Question 1

How does the global economy relate to contingency leadership?

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Question 2

Tania,the manager,oversees the assembly of mass-produced pens. She has the power to reward and punish,and is viewed as a highly demanding manager. 
Use Exhibit 4.3 and determine the situation number along with its corresponding appropriate leadership style for this manager.Select two answers. Is this the appropriate style?

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Question 3

A manager has an employee who has been coming in late for work. The manager has decided to get the employee to get to work on time.
Use Exhibit 4.7 to identify the appropriate leadership style for this situation.

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Directive.
The employee's ability to come in on time is low.The employee appears to be taking advantage of the manager not taking action to stop him or her from coming in late.

Question 4

What contingency leadership variables are common to all of the theories?

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Question 5

Explain substitutes and neutralizers of leadership.

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Question 6

What are the path-goal theory leadership styles?

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Question 7

Shawn,the manager,is from the human resources department. He helps the other departments write job descriptions. Shawn is viewed as not understanding the various departments. Employees tend to be rude in their dealings with Shawn.
Use Exhibit 4.3 and determine the situation number along with its corresponding appropriate leadership style for Shawn. Select two answers. Is this the appropriate style?

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Question 8

What are the differences between the time-driven model and the development-driven model?

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Question 9

What are the three subordinate and environmental situational factors of the path-goal model?

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Question 10

"Tony,I selected you to take on the new assignment.Do you have any questions about this assignment?"
Use exhibit 4.5 to determine which number this manager would rate on the Leadership Continuum Model.

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Question 11

"Helen,I like your report. Send it to the VP right away." 
Use Exhibit 4.5 to determine which number this manager would rate on the Leadership Continuum Model.

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Question 12

What are the normative leadership theory leadership styles?

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Question 13

The manager went around to several employees asking them for suggestions on how to decrease theft.
Use Exhibit 4.5 to determine which number this manager would rate on the continuum leadership model.

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Question 14

What are the three substitutes for leadership?

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Question 15

What are the two contingency leadership theory leadership styles?

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Question 16

What is the difference between a theory and a model?

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Question 17

What is the primary difference between the contingency leadership model and the other leadership models (leadership,continuum,path-goal,and normative leadership)?

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Question 18

List which leadership models are prescriptive and descriptive,and explain why they are classified as such.

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Question 19

Do the three situational favorableness factors of the contingency leadership model (Exhibit 4.3)fit in only one of the three variables (follower,leader,situation)of all contingency leadership variables (Exhibit 4.1)? Explain.

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Question 20

What is the difference in the outcomes of the contingency leadership and the continuum leadership models and that of the path-goal model?

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Quiz 4: Contingency Leadership Theories