What is the most common element in definitions of leadership?
a. leadership is an authority relationship
b. leadership is the ability to make good decisions
c. leadership is an attribution made by followers
d. leadership is an influence process
Which of the following theories has the most emphasis on improving subordinate
performance?
a. authentic leadership
b. transforming leadership
c. transformational leadership
d. servant leadership
Which type of team is most likely to be given the task of designing a new product and
bringing it into production?
a. traditional work team
b. self-managed operational team
c. cross-functional project team
d. quality circle
An employee who volunteers to stay late and do extra work is using which form of
impression management?
a. ingratiation
b. self promotion
c. exemplification
d. modeling
According to the flexible leadership theory, the CEO of an organization should:
a. focus primarily on short-term objectives such as quarterly profits
b. provide heroic, charismatic leadership for the organization
c. coordinate leadership processes across levels and subunits
d. emphasize direct behaviors more than management programs and systems
Which was not found in most studies on leadership training in organizations?
a. training is usually focused on improving skills rather than on changing personality
traits or values
b. most organizations systematically assess their leadership training activities to ensure
they are cost effective
c. training is usually focused more on skills needed for the current job than on skills
needed for a future job
d. organizations prefer to send managers to workshops or external short courses rather
than to degree programs
What is the best way to describe the essential processes in learning organizations?
a. acquisition of new knowledge by the organization
b. diffusion of new knowledge to people who can use it
c. application of new knowledge by members of the organization
d. acquisition, diffusion, and application of new knowledge
Definitions of leadership:
a. are usually derived by systematic observation of leaders
b. are only minor variations of the same general description
c. are important for designing and interpreting research
d. are pointless because there is no basis for their verification
Which of the following was a suggested guideline for adaptive leadership?
a. make contingency plans to prepare for any possible problems
b. hold more meetings to involve people when a crisis occurs
c. maintain a high level of situational awareness
d. rely on previously effective practices
Which of the following is not one of the three behavior meta-categories identified by
Yukl?
a. task-oriented
b. relations-oriented
c. process-oriented
d. change-oriented
Managers in large units are most likely to:
a. use less delegation
b. use group decision making more often
c. spend more time planning and coordinating
d. provide more coaching
In a crisis situation, effective leaders are likely to:
a. consult with subordinates
b. reduce their exposure
c. act more considerate
d. act more decisive
Which of the following theories most strongly emphasizes the importance of emergent
processes for the adaptation of organizations to their environment?
a. complexity leadership theory
b. relational leadership theory
c. informal leadership theory
d. distributed leadership theory
Which of the following was not recommended when developing a vision for an
organization?
a. rely on your knowledge about organization members as the primary source of
ideas for a vision
b. identify strategic objectives with wide appeal and use them as a source of insights
about shared values
c. ensure that the vision is compatible with core competencies in the organization
d. continually assess the feasibility of the vision and refine it as new possibilities are
discovered
Which feature was not recommended as a guideline for setting performance goals?
a. set goals for every task and responsibility
b. set goals that are clear and specific
c. set goals that include a specific target date
d. set goals that are challenging but realistic
Which of the following was not recommended to facilitate acceptance and successful
implementation of a major change?
a. convince people that the change can be made without any difficulties or
inconvenience for them
b. use ceremonies and rituals to help people deal with the pain of giving up familiar
things they value
c. create a sense of urgency about the need for change by showing it will be
more costly not to change
d. demonstrate personal commitment to see the change through to the end, regardless of
temporary setbacks
Which of the following actions does not represent a significant form of delegation?
a. assign a larger number of routine tasks
b. increase discretion about how the work is done
c. increase authority to expend resources
d. reduce the frequency of required progress reports