The essence of leadership according to the psychodynamic approach is
a. The ability to understand the emotion-behavior connection
b. Removing difficult task characteristics helps followers develop
c. The ability to use motivational patterns to influence others
d. Removing conflictual follower interactions leads to leader success
What best explains the comparison of the skills approach to sports such as golf and
tennis?
a. Specific techniques are required to succeed.
b. Input from both sides takes place constantly.
c. Tools are essential in improving your skills.
d. People can improve their skills through practice and instruction.
e. Skills go back and forth between leaders and followers.
The director of your department attends one weekly meeting. The director is seldom at
the office outside of the meeting and rarely responds to e-mails when you send
questions pertaining to the organization. This is an example of
a. Authority compliance management
b. Team management
c. Country-club management
d. Middle-of-the-road management
e. Impoverished management
Followers who have some ability to complete a task but lack motivation about the task
are
a. D1
b. D2
c. D3
d. D4
Which scholar described the term “applied clinical practice” when exploring
organizational processes?
a. Gruenfeld
b. Zaleznik
c. Kats de Vries
d. Hirschhorn
The maintaining disciplined action behavior in adaptive leadership is
a. Easy because most people naturally want to confront change
b. Difficult because most people do not accept leaders who use adaptive behaviors
c. Difficult because most people do not naturally want to confront change
d. Easy because most people have dealt effectively with adaptive changes before
Transformational leadership stresses that leaders need to
a. Focus first on themselves; then the followers
b. Understand the needs of the followers
c. Adapt to the needs of the followers
d. Use transactional leadership for highly motivated followers
Which of the following is not a reason followers become part of the in-group?
a. How well they work with the leader
b. How well the leader works with them
c. The amount of interest they show toward negotiating with the leader
d. Willingness to stay within job and task guidelines
How does the GLOBE research inform leaders and followers about the different ways
in which the various cultural clusters view leadership?
a. The studies identified the four main leadership behaviors in each cluster
b. The studies identified the relative importance of the six behaviors in each cluster
c. The studies compared/contrasted cluster behaviors by similar geographic location
d. The studies compared transformational leader behaviors to the six global leadership
behaviors
In Bion’s dependency assumption, when people assume that the leader should offer
similar protection to that provided by parents in early years, this assumption is based on
a. Conscious thought
b. Conscious action
c. Unconscious thought
d. Unconscious action
According to Katz, the most important leadership skills for lower-levels of management
are
a. Technical skills
b. Problem-solving skills
c. Technical, human, and conceptual skills
d. Technical and human skills
e. Conceptual and human skills
Which of Larson & LaFasto’s characteristics of team excellence is associated with
Hackman’s “real team”?
a. Results-driven structure
b. Unified commitment
c. Standards of excellence
d. Supportive organizational structure