposal, she may risk:

Economists are often defined as people with good mathematical skills but without the personality of accountants. If leadership is so important, why do economists often rise to the top of organizations?

The CEO of US, Inc., indicates that we should vote for the change we can believe in. In doing so, he is:

The keys to good leadership are:

"Laying the groundwork" in proposal design in a business means:

As Henry Ford built his automobile company, he was famous for his industrial leadership but also for his harsh behavior towards managers and employees. He paid ___________ of $5.00 per day to entice his employees to stay with Ford.