lecture 10

Question 1

The best leaders do five things

Answer 1

Challenge the process.
Inspire a shared vision.
Enable others to act.
Model the way.
Encourage the heart.

Question 2

Behavior that provides guidance, support, and corrective feedback for day-to-day activities

Answer 2

Supervisory leadership

Question 3

Behavior that gives purpose and meaning to organizations, envisioning and creating a positive future

Answer 3

Strategic leadership

Question 4

Power that comes from a role or position

Answer 4

legitimate

Question 5

The ability to grant a reward

Answer 5

reward power

Question 6

The ability to take something away or punish someone for noncompliance

Answer 6

coercive power

Question 7

Knowledge and skills

Answer 7

expert power

Question 8

Special access to specific information

Answer 8

information power

Question 9

Stems from personal characteristics of the person

Answer 9

referent power

Question 10

A leadership perspective that attempts to identify what good leaders do—that is, what behaviors they exhibit

Answer 10

behavioral approach

Question 11

Actions taken to ensure that the work group or organization reaches its goals

Answer 11

tast performance behaviors

Question 12

Actions taken to ensure the satisfaction of group members, develop and maintain harmonious work relationships, and preserve social stability

Answer 12

group maintenance behaviors

Question 13

A form of leadership in which the leader makes decisions on his or her own and then announces those decisions to the group

Answer 13

autocratic leadership

Question 14

A form of leadership in which the leader solicits input from subordinates

Answer 14

democratic leadership

Question 15

Leadership philosophy characterized by an absence of managerial decision making

Answer 15

laissez faire

Question 16

have mutual respect between the leader and the followers

Answer 16

High quality LMX relationships

Question 17

portray lower levels of trust and respect between leaders and followers

Answer 17

Low quality LMX relationships

Question 18

A situational model that focuses on the participative dimension of leadership

Answer 18

vroom model

Question 19

Five decision styles

Answer 19

Decide
One-on-one consultation
Consult the group
Facilitate
Delegate

Question 20

A life-cycle theory of leadership postulating that a manager should consider an employee’s psychological and job maturity before deciding whether task performance or maintenance behaviors are more important

Answer 20

Hersey and Blanchard’s situational theory

Question 21

The level of the employee’s skills and technical knowledge relative to the task being performed

Answer 21

job maturity

Question 22

An employee’s self-confidence and self-respect

Answer 22

psychological maturity

Question 23

Employees demonstrate the right behaviors because the leader provides resources in exchange

Answer 23

transactional leadership

Question 24

*Employees focus on company’s well being rather than individual pursuits

Answer 24

transformational leadership

Question 25

try to give the least amount of guidance as possible. Essentially, leaving employees alone but coming to the rescue if anything goes wrong.

Answer 25

Management by Exception (Passive):

Question 26

leaving employees alone but at the same time proactively predicting potential problems and preventing them

Answer 26

Management by Exception (Active):

Question 27

Punish and correct poor performance and reward good or expected performance

Answer 27

Contingent Reward:

Question 28

they treat other individuals respectfully, considering their individual needs, abilities, and aspirations; they advise, teach, and coach.

Answer 28

individualized consideration

Question 29

: they question assumptions, stimulate in others new perspectives and methods, and encourage ideas and reasons.

Answer 29

intellectual stimulation

Question 30

they articulate an appealing vision for the future, challenge followers by setting high standards, talk optimistically with enthusiasm, and provide encouragement and meaning for what needs to be done

Answer 30

inspirational motivation

Question 31

they display conviction, take difficult stands, represent important values, and are admired as role models

Answer 31

idealized influence (charisma)

Question 32

Factors in the workplace that can exert the same influence on employees as leaders would provide

Answer 32

substitutes for leadership

Question 33

a leadership perspective that attempts to determine the personal characteristics that great leaders share

Answer 33

trait approach

Question 34

conscientiousness, extraversion and openness all relate to

Answer 34

leader emergence and effectiveness