MGMT 5533 Week 3 - 5

Follower development level in SLII is determined by level of

Competence and commitment

Which of the components on Blake & Mouton's Leadership Grid has high concern for interpersonal relationships and low concern for task accomplishment?

Country Club

Followers who have little skill for the task but are confident in getting the task done are

D1

Crystallized cognitive ability refers to one's innate intellectual ability or intelligence

False

D4 subordinates are not certain that they can do the job by themselves

False

In SLII, delegating is ineffective with subordinates who are very competent and committed.

False

Katz states that human skills are most important for middle- and top-management levels.

False

Leadership scholars have agreed on a singular definition of leadership

False

The LBDQ was created by the researchers at the University of Michigan

False

The great persona approach stresses that leaders' traits are learned

False

The skills approach is not descriptive

False

The trait approach successfully identified one list of specific leader traits

False

Under the situational approach, leadership style refers to motivational principles

False

The four key elements of the definition of leadership used in the text are

Process, influence, group, goal

Which of the following is a planning and budgeting management function?

Setting timetables

Developed a model of emotionally intelligent leadership

Shankman and Allen

You are the leader of a small jazz band composed of four of your peers who have never been in a jazz group before. As the leader of the band, you have been very straightforward about how the band will function. You have clearly described each of the members' roles, and they are starting to catch on to how the group works. What style do you exhibit next?

Style 2

Paternalism/maternalism refers to a leader who

is a benevolent dictator

Environmental influences are factors in situations that lie outside the leader's competencies, characteristics, and experiences.

True

In the Leadership Grid, a person who uses but does not integrate the 1,9 and 9,1 behavioral styles of leadership could be called a "benevolent dictator."

True

In the situational approach, supportive leader behaviors are mostly job related.

True

Mumford's Skills Model of Leadership was designed to determine the competencies needed for effective leader performance

True

Some studies have suggested that masculinity is a leadership trait

True

The behavioral approach suggests that leadership cannot be explained by any list of personality traits

True

The earliest leadership theories in the 20th century emphasized control and centralization of power

True

The governor of your state possesses French and Raven's legitimate power.

True

The situational approach contends that leadership involves both directive and supportive behaviors

True

using a process definition of leadership means it is available to everyone

True

Assisting group members in building cohesiveness is primarily a task behavior

False

Power is described as

A relational concern for both leaders and followers

Technical skills are the

Ability to work with things

A leader who places high emphasis on job requirements and low emphasis on people is displaying

Authority compliance behaviors

The D4 follower needs which type of leader?

Delegating

Persistence, dominance, and drive are characteristics of which trait?

Determination

Of the Big Five personality facts, which is the most strongly associated with leadership?

Extraversion

A major strength of the trait approach is that it is quite useful for training

False

A strength of the trait approach is that it links specific leader traits to organizational outcomes

False

According to Blake and Mouton, the "authority compliance manager" is highly concerned with people and has little concern for results

False

The leader is at the core of group change and activity, representing the backbone of the group or organization. Leadership is viewed as

Focus of group process

A leader applying the situational approach would

Focus on assessing and adapting to followers' needs in the workplace

The classic article "Skills of an Effective Administrator" by Katz was published in the

Harvard Business Review

A leader who is indifferent and apathetic is displaying

Impoverished behaviors

Which best describes the overall results of Stogdill's second survey when compared with his initial survey?

It was more balanced in its descriptions of the role of traits and leadership

The problem-solving competency in the skills model is most similar to

Knowledge in Mumford's model

Researchers developed a questionnaire called the LBDQ. The letters "LBDQ" stand for what?

Leadership behavior description questionnaire

The primary functions of management are

Planning, organizing, staffing, and controlling

By comparing Stogdill's findings from his 1948 survey with the findings of his updated 1974 survey, which of the following was suggested?

That both personality and situational factors were casuals in leadership

By including such a large number of components, the skills approach and its models are criticized for

The range of skills extending beyond the boundaries of leadership

As president of my student organization I have position power

True

The research Katz completed for his article describing the skills of an effective administrator

Was qualitative