Deck 12: Leadership

Question 1

Visions can be inappropriate and even fail.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The best leaders show people their appreciation and motivate people in positive ways.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The best leaders challenge the process and create change.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The best visions are both ideal and unique.

Question 5

Today,having a vision for the future and communicating that vision to others are known to be essential components of great leadership.

Question 6

As long as leaders know what they want,others do not need to understand what that is.

Question 7

Behavior that provides guidance,support and corrective feedback for the day-to-day activities of work unit members is strategic leadership.

Question 8

Organizations place people in formal leadership roles so that these leaders will achieve their personal goals.

Question 9

Effective managers are always true leaders.

Question 10

An outstanding leader needs good strategic substance but does not need interpersonal skills.

Question 11

A mental image of a possible and desirable future state of the organization is called vision.

Question 12

The most important characteristic of a follower may be the willingness to tell the truth.

Question 13

Strategic leadership refers to behaviors that give purpose and meaning to an organization.

Question 14

A leader is one who influences others to attain goals.

Question 15

Leadership involves unique processes that are distinguishable from basic management processes.

Question 16

People want their leaders to achieve their goals for them.

Question 17

Organizations only need people at the top to be leaders.

Question 18

Good followers help produce good leaders.

Question 19

Leaders serve people best when they help others become better contributors to organizations.

Question 20

Visions can be very small or very large,but can only exist at the highest organizational levels.

Question 21

The one personal skill that may be the most important to leadership success is the ability to perceive the needs and goals of others and to adjust the leadership approach accordingly.

Question 22

The trait approach assumes the existence of a leadership personality and assumes that leaders are born,not made.

Question 23

The democratic style of leadership results in the most positive attitudes,whereas an autocratic approach resulted in somewhat higher performance.

Question 24

The focus of LMX theory is primarily on the leader behaviors which are historically considered group maintenance.

Question 25

According to proponents of the situational approach to leadership,universally-important traits and behaviors do not exist.

Question 26

A laissez-faire style of leadership leads to more positive attitudes and higher performance.

Question 27

Power is central to effective leadership.

Question 28

The behavioral approach to leadership attempts to identify what good leaders do.

Question 29

According to the behavior approach,the three categories of leadership behavior are task performance,group maintenance and employee participation in decision making.

Question 30

According to Fiedler's contingency model of leadership effectiveness,effectiveness depends on two factors: the personal style of the leader and the loyalty of the followers.

Question 31

The Vroom model emphasizes the participative dimension of leadership: how leaders go about making decisions.

Question 32

The behavioral approach is the oldest leadership perspective;it focuses on the personal characteristics that great leaders share.

Question 33

A leader with referent power has personal characteristics that appeal to others;and they comply because of admiration or a desire for approval.

Question 34

Group maintenance behaviors improve leader job performance as well as group and organizational performance.

Question 35

A manager using expert power may implement an absenteeism policy that administers disciplinary actions to offending employees.

Question 36

All five sources of power are potentially important,but of course those bosses who have high legitimate power get the best performance from their employees.

Question 37

The leadership grid plots the leader's concern for people against the leader's concern for production.

Question 38

The end result of using the Fiedler's Contingency Model of Leadership Effectiveness is reaching one of 14 possible endpoints that states which of five decision styles is most appropriate.

Question 39

Autocratic leadership solicits input from others.

Question 40

Effective followers hold performance standards that are higher than required.

Question 41

Fiedler's contingency model of leadership takes a situational approach to leadership.

Question 42

The most effective leadership development experiences have three components: assessment,challenge and control.

Question 43

Hersey and Blanchard's situational theory takes a situational approach to the maturity of followers.

Question 44

Charisma can be used positively or negatively.

Question 45

Authentic leadership is a style in which the leader is true to himself or herself while leading.

Question 46

A servant-leader serves others' needs while strengthening the organization.

Question 47

According to Path-Goal Theory,for highly authoritarian people,a participative leadership style is more appropriate.

Question 48

Level 5 leadership is a combination of strong professional will and intense personal pride.

Question 49

Job maturity refers to the length of time the employee has been employed with the organization.

Question 50

Bridge leaders are those who leave their cultures for a significant period of time.

Question 51

Lateral leaders focus on solving problems with subordinates.

Question 52

Charisma contributes to transformational leadership.

Question 53

Pseudo-transformational leaders are leaders who talk about positive change but allow their self-interest to take precedence over followers' needs.

Question 54

A very comprehensive and useful situational model of leadership effectiveness,one that examines characteristics of followers and environmental factors in choosing a leadership style,is path-goal theory.

Question 55

Path-goal theory suggests that one of the functions of the leader is to reduce frustrating barriers to goal attainment.

Question 56

One of the traditional approaches to leadership suggests that there are situations in which leadership is unnecessary or has little impact,and other environmental factors may act in its place.

Question 57

Psychological maturity includes an employee's self-confidence and self-respect.

Question 58

It is best if leadership resides in one or two superstars at the top.

Question 59

Transactional leadership approaches may be more effective for collectivists than for individualists.

Question 60

Being a good leader includes taking reasonable risks.

Question 61

Strategic leadership is characterized by

A)support and corrective feedback.
B)purpose and meaning for the organization.
C)financial support for plans.
D)guidance and corrective feedback.
E)day-to-day coaching.

Question 62

Which of these describes a vision,as it pertains to leadership?

A)A long-term goal of an organization
B)A mental image of a future state of an organization
C)The method through which leaders achieve goals
D)An operational plan for a specific department
E)None of the above

Question 63

A leader is

A)someone with authority over others.
B)the top level manager in a firm or business.
C)a strategic level manager.
D)someone who influences others to attain goals.
E)someone well-respected by others.

Question 64

Behavior that gives purpose and meaning to organizations,while envisioning and creating a positive future is known as

A)strategic leadership.
B)supervisory leadership.
C)organizational leadership.
D)task leadership.
E)autocratic style.

Question 65

Behavior that provides guidance,support and corrective feedback for the day-to-day activities of work unit members is known as

A)strategic leadership.
B)supervisory leadership.
C)organizational leadership.
D)task leadership.
E)performance leadership.

Question 66

Which of the following statements regarding "vision" is accurate?

A)Strong leaders often do not develop a clear vision.
B)Vision properly focuses on performance and day-to-day survival.
C)A person can develop a vision for any task.
D)A vision is optional for effective leadership.
E)A vision is meaningful without any additional action.

Question 67

______________ power is dominant when a leader is followed due to his or her charisma.

A)Legitimate
B)Reward
C)Coercive
D)Referent
E)Expert

Question 68

According to Kouzes and Posner,the best leaders

A)challenge the process.
B)inspire a shared vision.
C)model the way.
D)encourage the heart.
E)do all of the above.

Question 69

The right or authority to tell employees what to do and they are obligated to comply with the orders is referred to as

A)coercive power.
B)reward power.
C)legitimate power.
D)referent power.
E)expert power.

Question 70

____________ power is dominant when a leader utilizes his/her ability to control rewards.

A)Legitimate
B)Reward
C)Coercive
D)Referent
E)Expert

Question 71

Which type of power is dominant when a leader utilizes her ability to control punishments?

A)Legitimate power
B)Reward power
C)Coercive power
D)Referent power
E)Expert power

Question 72

Which of the following is best described as a mental image of a possible and desirable future state of the organization?

A)Mission
B)Vision
C)Leadership
D)Vertical communication
E)Horizontal communication

Question 73

Which of the following reflects a possible cause for an inappropriate vision?

A)The vision is too challenging.
B)The vision does not motivate all members of the organization.
C)The vision reflects only the leader's needs.
D)The vision is too long-term.
E)All visions are appropriate.

Question 74

Legitimate power is described as power that exists through having

A)control over punishments.
B)control over rewards.
C)the authority to tell others what to do.
D)expertise.
E)appealing personal characteristics.

Question 75

The ability to influence others is referred to as

A)cohesion.
B)motivation.
C)charisma.
D)responsibility.
E)power.

Question 76

_______ power is dominant when subordinates are obliged to comply by virtue of a boss's authority.

A)Legitimate
B)Reward
C)Coercive
D)Referent
E)Expert

Question 77

According to the text,which form of power is being used when a sales manager gives his salespeople some tips on how to close a deal,and the salespeople then alter their sales techniques because they respect the manager's expertise?

A)coercive power
B)legitimate power
C)professional power
D)referent power
E)expert power

Question 78

Supervisory leadership is behavior that provides

A)support and corrective feedback.
B)purpose and meaning to the organization.
C)guidance and vision for the future.
D)anticipation of changes.
E)collaboration with others to initiate changes.

Question 79

At the restaurant where your friend works,the manager has quite a lot of power over the workers.She has the responsibility of scheduling workers and assigning projects during each shift.Employees that have performed poorly on her shifts tend to get scheduled for the unpopular weekend shifts and the worst shift duties.This manager seems to use a high degree of

A)legitimate power.
B)negative power.
C)coercive power.
D)referent power.
E)expert power.

Question 80

Upper management at Gusto Foods determined that there would be no end-of-year bonuses due to predicted leveling of sales.Sherelle,a department manager,let her staff know that even those high-performing employees would not get bonuses this year.This change limited what type of power for Sherelle?

A)Legitimate
B)Reward
C)Coercive
D)Referent
E)Expert