Deck 10: D: Leadership and Decision Making in Groups

Question 1

Leaders should avoid distributing an agenda until after a meeting has begun.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Coach Jackson's team is young and inexperienced, so he leads them by calling all of the plays and telling each player what he is expected to do and when. We would say that his leadership style is participative.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Productive conflict can benefit a group because those who have engaged in the conflict feel a sense of ownership in the decisions that are arrived at through the conflict.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

In a low power distance culture, people tend to defer decision making to those with higher status or authority.

Question 5

Research indicates that men and women lead in similar ways.

Question 6

Achievement-oriented leadership works best when group members see themselves as competent and are motivated to excel.

Question 7

Group leaders should avoid using referent power because it is usually considered coercive.

Question 8

Groups with more than one leader (co-chairs, for example) are less effective than groups with a single leader.

Question 9

Leaders who are perceived as knowledgeable, experienced, and respectable can be effective even if their followers do not like them.

Question 10

Legitimate power comes from the information or knowledge that a leader possesses.

Question 11

A leader can gain influence over a group using more than one source of power.

Question 12

Excluding members of a group from the group's meetings is a form of bullying.

Question 13

Even though making decisions by consensus takes more time than deciding by majority does, consensus should be used whenever possible.

Question 14

The use of shared leadership can help group members feel more satisfied with the group process.

Question 15

Group leaders should avoid setting time limits on any components of the discussion because it leads to poor decision making.

Question 16

After selecting and implementing a solution, a group should identify criteria for a good solution in order to assess the results.

Question 17

A leader should determine, before calling a meeting, what he or she hopes to accomplish, and whether the meeting is necessary to accomplish the goal.

Question 18

Many groups find it difficult to accomplish their goals because they do not spend enough time identifying the problem they want to resolve.

Question 19

Although virtual meetings work well initially, they must move on to face-to-face interaction once the group is established.

Question 20

Agendas are crucial to the success of large meetings but are more constraining than they are helpful in small meetings.

Question 21

Virtual meetings are less effective for brainstorming purposes than face-to-face meetings are.