Deck 11: Leadership Imperatives for Inspiring Change

Question 1

PPPs involve a relationship between two sector partners that must be arranged in influence according to the importance of the project for the particular sector.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

In PPPs, business leaders need to understand that the public sector is governed by a system of restrictive rules and regulations that takes into account public scrutiny and accountability.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Typically, PPP projects are considered a public good because cost is handled in creative ways so as not to be borne entirely by the taxpayer.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Leaders of entrepreneurial start-ups must be especially adroit at building partnerships to help cover their areas of weakness, whether in the supply chain, distribution, or production.

Question 5

For a leader to think global and to go global by globalizing particular products at a given time is the same thing.

Question 6

MNCs in China dominate in businesses that emphasize R&D, but Chinese companies themselves tend to dominate when production and logistics matter most.

Question 7

Global awareness implies that leaders should understand that the best global business structure is as a multinational corporation.

Question 8

"Globality" is a term referring to a hypercompetitive condition after the process of globalization is mature.

Question 9

An expatriate is a citizen from the nation in which an MNC is located.

Question 10

When there is a downturn in the economy, well-off consumers and live-for-today consumers join other new segments of consumers to have low brand loyalty and to settle for low-cost products.

Question 11

During most revenue stalls, when the top management team is replaced, the company returns to its former growth pattern regardless of the action taken by the new team.

Question 12

While taking advantage of good economic times, wise leaders realize that there must also be long-term preparation for market dips, economic downturns, and occasional corporate disasters.

Question 13

Virtually no major companies have ever experienced a revenue stall in their growth.

Question 14

Today in the United States, more people get their news online for free than by purchasing newspapers and magazines.

Question 15

Ford turned down bailout money from the U.S. federal government in 2009, saying that the industry needs to move toward efficiency on a permanent basis.

Question 16

The following is related to one of the four primary leadership imperatives:

A) Lead flexibly because of the barrage of challenges in our chaotic environment
B) Lead locally, instead of globally
C) Lead ethically
D) Lead with visionary charisma

Question 17

Establishing public-private partnerships is a good demonstration of:

A) authority
B) accountability
C) creativity
D) leading locally instead of globally

Question 18

The following is critical in the ethics-based approach:

A) the employee's handbook
B) the company's reputation
C) the client's perception
D) the individual leader's ethical behavior

Question 19

The person of high moral character is characterized by:

A) contribution and courage
B) courage and creativity
C) authority and responsibility
D) determination and adaptability

Question 20

There is a special term to describe leaders who make sacrifices-give extraordinary time, accept lesser pay, pass up career advancement, or forsake prestige-but nonetheless feel joy at the opportunity to help. Greenleaf calls them:

A) "sacrificing leaders"
B) "servant leaders"
C) "generous leaders"
D) "active leaders"

Question 21

Organizational decline refers to a condition in which a substantial decrease occurs in an organization's:

A) management standard
B) leadership capacity
C) blend with environmental atrophy
D) resource base

Question 22

The organization is in the following stage if it has not effectively halted decline and is facing chaos:

A) blinded stage
B) crisis stage
C) inaction stage
D) faulty action stage

Question 23

Revenue stall is another type of:

A) organizational atrophy
B) organizational misfortune
C) organizational mishap
D) organizational lag

Question 24

The second stage of decline, inaction, is typically characterized by:

A) self-esteem
B) inconsistencies
C) denial
D) lack of effort

Question 25

Which statement is the most accurate regarding global awareness?

A) House et al. divide our planet into three distinct world cultures
B) Multinational firms require leaders who are culturally sensitive and strong global leaders
C) To be an effective global leader, one must know everything about other (specifically 62) countries
D) Because of the new global business model, start-up organizations cannot win in emerging markets

Question 26

Which of the following is the most accurate statement in the context of leading with creativity:

A) Creativity should be rushed and coerced in order to be realized
B) "Thinking outside the box" is different from leading with creativity
C) Leading with creativity is different from expanding into new markets with existing products
D) Necessity is the mother of invention, yet proactive creativity is an absolute requirement for success

Question 27

In a public-private partnership (PPP), the government functions as a:

A) regulator
B) provider
C) business collaborator
D) competitor

Question 28

Which statement is the most accurate regarding PPPs?

A) The responsibility for outcomes is carried by public agencies
B) Typically, PPP projects are not considered good for the public
C) When public transportation agencies follow the practice of outsourcing to private firms, it is not considered a PPP
D) A PPP is a contractual arrangement between public- and private-sector entities

Question 29

To avoid conflicts between the public- and private-sector interests in a PPP, public leaders must:

A) be adept at balancing and aligning competing public and private interest
B) have public full disclosure and acceptance from the citizenry in advance
C) realize that the PPP arrangement is like normal buyer-seller relationships
D) fully adopt an active economic agenda, searching for profit that they will return to taxpayers

Question 30

A condition when the organization becomes inefficient and inappropriately bureaucratic is called:

A) environmental restraint
B) organizational atrophy
C) organizational downturn
D) organizational deficiency

Question 31

Levi-Strauss was given as an example of a company that experienced a revenue stall about 2000. Did this occur because of environmental decline? Explain why or why not.

Question 32

Reflect on your own ethics. Who do you think has influenced you the most in formulating your standards? Think about your standards relative to cheating in the classroom. Who has most influenced your standards in that regard?:

Question 33

Illustrate the stages of organizational decline.

Question 34

What is a whistleblower, and how is this notion connected to ethical behavior?

Question 35

Leading with creativity is taken to refer to different approaches to maintaining revenue. Sometimes it means developing entirely new product or service lines. What are other approaches to the same end?