Exam 16: Managing Leadership and Influence Processes

Briefly describe the five kinds of power available to leaders and/or managers.

What is being optimized when a leader uses the Vroom-Yetton-Jago model to select the appropriate degree of participation?

The CEO of a Fortune 100 company made a lot of money and enjoyed spending it on his yacht to the point of obsession.The board of directors decided it was interfering with his work performance and made him choose between the yacht and work.He chose the yacht.When the job security of other people depends on the performance of a few key leaders,____ leadership is required.

After the federal government stepped in to financially help auto makers,the CEOs flew by private jet to D.C.to testify before Congress.The politicians expressed outrage.The CEOs failed

____ leadership goes beyond ordinary expectations by transmitting a sense of mission,stimulating learning experiences,and inspiring new ways of thinking.

Which of the following is NOT a form of political behavior identified in the text?

Briefly describe how the path-goal theory of leadership and the expectancy theory of motivation are related.

Politicians display a lot of self-confidence,a conviction in their beliefs,and a strong need to influence people.Robert House's theory says they are ____ leaders.

Match the following.You may use a response once,more than once,or not at all. -States that decision effectiveness is a function of decision quality and subordinate acceptance of the decision

Franz knows Monisha is his best worker.When he needs someone to "get it to the end zone," the project goes to her.This is an example of a ____ approach to leadership.

A manager who withholds information is using ____________________.

In the Marine Corps,subordinates want tough effective training that they know will someday save their lives.If you apply the Michigan studies in this case,the subordinates want

The underlying assumption of situational models of leadership is that appropriate leader behavior varies from one situation to another.Which of the following is an example of one situation identified by Fiedler?

According to the Vroom-Yetton-Jago model,leaders first assess

Punishment and avoidance procedures involve the use of ____ power.

You supervise a group of very competent employees who have been at their present jobs an average of seven years.Which two theories would say that you have little need to use a directive style of leadership and that subordinates may even resent it if you do?

Match the following.You may use a response once,more than once,or not at all. -Leadership Grid

The charismatic leadership theory says that charismatic people have a strong need to influence people.Which is another way of saying they want

Describe the Fiedler contingency approach to leadership,including the major feature that distinguishes it from the rest of the situational approaches to leadership.

Match the following.You may use a response once,more than once,or not at all. -Path-goal theory