Leadership Ch.1

Quotes from Introduction

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -Stanley Baldwin -E.M. Kelly

Which type of worker is not likely to be more willing to work extra hours on a time-critical project? An individual who's motivation is solely monetary. An individual who shares a leader's goals. An individual who shares a leader's values. An individual who feels personal satisfaction from a job well-done.

An individual who's motivation is solely monetary.

Which leader is most likely to gain the respect of followers? An individual whose followers have participated in the selection of the leader. A leader with little influence with higher-ups. A leader who disagrees with his boss. A leader who makes dramatic changes very soon after taking her position.

An individual whose followers have participated in the selection of the leader.

Which of the following is a definition of leadership that appears to exclude any kind of coercion as a leadership tool? -A complex form of social problem solving -An interpersonal relation in which others comply because they want to, not because they have to -Creating conditions for a team to be effective -The process by which an agent induces a subordinate to behave in a desired manner

An interpersonal relation in which others comply because they want to, not because they have to

Select all that apply According to Robert Kelley, what are the basic styles of followership? (Check all that apply.) Aggressive Exemplary Pessimistic Passive Alienated

Exemplary Passive Alienated (2 not listed: Conformist, Pragmatist)

True or false: Formal study and learning from experience are mutually exclusive and antagonistic. True False

False

True or false: The tendency to view leadership using masculine attributes has greatly diminished over the last decade. True False

False Reason: A 2011 meta-analysis of studies of gender stereotypes continued to find strong evidence of a tendency for leadership to be viewed as culturally masculine.

The notion of the interaction between leaders, followers, and the situation is best demonstrated by which of the following? Followers always respond to leaders in the same way. A leader responds to the same followers in the same way regardless of the situation. Followers may respond to each other differently with different leaders. A leader responds to various followers the same way in the same situation.

Followers may respond to each other differently with different leaders.

The first researcher to formally recognize the importance of the leader, follower, and situation in the leadership process was Fred Fiedler Richard Hughes R.M. Stogdill E.P. Hollander

Fred Fiedler

Which of the following does not help explain the shift towards more women leaders? Organizational practices have changed. Leadership roles have changed. Geography has changed. Women have changed.

Geography has changed.

"Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet

The ______ theory represented the dominant way of conceptualizing leadership for a long time, but has now been largely discredited. cultivation heroic dependency attribution

Heroic

Which of the following best describes a leader? Administrator Controller Imitator Inspirational

Inspirational

Leader: personality, position, expertise Situation: task, stress, environment Followers: values, norms, cohesiveness

Interactional Framework for Analyzing Leadership Leader: _________ , ___________ , __________ Situation: _________ , ___________ , __________ Followers: _________ , ___________ , __________

A leadership approach often used by women that emphasizes enhancing others' self-worth, and believing that the best performance occurs when people are excited about their work and feel good about themselves is called ______ leadership. interactionist interactive positive attributes troubador

Interactive

Distinctions between managers and leaders: -Innovate -Develop -Inspire -long-term view -Ask what and why -Originate -Challenge it

Leaders

Which of the following is not a myth? The only school you learn leadership from is the school of hard knocks. Leaders are born, not made. Leaders develop, whereas managers maintain. Good leadership is all common sense.

Leaders develop, whereas managers maintain

_____________ is often more associated with words like risk taking, dynamic, creativity, change, and vision.

Leadership

The decision by the San Francisco postmaster following the 1906 earthquake and fire to allow people to send letters regardless of whether they had stamps or not is an example of which type of response to a natural disaster? -Management administration. -Poor planning. -Leadership initiative. -Excellence in management.

Leadership initiative

Identify a true statement about the rational and emotional aspects of leadership. -Good leadership involves touching others' feelings rather than rational analysis. -Leadership includes actions and influences based on reason and logic rather than emotions. -People are either rational or emotional, so leaders should use rational techniques and emotional appeals accordingly. -Leadership involves both the rational and emotional sides of human experience.

Leadership involves both the rational and emotional sides of human experience.

Distinctions between managers and leaders: -Administer -Maintain -Control -Have a short-term view -Ask how and when -Imitate -Accept the status quo

Managers

Management is often associated with which of the following terms? -Dynamic -Change -Planning -Risk-taking

Planning

Exemplary followers

Present a consistent pacer to both leaders and coworkers of being independent, innovative, and willing to stand up to superiors. They apply their talents for the benefit of the organization even when confronted with bureaucratic stumbling blocks or passive or pragmatist coworkers. Effective leaders appreciate the value of exemplary followers.

3. Pragmatist followers

Rarely committed to their groups work goals, but they have learned not to make waves. Because they do not like to stick out, pragmatists tend to be mediocre performers who can clog the arteries a mini organizations. Because it can be difficult to discern just where they staying on issues, they present an ambiguous image with both positive and negative characteristics. In organizational settings pragmatist may become experts in mastering the bureaucratic rules that can be used to protect them.

Introduction

Read about Uruguayan rugby team plane crash from 1972 story about surviving 2 months in the Andes Mountains. They were on their way to Chile.

Followership 1.Alienated followers 2.Conformist followers 3.Pragmatist followers 4.Passive followers 5. Exemplary followers

Robert Kelley has suggested five basic styles of _________________ . 1.______________ 2.______________ 3.______________ 4.______________ 5.______________

Task, stress, and the environment are all part of which component of the interactional framework? Strategy Leader Follower Situation

Situation

Gates' opportunity to practice computer programming while still in high school

The success of Microsoft's founder can be attributed to his intelligence, his vision, and _____ among other things. -Gates' opportunity to practice computer programming while still in high school -Gates' dorm room computer building success -the competition his college offered for the best computer design -Gates' participation in various sports teams that gave him leadership ability

True or false: Research on how men and women describe their leadership experiences shows than men use transactional terms while women choose transformational terms. True False

True Reason: Research on how men and women describe their leadership experiences shows than men use transactional terms while women choose transformational terms.

Leaders are both born and made.

Which of the following statements is true? Natural talents or characteristics offer only advantages to leaders. The world is composed of two mutually exclusive types of people, leaders and non-leaders. Leadership is either innate or acquired. Leaders are both born and made.

Which of the following does not describe a simple situation? Orderly Ambiguity Predicable Right answers exist

ambiguity

The decision by the San Francisco postmaster following the 1906 earthquake and fire to allow people to send letters regardless of whether they had stamps or not is an example of which type of response to a natural disaster? Excellence in management. Poor planning. Leadership initiative. Management administration.

leadership initiative

Fred Fiedler's contingency model of the leadership process included all of the following except strategy follower situation leader

strategy

Profiles in Leadership

•Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan •Bill Gates •Alexander Hamilton •Harry Truman •Paul Revere

Laura is jokingly referred to as a Debbie Downer. She is always quick to point out the negative aspects of the organization. What type of follower is Laura? Passive Pragmatist Alienated Conformist

Alienated

What is Leadership?....different definitions of Leadership

-The process by which an agent induces a subordinate to behave in a desired manner. -Directing and coordinating the work of group members -An interpersonal relation in which others comply because they want to, not because they have to. -The process of influencing an organized group toward accomplishing its goals. -Actions that focus resources to create desirable opportunities. -Creating conditions for a team to be effective. -The ability to engage employees, the ability to build teams, and the ability to achieve results; the first two represent the how and the latter the what of leadership. -A complex form of social problem solving.

Catalyst shows that only ___ percent of CEOs in the United States were women. 33 15 22 6

6

Which type of leader is most likely to get complete and timely information from subordinates? A leader with an explosive temper who pressures employees to perform. A leader with a calm disposition who doesn't attack others for bringing bad news. A leader with a reputation for killing the messenger who stresses the need for bringing the 'right' information to the table. None of the these leaders is likely to get complete and timely information from subordinates.

A leader with a calm disposition who doesn't attack others for bringing bad news.

False

According to the leadership myth "Good leadership is all common sense," one needs more than just common sense to be a good leader. True False

All of the following terms are often associated with leadership except risk-taking creativity control dynamic

Control

4. Passive followers

Displaying none of the characteristics of the exemplary follower. They rely on the leader to do all the thinking. Furthermore their work last enthusiasm. Lacking initiative in the sense of responsibility, passive followers require constant direction. Leaders may see them as lazy, incompetent, or even stupid. Sometimes, however, passive followers adopt this dog to help them cope with a leader who expects followers to behave that way.

"Remember the difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says, "Go!" -- a leader says, 'Let's go'!"

E.M. Kelly

Adolf Hitler, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Reverend Jim Jones can all be described as _______ leaders. Multiple choice question. -irrational -rational -synergistic -emotional

Emotional

True or false: Being an expert on leadership research is both necessary and sufficient to being a good leader.

False

According to the text, which is true of leadership? -It occurs as a result of holding a specific position within an organization. -It is a result of the interaction between a leader and followers. -It occurs when an individual displays a specific behavior. -It occurs in a specific situation.

It is a result of the interaction between a leader and followers.

Which of the following skills was most important to the emergence of leadership among the survivors of the 1972 plane crash in the Andes. -Aviation knowledge. -Knowledge of the local language and customs. -Persuasiveness in decision making. -Past history of being a leader.

Persuasiveness in decision making.

Leadership is _______________, not a ____________ .

Process, Position

"The halls of fame are open wide and they are always full. Some go in by the door called "push" and some by the door called "pull"."

Stanley Baldwin, British prime minister in the 1930's

2. Conformist followers

The "yes" people of organizations. Wow very active at doing the organizations work, they can be dangerous if their orders contradict societal standards of behavior or organizational policy. Often the style is the result of either the demanding and authoritarians style of the leader or the overly rigid structure of the organization.

leadership initiative

The cable made by a deputy in the San Francisco army to request tents, rations, and medicine following the earthquake and the response by William Howard Taft to dispatch the longest hospital train is an example of leadership initiative. management administration. excellence in management. poor planning.

Leader, Followers, situation

The framework depicts leadership as a function of 3 elements - the ____________ , the ____________ , and the ______________.

True or false: It is essential to consider both context and followers when determining leadership effectiveness. True False

True

True or false: Leaders who punish members of the in-group risk losing the high levels of loyalty and commitment of their followers. True False

True

1. Alienated followers

habitually point out all of the negative aspects of the organization to others. While alienated followers may see themselves as mavericks who have a healthy skepticism of the organization, leaders often see them as cynical, negative, and adversarial.

he less one looks like, acts like, dresses like, and talks like other leaders in the organization, the _____. wider the band of acceptable behavior narrower the band of acceptable behavior greater the power and authority one has lesser the power and authorit

narrower the band of acceptable behavior

Which is true of in-groups? Trust among members of the in-group towards leaders tends to be low. Members of the in-group typically show low levels of loyalty to leaders. Leaders have considerably less influence with in-group members. Com

none

Which of the following is a myth? Effective leadership is all common sense. Leadership is often associated with words like risk taking or dynamic. Management can be associated with words such as planning or paperwork. Leadership and management are closely related, but distinguishable.

Effective leadership is all common sense.

Compared to a manager, a leader ] -has a short-term view. -asks how and when. -challenges the status quo. -imitates rather than originates.

challenges the status quo.

The glass _____ refers to the intriguing finding that female candidates for an executive position are more likely to be hired than equally qualified male candidates when an organization's performance is declining. ceiling crevasse abyss cliff

cliff

True or false: Workers who share a leader's goals and values, and who feel intrinsically rewarded for performing a job well, might be more likely to work extra hours on a time-critical project than those whose motivation is solely monetary. True False

This is true. The nature of followers' motivation to do their work is important. Workers who share a leader's goals and values, and who feel intrinsically rewarded for performing a job well, might be more likely to work extra hours on a time-critical project than those whose motivation is solely monetary.

Which of the following is true of the decision-making process in complex situations? It should change to probe, sense, and respond. It should change to categorize, probe, and respond. It should change to sense, categorize, and respond. It should change to sense, probe, and categorize.

It should change to probe, sense, and respond.

Which of the following are true about ideal leaders? (Check all that apply.) -They should be someone who responds with only logical predictability. -They must weigh the rational and emotional consequences of their actions. -They should use rational techniques and emotional appeals to influence followers. -They must simply base their actions on calculation and planning or following a checklist.

-They must weigh the rational and emotional consequences of their actions. -They should use rational techniques and emotional appeals to influence followers.

What are some leadership myths?

1. Good leadership is all common sense. 2. Leaders are born, not made. 3. The only school you learn leadership from is the school of hard knocks

All of the following except ______ are part of the followers component of the interactional framework. expertise norms cohesiveness values

Expertise

_____________ suggests words like efficiency, planning, paperwork, procedures, regulations, control, and consistency.

Management

Which of the following is not an example of how researchers have defined leadership? -The success and failure of an organization -Creating conditions for a team to be effective -A complex form of social problem solving -Directing and coordinating the work of group members

The success and failure of an organization

Which of the following is true of college professors who are considered leaders? They do not require any training for leadership skills. They find it difficult to learn from their mistakes. They do not make good leaders. They are both born and made.

They are both born and made.

The cable made by a deputy in the San Francisco army to request tents, rations, and medicine following the earthquake and the response by William Howard Taft to dispatch the longest hospital train is an example of management administration. excellence in management. leadership initiative. poor planning.

leadership initiative