Exam 12: Leadership: Emerging Perspectives

How might a work system be designed so that the context provides a substitute for task oriented leadership?

Describe a famous individual that your consider to be,or have been,a transformational leader.Justify your answer using the factors Bass used to describe transformational leaders.

Bass identified charisma as one of the factors that describe transformational leaders.

In the equation D_Eff = D_Qual + D_Comm - DPT,D_Qual refers to the "technical aspects" of a decision.

Vroom-Jago offer two alternatives for the application of their new model to actual managerial problems: a computer program and a decision tree.

Stage four of Conger's model _________.

Is there a dark side to charisma?

One national sample of US workers showed ___________ of the participants perceived a direct relationship between how hard they worked and how much pay they received.

Tom is taking a graduate class in OB.He has earned perfect scores on his papers,oral reports and productively participates in every class.He has just taken his first midterm and scored 50%.In determining attribution,Tom's midterm performance would be considered within the _______ category of information.

While the Vroom-Yetton model was updated by Vroom-Jago,many of the features remained the same.Describe the similarities between the traditional and updated model.

If there is no time pressure influencing the decision,the ___________ term in the decision effectiveness equation takes on a value of zero.

Use Conger's Model to describe how charismatic leadership evolves.

Describe how "overall effectiveness" differs from "decision effectiveness" and when each term is appropriate to use.

James adjusts his team's goals,direction,and mission for practical reasons.Based upon this limited description,James can be best characterized as a ___________ leader.

The new Vroom and Yetton model differs from the original in the decision processes it incorporates.

In determining the overall effectiveness of a decision,one should consider _________.

How is a transformational leader different from a transactional one?

Vroom and Yetton assumed that there is a single leadership style that is applicable to all situations.

Charisma is necessary but alone is insufficient for successful transformational leadership.Explain this statement.

A leader identifies what her followers want and helps them achieve a level of performance leading to that end.This person may be described as a ___________ leader.