Deck 12: Leadership

Question 1

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

Answer 1

False
Explanation: Leaders must know what they want,and other people must understand what that is.The leader must be able to articulate the vision clearly and often.Other people throughout the organization should understand the vision and be able to state it clearly themselves.

Question 2

Visions are usually small,and exist only at the highest organizational levels.

Answer 2

False
Explanation: Visions can be small or large and can exist at any organizational level as well as at the very top.

Question 3

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

Answer 3

False
Explanation: Supervisory leadership is behavior that provides guidance,support,and corrective feedback for day-to-day activities.

Question 4

Good followers help produce good leaders.

Question 5

Being an effective manager is equivalent to being a true leader.

Question 6

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

Question 7

According to James Kouzes and Barry Posner,the best leaders challenge conventional practices and create change.

Question 8

The best leaders are cautious or even reticent about showing people their appreciation.

Question 9

A leader is one who influences others to attain goals.

Question 10

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

Question 11

Visions can be inappropriate and even fail.

Question 12

An outstanding leader needs good strategic substance but not necessarily effective interpersonal skills.

Question 13

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

Question 14

The best visions are both ideal and unique.

Question 15

Organizations place people in formal leadership roles primarily to help these leaders achieve their personal goals.

Question 16

Because of the tendency to abuse power,effective leaders should avoid using it.

Question 17

A manager who implements an absenteeism policy that administers disciplinary actions to offending employees is using expert power.

Question 18

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

Question 19

Leadership works best when it is reserved for those at the top.

Question 20

Effective followers hold performance standards that are higher than required.

Question 21

While all five sources of power are potentially important,bosses who have high legitimate power get far superior performance from their employees.

Question 22

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

Question 23

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

Question 24

In Hersey and Blanchard's situational theory,job maturity refers to the length of time the employee has been employed with the organization.

Question 25

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

Question 26

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

Question 27

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

Question 28

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

Question 29

Hersey and Blanchard's situational theory highlights the maturity of the followers as the key situational factor.

Question 30

The most comprehensive and generally useful situational model of leadership effectiveness is path-goal theory.

Question 31

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

Question 32

In Hersey and Blanchard's situational theory,psychological maturity includes an employee's self-confidence and self-respect.

Question 33

According to path-goal theory,for highly authoritarian people,a participative leadership style is more appropriate.

Question 34

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

Question 35

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

Question 36

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

Question 37

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

Question 38

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

Question 39

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

Question 40

Autocratic leadership solicits input from others while making decisions.

Question 41

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

Question 42

The most effective leadership development experiences have three components: evaluation,accomplishment,and control.

Question 43

In leadership,charisma can be used positively or negatively.

Question 44

There are situations in which leadership is unnecessary or has little impact,and other factors in workplace may effectively act in its place.

Question 45

Which of the following refers to the ability to influence others,which in an organizational setup means the ability to get things done or accomplish one's goals despite resistance from others?

A) Cohesion
B) Wisdom
C) Vision
D) Courage
E) Power

Question 46

Being a good leader includes taking reasonable risks.

Question 47

Supervisory leadership is best described as behavior that:

A) provides support and corrective day-to-day feedback.
B) gives purpose and meaning to the organization.
C) involves envisioning and creating a positive future.
D) involves anticipation of changes.
E) creates collaboration with others to initiate changes.

Question 48

Which of the following best describes a vision as it pertains to leadership?

A) A plan to make an effective financial turnaround
B) A mental image of a future state of an organization
C) An image that people have of an organization
D) An operational plan for a specific department
E) A leader's plan for accomplishing his personal goals

Question 49

Transactional leadership approaches tend to be more effective for collectivists than for individualists.

Question 50

Strategic leadership primarily gives:

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

Question 51

According to James Kouzes and Barry Posner,the best leaders:

A) seldom show appreciation.
B) stick to conventional practices.
C) simply tell followers what to do.
D) inspire a shared vision.
E) often use punishments to motivate others.

Question 52

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

Question 53

Which of the following statements is true of organizational visions?

A) Visions can exist only at the top of the organization.
B) Visions primarily focus 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 still meaningful without any additional action.

Question 54

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

Question 55

Lateral leaders focus on solving problems with subordinates.

Question 56

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

Question 57

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

Question 58

_____ leadership gives purpose and meaning to organizations while envisioning and creating a positive future.

A) Strategic
B) Supervisory
C) Operational
D) Pseudotransformational
E) Autocratic

Question 59

Visions can be inappropriate,or fail,when they:

A) are unique and challenging.
B) fail to motivate all members of the organization to the same extent.
C) reflect only the leaders' needs.
D) are focused on long-term benefits.
E) may take a couple of years to become feasiblE.

Question 60

_____ leadership refers to leadership behavior that provides guidance,support,and corrective feedback for the day-to-day activities of work unit members.

A) Strategic
B) Supervisory
C) Autocratic
D) Charismatic
E) Pseudotransformational

Question 61

Referent power is described as the 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 62

Which of the following forms 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 proficiency?

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

Question 63

_____ 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 64

As a leadership trait,self-confidence is most likely to:

A) help a leader avoid setbacks.
B) dilute a leader's effectiveness.
C) instill honesty and credibility in a leader.
D) allow a leader to overcome obstacles.
E) enable leaders to be more introverted.

Question 65

Managers at Top-Tech Inc.determined that there would be no end-of-year bonuses due to predicted leveling of sales.Perry,a department manager,let his staff know that even high-performing employees would not get bonuses this year.This change limits Perry's _____ power.

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

Question 66

At an architecture firm where Jamie works,her manager is a personable and likable person who is quite popular.Jamie has said that if she were the manager,she would manage just as he does,and she likes working with him.This manager seems to have a high degree of _____ power.

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

Question 67

As an identified leadership trait,integrity refers to:

A) the drive to lead.
B) honesty and credibility.
C) the ability to overcome obstacles.
D) self-discipline.
E) rationality.

Question 68

_____ power is held by a manager who has control over the size of an employee's raise.

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

Question 69

A set of leader characteristics that reflect a high level of effort and a high need for achievement is identified as ____.

A) vision
B) integrity
C) drive
D) charisma
E) power

Question 70

As an identified leadership trait,leadership motivation suggests that great leaders:

A) have drive.
B) are all introverts.
C) encourage others to lead.
D) hold conventional beliefs.
E) want to lead.

Question 71

The correspondence between actions and words that includes characteristics such as honesty and credibility is a leadership trait known as ____.

A) drive
B) leadership motivation
C) self-confidence
D) knowledge of the business
E) integrity

Question 72

Maggie,an operations manager at West Ridge Grocers,has a high need for achievement,is constantly striving for improvement,and shows ambition and energy.This describes her ____.

A) leadership motivation
B) integrity
C) self-confidence
D) drive
E) knowledge of the business

Question 73

_____ approach is a leadership perspective that attempts to identify what effective leaders do and gives less importance to personality characteristics.

A) Behavioral
B) Trait
C) Transformational
D) Strategic
E) Authentic

Question 74

A leadership perspective that focuses on individual leaders and attempts to determine the personal characteristics that leaders share is referred to as the ____.

A) knowledge approach
B) behavioral approach
C) leadership grid
D) leader-member exchange theory
E) trait approach

Question 75

Kelly,a manager at a restaurant,has the responsibility of scheduling workers and assigning projects during each shift.Employees who have performed poorly are often scheduled for the unpopular weekend shifts and the worst shift duties.In order to avoid this,most employees try to perform well.In this case,Kelly seems to use a high degree of _____ power.

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

Question 76

Which of the following types of power is most dominant when a leader utilizes his or her ability to control punishments?

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

Question 77

Effective leaders have been shown to possess a high level of expertise about their industries,companies,and relevant technical matters.This trait is referred to as ____.

A) knowledge of the business
B) multiple intelligence
C) expert leadership
D) legitimate authority
E) referent power

Question 78

Which of the following sources of power is most dominant when a leader is followed due to his or her charisma?

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

Question 79

Which type of power is dominant when a leader is respected for his knowledge?

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

Question 80

Which of the following traits distinguishes effective leaders from other people?

A) Materialism
B) Education
C) Self-confidence
D) Command-and-control attitude
E) Introversion