CH1 The Nature and Importance of Leadership

A recommended approach for understanding the impact of leadership on performance is to ask

"Under what conditions do leaders make a difference?"

What are 3 essential characteristics of an effective follower?

1. Commitment to something beyond oneself 2. Competence building 3. Independent, critical thinking

What are 3 factors in building a partnership between the leader and group members

1. Many people working on the same purpose 2. The right for people to express a contrary opinion 3. Absolute honesty among people

An advantage of being a leader noted in the leadership text is?

A chance to help others grow and develop

Leadership can be practiced at what level?

At any level in the organization

Leadership effectiveness, as defined in the framework for understanding leadership, refers to the leader

Attaining desirable outcomes such as productivity and satisfaction.

A point made by complexity theory is that leaders and managers

Can do little to alter the course of the complex organizational system

The modern organization is characterized by

Collaboration between leaders and followers

A component of the general learning model applied to skill development in leadership is

Conceptual information supported by examples of leaders in action.

The terms isolates, activists, and diehards, relate to the idea that followers differ in terms of level of

Engagement with the leader and the group

Substitutes for leadership refers to what?

Factors in the work setting that make leadership superfluous.

A company president attends a groundbreaking ceremony for a new children's hospital located near company headquarters. The president's role is best classifies as that of what?

Figurehead

The central theme of the nine dilemmas faced by leaders is what?

Granting people the authority to act independently yet getting them aligned

One meaning of the formula L = f (l,gm,s) is that leadership is partially a function of what?

Group members

The leadership irrelevance theory suggests that factors outside the leader's control

Have a larger impact on business outcomes than hows the leader

The various components of the framework for understanding leadership

Have a reciprocal influence on each other

A potential disadvantage of being a leader is

Having fewer people to confide in about work-related issues

One of the definitions of leadership offered in the text deals with figuring out what is right rather than?

Having other people tell you what is right

Middle manager Sara is engaged in the team builder role when she does what?

Holds a meeting to talk about team accomplishments

According to an analysis of a group of studies, in terms of having an impact on company performance the leader was about as important as the?

Industry in which the company operated.

An aspect of the coach and motivator role of the leader is to ?

Informally recognize team member achievements

A defining aspect of leadership is that it includes the ability to?

Inspire people's confidence and gain their support

Intrinsically satisfying work can be a leadership substitute because such work?

Is so self-motivating that the worker requires very little leadership

Marketing vice president Derek is engaged in the strategy planner role when he does what?

Looks for ideas in the outside world that could help the company.

According to the leadership studies of Jim Collins, the most important factor in organizational performance is the?

Personality of the organization

An effective way for a leader to collaborate with group members is to

Solicit input from the right group members

Leadership takes into account factors related to the leaders, the persons being led, and

Various forces in the environment

Rather than leadership being something you do to people, it is considered something you do?

With them