Question 1

When leaders show their subordinates that they trust and respect them,they are trying to initiate structure.

Accepted Answer

Consideration is the behavior that indicates a manager's trust, respect, and care for the subordinates. Managers who truly look out for the well-being of their subordinates, and do what they can to help subordinates feel good and enjoy their work, perform consideration behaviors. Whereas, initiating structure is when the managers take steps to make sure that work gets done, subordinates perform their jobs acceptably.

Question 2

Servant leaders have a strong desire to serve and work for the benefit of others.

Accepted Answer

Servant leaders have a strong desire to serve and work for the benefit of others.

Question 3

When leaders take steps to ensure that subordinates perform their tasks in an acceptable fashion,this is known as consideration.

Accepted Answer

Consideration is the behavior that indicates a manager's trust, respect, and care for the subordinates. Managers who truly look out for the well-being of their subordinates, and do what they can to help subordinates feel good and enjoy their work, perform consideration behaviors.

Question 4

Ownership power is the ability of a manager to give or withhold tangible and intangible rewards.

Accepted Answer

Reward power is the ability of a manager to give or withhold tangible and intangible rewards. Effective managers use their reward power in to show appreciation for subordinates' good work and efforts.

Question 5

"Trait" models may include characteristics such as skills,abilities,knowledge,and expertise.

Accepted Answer

This model is called the "trait" model; some of the personal characteristics that it identifies are not personality traits per se but, rather, are concerned with a leader's skills, abilities, knowledge, and expertise.

Question 6

When leaders are effective,their influence often detracts from goal attainment.

Accepted Answer

When leaders are effective, the influence they exert over others helps a group or organization achieve its performance goals. When leaders are ineffective, their influence does not contribute to, and often detracts from, goal attainment.

Question 7

Legitimate power is the authority a manager has by virtue of his/her position in an organization's hierarchy.

Accepted Answer

Legitimate power is the authority a manager has by virtue of his/her position in an organization's hierarchy. Personal leadership style often influences how a manager exercises legitimate power.

Question 8

The authority that a manager has based on the manager's position in the organization's hierarchy is known as expert power.

Accepted Answer

Expert power is based on the special knowledge, skills, and expertise that a leader possesses. The nature of expert power varies, depending on the leader's level in the hierarchy.

Question 9

Leadership is the process by which a person exerts influence over other people and inspires,motivates,and directs their activities to help achieve group or organizational goals.

Accepted Answer

Leadership is the process by which a person exerts influence over other people and inspires, motivates, and directs their activities to help achieve group or organizational goals.

Question 10

Effective leaders and managers perform both initiating structure and consideration leader behaviors.

Accepted Answer

Research has found that effective leaders and managers do not necessarily perform both initiating structure and consideration leader behaviors. The relationship between performance of consideration and initiating-structure behaviors and leader effectiveness is not clear-cut.

Question 11

Contingency models of leadership take into account the context within which the manager acts.

Accepted Answer

Contingency models propose that whether a leader who possesses certain traits or performs certain behaviors is effective depends on, or is contingent on, the situation or context.

Question 12

Empowerment gives managers more time to concentrate on their pressing concerns because they spend less time on day-to-day supervisory activities.

Accepted Answer

Empowerment is the process of giving employees at all levels the authority to make decisions, be responsible for their outcomes, improve quality, and cut costs. Empowerment gives managers more time to concentrate on their pressing concerns because they spend less time on day-to-day supervisory activities.

Question 13

A manager's personal leadership style is the specific way in which a manager chooses to influence other people; it is how the manager approaches planning,organizing,and controlling.

Accepted Answer

A manager's personal leadership style-that is, the specific ways in which a manager chooses to influence other people-shapes how that manager approaches planning, organizing, and controlling (the other principal tasks of managing).

Question 14

Managers at all levels and in all kinds of organizations have the same leadership style.

Accepted Answer

Managers at all levels and in all kinds of organizations have their own personal leadership styles that determine not only how they lead their subordinates but also how they perform the other management tasks.

Question 15

Servant leaders do not share power with followers and strive to ensure that only their individual needs are met.

Accepted Answer

Servant leaders share power with followers and strive to ensure that followers' most important needs are met, they are able to develop as individuals, and their well-being is enhanced, and that attention is paid to those who are least well-off in a society.

Question 16

Contingency models suggest that a manager who is effective in one situation is likely to be effective in all leadership situations.

Accepted Answer

The traits or behaviors that may contribute to a manager's being an effective leader in one situation might actually result in the same manager being an ineffective leader in another situation.

Question 17

The complete key to understanding leader effectiveness is to understand a leader's traits.

Accepted Answer

Traits alone are not the key to understanding leader effectiveness. However, some effective leaders do not possess all these traits, and some leaders who possess them are not effective in their leadership roles.

Question 18

Consideration is the behavior that indicates a manager's trust,respect,and care for the subordinates.

Accepted Answer

Consideration is the behavior that indicates a manager's trust, respect, and care for the subordinates. Managers who truly look out for the well-being of their subordinates, and do what they can to help subordinates feel good and enjoy their work, perform consideration behaviors.

Question 19

Choice of job assignment to a subordinate is a part of a tangible reward.

Accepted Answer

Reward power is the ability of a manager to give or withhold tangible rewards (pay raises, bonuses, choice job assignments) and intangible rewards (verbal praise, a pat on the back, respect).

Question 20

Coercive power is the ability of a manager to punish others.

Accepted Answer

Coercive power is the ability of a manager to punish others. Punishment can range from verbal reprimands to reductions in pay or working hours.

Quiz 10: Leaders and Leadership

When leaders show their subordinates that they trust and respect them,they are trying to initiate structure.

Servant leaders have a strong desire to serve and work for the benefit of others.

When leaders take steps to ensure that subordinates perform their tasks in an acceptable fashion,this is known as consideration.

Ownership power is the ability of a manager to give or withhold tangible and intangible rewards.

"Trait" models may include characteristics such as skills,abilities,knowledge,and expertise.

When leaders are effective,their influence often detracts from goal attainment.

Legitimate power is the authority a manager has by virtue of his/her position in an organization's hierarchy.

The authority that a manager has based on the manager's position in the organization's hierarchy is known as expert power.

Leadership is the process by which a person exerts influence over other people and inspires,motivates,and directs their activities to help achieve group or organizational goals.

Effective leaders and managers perform both initiating structure and consideration leader behaviors.

Contingency models of leadership take into account the context within which the manager acts.

Empowerment gives managers more time to concentrate on their pressing concerns because they spend less time on day-to-day supervisory activities.

A manager's personal leadership style is the specific way in which a manager chooses to influence other people; it is how the manager approaches planning,organizing,and controlling.

Managers at all levels and in all kinds of organizations have the same leadership style.

Servant leaders do not share power with followers and strive to ensure that only their individual needs are met.

Contingency models suggest that a manager who is effective in one situation is likely to be effective in all leadership situations.

The complete key to understanding leader effectiveness is to understand a leader's traits.

Consideration is the behavior that indicates a manager's trust,respect,and care for the subordinates.

Choice of job assignment to a subordinate is a part of a tangible reward.

Coercive power is the ability of a manager to punish others.