Exam 13: Leadership in Organizations

The most applicable style of leadership (usable in the most settings) in terms of the managerial grid is the high concern with people and high concern with production.

In LPC leadership theory, the leader's relationship with group members, the structure of the task, and the leader's position power together determine the most effective way to lead.

To develop self-awareness, leaders should use:

The major benefits of high consideration leadership styles are:

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 orientation to task or people, Tom seems to be:

A leadership development technique that involves customized one-on-one learning aimed at improving the leader's performance is:

________ suggests that effective leaders are able to adjust their styles to accommodate their followers according to their need for direction and their need for emotional support.

The contingency leadership theory based on the leader's feelings for the least liked member of his/her group is the LPC model.

A tool for developing a leader's concern for production and the concern for people is:

When we describe leaders in terms of their desire to lead, their cognitive abilities, etc., we express a trait perspective of leadership.

High LPC leaders tend to be most effective when situational control is:

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 A, the professor is using:

The process whereby one individual influences other group members toward the attainment of defined group or organizational goals is known as:

In traditional work groups, leaders:

The degree to which individuals are capable of judging and accepting their positive and negative qualities in an objective fashion is:

Executive coaching is a leadership development technique involving a continuous process of learning and reflection that is supported by colleagues and that emphasizes getting things done.

A leader who clearly communicates the company's mission and relies on symbols has:

The basis of LPC contingency theory is:

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. With the vo-tech group, the best leadership style would be:

In work settings where employees are inexperienced or underqualified for their jobs, or when subordinates adopt an adversarial stance, the best leadership style is: