applied leadership ch 9 quiz

E-leadership is a relatively new phenomenon. Leadership skills necessary for success in a dispersed environment compared to a collocated environment found four critical skills. Of the following, which is NOT among those four critical skills?

Adept at multiple forms of connected technologies

________ is the ability one demonstrates in influencing others to act in a particular way through direction, encouragement, sensitivity, consideration and support.

Leadership

Hersey and Blanchard identified four specific leadership styles based on the maturity of the follower. Of the following, which is NOT one of the four leadership styles?

Showing

An individual who leaves no doubt as to who's in charge and who has the authority and power in the group, can be best described as ________.

autocratic

A participative leader may allow the followers to have a say in what's decided, thereby practicing ________ leadership.

democratic-participative

________ skills focus on your ability to work with, understand, motivate those around you, and require effective communication.

human relations

Supervisors should avoid playing favorites. Unless performance measures are objective and widely visible, you may be ________.

seen as arbitrary and unfair

Paul Hersey and Kenneth Blanchard proposed a leadership model called ________ leadership, which emphasizes that leadership styles must adjust to specific situations.

situational

A ________ leader's major concern is ensuring that employees know precisely what is expected of them and providing any guidance necessary for goals to be met.

task centered

A leader who exhibits ________ behavior views employees as a means to an end.

task-centered

The role of a ________ is different from the traditional leadership role performed by first-line supervisors in that it involves becoming a "facilitator" and less command and control.

team leader

Becoming a leader requires certain skills. Some of those skills are ________, which are the tools, procedures, and techniques unique to your specialized situation.

technical

The first component of the situational leadership model focuses on employees; however, the second component of the situational leadership model focuses on ________ behavior.

the leader's

________ pay attention to the concerns and developmental needs of employees; they change employees' awareness of issues by helping them look at old problems in new ways; and they excite, arouse, and inspire followers to put out extra effort to achieve group goals.

transformational leaders

________, closely connected with the concept of credibility, is defined as the belief in the integrity, character, and ability of a leader.

trust

________ leadership is the ability to create and articulate a realistic, credible, attractive exemplar of the future that grows out of, and improves upon, the present.

visionary

The belief that a particular leadership style ________ regardless of the situation may not be true.

will always be effective