group 7

Question 1

management function which involves influencing others to engage in the work behaviors necessary to reach orgaizational goals

Answer 1

Leading

Question 2

_____ refers to function, _________ refers to the process

Answer 2

1. leading
2. leadership

Question 3

Frequently defined as a social (intepersonal) influence relationship between two or more person who depend on each other to attain certain mutual goals in a group situation.

Answer 3

Leadership

Question 4

to be able to influence others because of the power they possess

Answer 4

Leaders

Question 5

refers to the ability of a leader to exert force on another.

Answer 5

Power

Question 6

What are the bases of power?

Answer 6

• legitimate power
• reward power
• coercive power
• referent power
• expert power

Question 7

A person who occupies a higher position, has a power over persons in lower positions within the organization.

Answer 7

Legitimate power

Question 8

When a person has the ability to give rewards to anybody who follows orders or requests, he/she is said to have?

Answer 8

Reward power

Question 9

2 classified forms of rewards

Answer 9

Material and Psychic

Question 10

refer to the monet or other tangible benefits like cars, house and lot, etc.

Answer 10

Material rewards

Question 11

consists of recognition, praises, etc.

Answer 11

Psychic rewards

Question 12

When a person compels another to comply with orders through threats or punishment

Answer 12

Coercive power

Question 13

may take the form of demotion, dismissal, witholding of promotion, etc.

Answer 13

Punishment

Question 14

When a person get compliance from another because the latter would want to be identified with the former

Answer 14

Referent power

Question 15

_________ provide specialized information regarding their specific lines of expertise. This influence is called ___________, is possessed by people with great skills in technology.

Answer 15

1. experts
2. expert power

Question 16

The nature of leadership

Answer 16

• One cannot expect a unit or division to achieve objectives in the absence of effective leadership. Even if a leader is present, but if he is not functioning properly, no unit or division objectives can be expected to be achieved.

Question 17

_____________ may be referred to as “the process of influencing and supporting others to work enthusiastically toward achieving objectives”. It is expected of any manager in charge of any unit or division.

Answer 17

Leadership

Question 18

Traits of effective leaders

Answer 18

1. high level of personal drive
2. the desire to lead
3. personal integrity
4. self - confidence
5. analytical ability or judgement
6. knowldege of the company, industry or technology
7. charisma
8. creativity
9. flexibility

Question 19

Personal Drive

Answer 19

Persons with drive are those identified as willing to accept responsibility, possess vigor, initiative, persistence, and health. Drive is a very important leadership trait because of the possibility of failure in every attempt to achieve certain goals.

Question 20

Example of a person with a high level of personal drive.

Answer 20

Paul mediarito, director of the polo plant of San Miguel Corporation (1992 and 1994)
- He was instrumental in radically changing the problem-riddled Polo plant to a world-class brewery with modern technology and a work force with a new attitude. How he was able to prove himself as a leader with enough drive is a feat worth emulating.

Question 21

There are some persons who have all the qualifications for leadership, yet they could not become leaders because they lack one special requirement.

Answer 21

The desire to lead

Question 22

Personal integrity

Answer 22

A person who is well-regarded by others as one who has integrity possesses one trait of a leader. One who does not have personal integrity will have a hard time convincing his subordinates about the necessity of completing various tasks.

Question 23

According to ______, ________ means and includes “honesty, honour, incorruptibility, rectitude, righteousness, uprightness and similar virtues.”

Answer 23

V:K Saraf, integrity

Question 24

The activities of leaders require moves that will produce the needed outputs. The steps of conceptualizing, organizing, and implementing will be completed if sustained efforts are made. For the moves to be continuous and precise, _______ is necessary.

Answer 24

Self - confidence

Question 25

__________ found in a study they conducted that leaders of mid-sized, high growth companies were almost inevitably consummate salesmen who radiate enormous contagious self-confidence.

Answer 25

McKinsey and company

Question 26

____________ was very precise when he declared the following as one of the traits of a good leader: ______________________________________________________

Answer 26

1. Wess Roberts 2. A chieftain cannot win if he loses his nerve. He should be self confident and self-reliant and even if he does not won, he will know he has done his best.

Question 27

Analytical Ability

Answer 27

Leaders are, oftentimes, faced with difficulties that prevent the completion of assigned tasks. A subordinate, for instance, may have a record of continually failing to produce the needed output. A leader with sufficient skill to determine the root cause of the problem may be able to help the subordinate to improve his production.

Question 28

Industry or Technology. A leader who is well - informed about his company, the industry where the company belongs, and the technology utilized by the industry, will be in a better position to provide directions to his unit.

Answer 28

Knowledge of the Company

Question 29

When a person has sufficient personal magnetism that leads people to follow his directives, this person is said to have _________.

Answer 29

charisma

Question 30

Great personalities in history

Answer 30

Napoleon Bonaparte, Julius Caesar, Adolf Hitler, George Washington, Elvis Presley and others are said to possess charisma.

Question 31

defines creativity as "the ability to combine existing data, experience, and preconditions from various sources in such a way that the results will be subjectively regarded as new, valuable, and innovative, and as a direct solution to an identified problem situation."

Answer 31

Ronnie Millevo

Question 32

Flexibility

Answer 32

People differ in the way they do their work. One will adapt a different method from another person's method. A leader who allows this situation as long as the required outputs are produced, is said to be flexible.

Question 33

Leadership skills

Answer 33

1. Technical skills 2. Human skills 3. Conceptual skills

Question 34

These are skills a leader must possess to enable him to understand and make decisions about work processes, activities, and technology. This skill is the specialized knowledge needed to perform a job.

Answer 34

Techinical Skills

Question 35

These skills refer to the ability of a leader to deal with people, both inside and outside the organization. Good leaders must know how to get along with people, motivate them, and inspire them.

Answer 35

Human skills

Question 36

These skills refer to the ability to think in abstract terms, to see how parts fit together to form the whole. A very basic requirement for effective implementation is a clear and well-expressed presentation of what must be done.

Answer 36

Conceptual skills