59. In your position, you serve on committees with people from outside of your organizational units and attend
professional meetings. These are expectations for Mintzberg’s interpersonal role of ____.
a.
disseminator
b.
figurehead
c.
liaison
d.
resource-allocator
c
Moderate
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60. Which of the following is one of Mintzberg’s informational leadership roles?
a.
Negotiator.
b.
Liaison.
c.
Monitor.
d.
Resource-allocator.
c
Easy
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61. Which of the following is an example of a spokesperson role?
a.
Reporting information to the government.
b.
Attending professional/trade association meetings.
c.
Visiting competitor facilities.
d.
Purchasing new equipment.
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62. Taking corrective action when necessary, allocating resources, and negotiating routine and nonroutine transactions are all
examples of Mintzberg’s __________ managerial role category.
a.
conceptual
b.
informational
c.
decisional
d.
interpersonal
c
Moderate
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a.
b.
c.
d.
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a
Moderate
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64. Your leader has asked you to design a new performance evaluation system. Designing the system is an example of
which of Mintzberg’s managerial roles?
a.
Entrepreneur
b.
Interpersonal
c.
Resource-allocator
d.
Negotiator
65. For Henry Mintzberg, a leader handling a disturbance is illustrative of__________.
a.
a seeking role.
b.
a negotiator role.
c.
a conflict of interest role.
d.
a decisional role.
Moderate
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66. Levels of analysis constitute:
a.
a useful way of classifying leadership theory.
b.
the most common approach to problem solving in organizations.
c.
Mintzberg’s most lasting contribution to management theory.
d.
a way to better understand, predict, and control successful leadership.
a
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Challenging
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67. The three levels of analysis of leadership theory include all of the following EXCEPT:
a.
individual.
b.
group.
c.
behavioral.
d.
organizational.
c
Easy
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68. The three levels of analysis of leadership theory are:
a.
individual, group, and organizational.
b.
team, group, and organizational.
c.
leader, group, and organizational.
d.
interpersonal, leader, and group.
a
Moderate
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69. The individual level of analysis which focuses on the leader’s relationship with individual followers is also called the
____ process.
a.
b.
c.
d.
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70. The interrelationship among the levels of leadership analysis is true for all the following EXCEPT:
a.
individual performance affect group and organizational performance.
b.
group performance affect organizational performance.
c.
group and organizational performance affect the performance of the individual.
d.
neither the group nor organizational performance affect individual performance.
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71. Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the levels of analysis of leadership theory?
a.
The individual level does not impact the group level.
b.
Group process theories focus on how a leader contributes to group effectiveness.
c.
The individual level forms the base of the levels.
d.
Individuals and teams contribute to organizational success.
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72. Leadership theory classifications include all of the following EXCEPT:
a.
behavioral.
b.
integrative.
c.
contingency.
d.
individual.
73. Early leadership studies were based on the assumption that leaders are:
a.
autocratic.
b.
primarily male.
c.
born, not made.
d.
also managers.
c
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74. The leadership paradigm that assumes leaders are born, not made, is ____ theory.
a.
trait
b.
behavioral
c.
integrative
d.
contingency
a
Moderate
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75. Behavioral leadership theories attempt to explain:
a.
distinctive characteristics accounting for leadership effectiveness.
b.
successful, influencing leader–follower relationships.
c.
distinctive styles used by effective leaders.
d.
the appropriate leadership style based on the leader, follower, and situation.
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76. Mintzberg’s ten managerial roles is an example of:
a.
group level of analysis.
b.
organizational level of analysis.
c.
behavioral leadership theory.
d.
a leadership paradigm.
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77. ____ and ____ leadership theories are also called universal theories.
a.
Contingency; integrative
b.
Trait; behavioral
c.
Behavioral; contingency
d.
Trait; integrative
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78. The ____ leadership theory paradigm emphasizes the importance of situational factors.
a.
trait
b.
behavioral
c.
contingency
d.
integrative
c
Moderate
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79. A successful sales manager was promoted to being CEO of a large conglomerate. Shortly afterward, the manager
decided that her style of leadership was inappropriate, and altered the way that she practiced leading. This is an example
of:
a.
contingency leadership.
b.
performing the figurehead role.
c.
organizational learning.
d.
influencing.
a
Challenging
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80. Contingency leadership theories attempt to explain the appropriate leadership style based on the:
Moderate
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a.
leader, followers, and situation.
b.
leader, manager, and subordinates.
c.
leader, mentor, and entrepreneur.
d.
individual, group, and situation.
81. The eclectic approach to leadership theory, which utilizes and combines insights from previous approaches, is:
a.
impossible, as developments in management theory successively nullify one another.
b.
called the integrative leadership theory paradigm.
c.
considered too cumbersome for both practice and research.
d.
impractical on the group level of analysis.
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82. Which of the following statements regarding managers and leaders is NOT true?
a.
Leaders are concerned with stability.
b.
Managers focus on doing things right.
c.
Leaders place great concern on innovation and change.
d.
Managers are concerned with the best way to get the job done.
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83. In examining differences between managers and leaders, leaders
a.
focus on the best way to get the job done.
b.
focus on doing things right.
c.
emphasize innovation and change
d.
use a more autocratic style
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84. Evidence-based management (EBM) is an application of:
a.
decision models to reward systems.
b.
national cultures to determine the assignment of subordinates to specific tasks.
c.
the findings of empirical research to the practice of leadership.
d.
judicious, measured amounts of rewards and punishments on the basis of employee performance.
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85. Evidence-based management (EBM), on which your textbook is based, refers to basing theories and concepts on
a.
the authors’ experiences.
b.
successful leaders’ experiences.
c.
current scientific research.
d.
current opinion of researchers.
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86. A leadership theory:
a.
is an explanation of some aspect of leadership.
b.
is a shared mindset.
c.
attempts to explain distinctive styles used by effective leaders.
d.
is a universal theory.
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87. Evidence-based management:
a.
reinforces autocratic leaders.
b.
translates theory into workplace behavior.
c.
identifies a set of traits that all effective leaders have.
d.
is also called the organizational process.
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88. One of the most common criticisms of management education is the tendency to:
a.
use games to teach leadership.
b.
assign good grades for poor work.
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c.
focus on teaching theory instead of application of theory to practice.
d.
focus on teaching application instead of theory.
89. The individual level of analysis of leadership theory focuses on the individual leader and the relationship with:
a.
individual followers.
b.
other leaders.
c.
customers.
d.
the CEO of the organization.
a
Moderate
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90. Why study leadership?
a.
People skills are more important than technical skills.
b.
Only those with good leadership skills are promoted to management.
c.
The study of leadership applies directly to your personal life.
d.
Today, employees expect to be led by their manager.
c
Easy
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c
Moderate
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91. Henry Mitzberg identified ten managerial roles that he grouped into three categories. These three categories are:
a.
interpersonal, informational, and decisional.
b.
leader, figurehead, and liason.
c.
monitor, disseminator, and spokesperson.
d.
informational, liason, and monitor.
a
Moderate
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92. The leader role is that of performing the _________ functions consisting of planning, organizing, leading, and
controlling.
a.
management
b.
operational
c.
transformational
d.
influencing
a
Easy
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Subjective Short Answer
93. Briefly describe the five key elements of leadership.
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94. List the ten managerial roles starting with the three categories under which each belongs.
95. Explain the interrelationships among the levels of leadership analysis.
96. Describe the major similarity and difference between the trait and behavioral leadership theories.
97. Discuss the interrelationships between trait and behavioral leadership theories and contingency theories.
98. Why is leadership important?
99. What are the five key elements in our leadership definition? How do the elements interrelate to form this definition?
p. 5-7
100. Are leaders born or made, and can leadership skills be developed?
p. 8-10
101. List and define the levels of analysis of leadership theory.
p. 2-3