67. Describe the two primary behaviors that effective leadership involves.
68. What is an in-group and out-group?
69. Bernard Bass suggests two of the most effective transactional leader
behaviors. What are they?
70. Paul is a mid-level manager in a car manufacturing plant. Normally, Paul
receives two separate budget allocations for rewarding his employees and for
standard yearly bonus payments. However, due to the recession-hit markets this
year, he has got only one budget allocation. He has to decide whether to use it
for rewarding his top-performing employees or for giving similar bonuses to
everyone. Help him decide based on the transactional leader behaviors.
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AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Blooms: Apply
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Learning Objective: 09-03 Describe the basis of transactional leadership.
Topic: Transactional Leadership
71. In keeping with its corporate social responsibility goals, this year your
company asks employees to work an extra hour without pay every day for the
next two months. No one in your group seems very enthusiastic about this
although the proceeds are meant for a children’s charity. As a manager, what
kind of leadership behavior will you need to motivate the employees –
transactional or transformational? Explain.
72. Jane notices that a few of her subordinates in the assembly line are openly
violating safety norms. This is creating a dangerous work environment for
everyone in the line. She must use the transactional leader behavior of
contingent punishment. Advise her on how to effectively provide contingent
punishment.
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AACSB: Analytic
Blooms: Apply
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Learning Objective: 09-03 Describe the basis of transactional leadership.
Topic: Transactional Leadership
73. What are the three ways in which transactional behaviors play an
important role in effective leadership?
74. According to Phil Podsakoff and his colleagues at Indiana University, what
are the six transformational leader behaviors?
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AACSB: Analytic
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Learning Objective: 09-04 Describe the primary behaviors associated with transformational leadership.
Topic: Transformational Leadership: Getting Performance Beyond Expectations
75. According to experts in the area of leadership development, what are the
five types of on-the-job experiences that are important for developing leadership
capabilities? Give one example of each.
