Multiple choice questions:
Question 1
Which of the following are included in new paradigm of the new reality for leadership?
Collaboration, diversity, and change and crisis management
Stability, empowerment, and hero
Uniformity, competition, and higher ethical purpose
Humble, diversity, and stability
Question 2
Which of the following statements BEST describes self-directed teams?
Self-directed teams have structured jobs and work processes.
Self-directed teams break down boundaries between departments.
Self-directed teams use strict top-down control.
Self-directed teams do not share power.
Question 3
Which of the following are characteristics that help a leader be successful?
Acting with an insensitive abrasive, intimidating style
Being overly ambitious, self-centered, thinking of next job, playing politics
Over managing, being unable to delegate or build a team
Genuinely interested in other people and find ways to bring out the best in them
Question 4
Leadership experts agree that effective leaders:
have the courage to act on their beliefs.
lack self-awareness.
are not sure what they stand for.
are overall indecisive individuals.
Question 5
Which of the following BEST represents leadership involvement?
Maintaining public relations, influencing followers, and shared purpose
Influencing followers, maintaining stability, and punishment
Creating change, influencing followers, and shared purpose
Shared purpose, encouraging social activities, and employee training
Question 6
The financial crisis on Wall Street can be partially attributed to:
empowerment.
loan originators.
self-directed teams.
leadership vision.
Question 7
The belief that leaders are born with certain natural abilities of power and influence is characteristic of:
Great Man theories.
Trait theories.
Era 1 leadership theories.
Transformational leadership theories.
Question 8
A learning leader emphasizes:
relationships.
stability.
competition within the organization.
rational management.
Question 9
Leadership relies on subtle personal qualities that are hard to see and include:
pessimism.
integrity.
fear.
pride.
Question 10
Why is leadership considered an art?
Leadership takes practice and experience, as well as personal exploration and development.
Leadership skills and qualities can be built through reading good books and interacting with successful leaders.
Leadership skills are derived from setting personal and organizational goals.
Leaders with charisma characteristic can lead and motivate followers to collaboratively work successfully.
Question 11
Why do some managers reach a plateau, get fired, or become forced to take early retirement?
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as a source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Question 12
Leadership is both an art and a science. Explain in detail.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as a source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Part B
Question 1
Recent studies have examined how substitutes (the situation) can be designed:
to have less impact than leader behaviors on outcomes.
to have the same impact as leader behaviors on outcomes.
to have more impact than leader behaviors on outcomes.
to have no impact on outcomes.
Question 2
The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) involves the concepts of motivation, responsibility, and the creation of a team in which decision making is expected of everyone. This is an example of:
participative leadership.
achievement-oriented leadership.
the delegating style.
neutralizers.
Question 3
The Leadership Continuum by Tannenbaum and Schmidt suggests that leaders should be boss-centered or subordinate-centered depending on:
organizational circumstances.
the skill level of the employees.
the self-confidence, creativity, and energy of the leader.
both organizational circumstances and the skill level of the employees.
Question 4
Which of the following is a key element of leadership that refers to the extent to which the leader has formal authority over followers?
Task structure
Position power
Leader-member relations
Contingency situations
Question 5
Path clarification means that the leader works with subordinates:
to learn the behaviors that lead to task accomplishment.
to help them identify behaviors for task accomplishment.
to increase relationship skills to be better team members.
both to learn the behaviors that lead to task accomplishment and to help them identify behaviors for task accomplishment.
Question 6
Which of the following BEST describes contingency approaches?
Contingency approaches are leadership styles that seek to delineate the characteristics of situations.
Contingency approaches are leadership styles appropriate for one situation which may not work in another.
Contingency approaches are leadership traits or behaviors that can improve performance in all situations.
Contingency approaches are both leadership styles that seek to delineate the characteristics of situations and leadership styles appropriate for one situation which may not work in another.
Question 7
Which of the following is a work-related characteristic of leaders?
Energy
Knowledge
Desire to lead
Drive and desire to excel
Question 8
Craft workers and professionals want more freedom and autonomy and work best:
under a participative leadership style.
under a directive leadership style.
under a selling leadership style.
under a task-oriented style.
Question 9
The operational role is:
a horizontal role.
closest to a vertically oriented management role.
a leadership role that provides guidance and support.
a natural behavioral style.
Question 10
Individualized leadership is based on:
a leader's unique relationship with each subordinate.
a series of dyads or two-person interactions.
the leadership grid.
both a leader's unique relationship with each subordinate and a series of dyads or two-person interactions.
Question 11
Case Study: "Consolidated Products" (p. 59 of the textbook) Read the case study and answer the following three questions.
1. Compare the leadership traits and behaviors of Ben Samuels and Phil Jones.
2. Which leader do you think is more effective? Why? Which leader would you prefer to work for?
3. If you were Phil Jones' boss, what would you do now?
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as a source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Question 12
Case Study: "Finance Department Read the case study and answer the following three questions.
1. Why had Osborne's department been so successful even though he has provided little leadership over the past two years?
2. How would you describe Osborne's current leadership style? Based on the path-goal theory, which style do you think he might most effectively use to turn things around with Larry Gibson?
3. If you were in Osborne's position, describe how you would evaluate the situation and handle the problem.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as a source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Question 13
Do you think leadership style is fixed and unchangeable or flexible and adaptable? Are people born leaders? Explain why, or why not.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as a source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Unit II Case Study
Using the CSU Online library (Academic Search Complete database), locate and read the case study, "Change Management in Adult Educational Organizations: A Slovenian Case Study," by Romana Martincic. Then complete a review of the case study that includes the following information:
• A description of the research
• An analysis of the criteria and methods used to effectively lead change
• A discussion on characteristics and personal traits that are important in managing change
Your review should be a minimum of 500 words in length, not counting cover and reference pages. Use APA style when writing your review and cite any direct quotes or paraphrases from the article.