Question 1

The direct and intentional effort by someone to enhance his or her own image in the eyes of others is called ____________________ management.

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Question 2

Describe an example of using a legitimate request, instrumental compliance, coercion, rational persuasion, personal identification, inspirational appeal, and informational distortion.

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Question 3

You know from this course that research suggests leaders exhibit traits after attaining certain positions. If you were voting in a primary election and the candidates were essentially the same on the issues, what abilities would you look for in your leader? Why?

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Question 4

Fiedler's ____________________ model assumed that an individual's leadership style was fixed.

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Question 5

Leader-member relations refer to the nature of the relationship between the leader and the ____________________.

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Question 6

Briefly describe the path-goal theory of leadership. Use diagrams if they will clarify your answer.

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Question 7

The substitutes for leadership concept identifies situations in which leader behaviors are neutralized or replaced by characteristics of subordinates, the ____________________, and the organization.

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Question 8

The path-goal theory is the leadership theory that is very closely aligned with the ____________________ theory of motivation.

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Question 9

Aligning the organization with its environment requires ____________________ leadership.

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Question 10

The two personal characteristics of subordinates that the path-goal theory identifies as situational factors are subordinates' perception of their own abilities and their ____________________.

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Question 11

In deciding which Vroom-Yetton-Jago decision tree to use, leaders first consider time and ____________________ of the decision.

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Question 12

Some companies decide to relocate from states with high taxes and high costs of living to states were their employees pay goes a lot further. Governors of the high-tax states complain that it isn't just and argue that corporate leaders need to use better ____________________ leadership. Governors of the low-tax states welcome the jobs and boost to their economies, and praise the ____________________ leadership of the corporate executives.

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Question 13

Describe the Fiedler contingency approach to leadership, including the major feature that distinguishes it from the rest of the situational approaches to leadership.

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Question 14

According to the Vroom-Yetton-Jago model, the manager using the ____________________ style of decision making allows the group to define for itself the exact nature and parameter of the problem and then to develop a solution.

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Question 15

According to the path-goal theory, employees who see themselves as highly competent in ability may prefer ____________________ leadership.

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Question 16

Briefly describe the University of Michigan and Ohio State University studies.

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Question 17

If the leader must get job assignments approved by someone else and does not administer rewards and punishment, ____________________ is weak.

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Question 18

Do you want others to consider you a manager or leader? Why?

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Question 19

____________________ continues to be the focus of a great deal of research and theory building, because it is important to organizational effectiveness.

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Question 20

Briefly describe the five kinds of power available to leaders and/or managers.

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Quiz 16: Managing Leadership and Influence Process