Exam 13: Leadership in Organizations

What are the qualities of an authentic leader?

Table 13.1 Tom leads a work team on the line at his manufacturing company. Tom works well with his team because he is willing to cooperate; he doesn't try to dominate, he develops coalitions within the team, and he has extensive networks with other people in the company for getting resources needed to accomplish their job. His crew consists of highly competent, technical professionals, who program the computers that run the equipment on the manufacturing line. Because of his excellent leadership skills, Tom was given the responsibility to train a new team of technicians fresh from vo-tech school. Once he had them trained, he would return to leading his regular team. -Refer to Table 13.1. In terms of the two-dimensional model of subordinate participation, Tom's most effective leadership style with his work team would be:

Kathleen is a first-line supervisor new to self-managed teams. In adapting her leadership to a team setting, Kathleen should:

________ suggests that leaders form different kinds of relationships with various groups of subordinates.

Karen is the kind of leader who makes decisions unilaterally and closely supervises the activities of her subordinates. Her leadership behavior is that of a:

A leadership style that focuses on establishing good relations with subordinates and satisfying their needs is:

To be a good leader, you have to be born with leadership skills.

When working with people who have a high level of technical skill and want to be left to manage their own jobs, the most effective leadership style would be:

Scientist have acknowledged that leaders should demonstrate multiple domains of intelligence. Those domains include:

Effective team leaders make the most of team differences by building respect for diverse viewpoints, as well as ensuring that all team members can express their views.

Table 13.2 In preparation for grid training, the managers of your company are having their current styles assessed. Elizabeth seems to have a high concern for production and a high concern for people. Bill on the other hand, has a low concern for both dimensions. Recently Elizabeth noticed that one of her employees was not doing well on the job. He was listless, late to work, and his work products were degenerating in quality. Elizabeth decided he had been working too hard and gave him a couple of days off. Bill was transferred to another department. He took three of his subordinates from his old department with him. After being there six months he gave all employees performance appraisals. The subordinates who came with him to the new department all did better than the more experienced people who had been on the job. In fact, the subordinates who came with Bill were having a hard time adjusting to the new department and had not been performing all that well. -Refer to Table 13.2. Elizabeth has a(n) ________ management style according to management grid theory.

What is action learning and how is it different from traditional learning?

Team leaders should focus on training and directing individuals.

Assessing individual performance takes place during ________ of the executive coaching process.

Guanxi refers to the interpersonal relationships that are essential to business in China.

Effective team leaders:

Table 13.4 A professor is working with five teams in his marketing research class. He decides to experiment with path-goal theory in helping these groups accomplish their off-campus studies. Group A has done a project for him before. He gets them setting challenging goals and seeks to get them to produce an even better project this time. With Group B he provides very specific guidelines, sets deadlines, and lays out the rules of the class and project. He lets Group C manage their own task. He encourages them, works on building a strong rapport with them, and tries to meet their needs related to the project. By the time he gets to Group D, he discovers they're already lost, confused, and a week behind everyone else. He sets a work schedule for them and provides step-by-step guidelines regarding the project so they won't get confused or distracted again. -Refer to Table 13.4. With Group D, the professor is using:

Which is not one of the four special qualities possessed by authentic leaders?

The concept of the "great person" as an example of leadership is the basis for behavioral leadership theory.

A supervisor whose actions seem to fall in between an autocratic style and a delegation style would be said to have a ________ leadership style.