Leadership & Management Quizzes 4, 5, 6

Entrepreneurs typically have a visionary perspective as reflected in seeing opportunities others have missed.

True

If you want to practice the path-goal theory of leadership, you should be prepared to compensate for the deficiencies of subordinates.

True

Reestablishing the normal work routine tends to have a positive effect on employees after the organization has faced a substantial crisis.

True

Relationship-oriented attitudes and behaviors are the basis for effective interpersonal skills.

True

Strategic leadership of ethics and social responsibility includes the idea that senior management sets the tone for ethics and social responsibility throughout the organization.

True

To build community, a leader should search for goals compatible to all the constituents.

True

When the relationship between two people is strong, they are more likely to behave ethically toward each other.

True

Whether or not the leader has done the right thing is based on the perception by a consensus of reasonable people.

True

Which one of the following questions in an ethical screen deals with the principle of reversibility?

What would you tell your child, sibling, or young relative to do?

The situational leadership model II emphasizes contingency factors relating to

characteristics of group members.

Participative management is likely to work the best with

competent and intelligent people.

According to the Leadership Grid system, the most effective leadership style is

contribute and commit.

The consideration dimension of leadership behavior includes how well the leader creates an environment of

emotional support, friendliness, and trust.

A direct way of being a supportive leader is to

give frequent encouragement and praise.

Following Fiedler's contingency model, a leader can increase situational control by

increasing his or her position power.

An ethical screen is used primarily when facing a decision that

is not obviously ethical or blatantly unethical.

In the Pygmalion effect, group members

live up to expectations set for them.

According to the situational model II, effective leaders manage their relationship with a subordinate

on a given task.

The generally accepted leadership style in the modern organization is the

participative style in general.

A practical suggestions for business leaders to behave ethically is to

place company interests over personal interests.

The general purpose of disaster planning is to

prevent a crisis.

Some researchers contend that male leaders, in contrast to female leaders, are more inclined to

use a command-and-control style.

Ethics can be considered the

vehicle for putting values into action.

CEOs using the strategic approach to leadership spend considerable time on external activities such as technological advances, market trends, and dealing with customers.

True

Adapting to changing times is the most important for which approach to leadership?

Contingency approach

Suggestions for making better use of 360-degree feedback do not include which one of the following?

Encourage workers to give and receive feedback anyway they choose.

A leader who focuses on maximizing shareholder wealth will automatically behave ethically from the standpoint of the principle "pay attention to all stakeholders."

False

A manager implements the 360-degree feedback survey by evaluating everybody in his or her circle of influence.

False

A recommended strategy for getting the most out of workers is to focus on patching their weaknesses rather than capitalizing on their strengths.

False

A study of contingency leadership in the executive suite found that effective leaders implemented the human assets approach in most situations.

False

A study with Norwegian workers indicated that they prosper under laissez-faire leadership because their culture emphasizes being treated as equals.

False

According to cognitive resource theory, the intelligence and competence of the leader will correlate highly with group performance when the leader is stressed.

False

An example of a tough question by a leader/manager would be "Do you agree that you are the dumbest person who ever held this job?"

False

Fiedler's theory provides guidelines so the leader can adapt his or her leadership style to the situation.

False

In the normative decision model, decision significance is a key variable only when motivation of group members is a potential problem.

False

In the normative decision model, group expertise and team competence are basically the same situational variable.

False

The deontological theory of ethics focuses on the consequences of a decision, such as "Who gets hurt?"

False

The purpose of alignment is to get all the group members thinking just like the leader.

False

The statement "Shelia Sanchez is a highly ethical leader" illustrates the concept of leadership style.

False

The two main contingency factors in the path-goal theory are the demands of the task and the personality characteristics of the leader.

False

Which one of the following is a recommended initiative for achieving an ethical and socially responsible organization?

Leadership by example

A key part of a company's designation as a "best company to work for" is an evaluation of the company's organizational culture.

True

A major factor contributing to differences in ethical behavior among executives is their level of greed, gluttony, and avarice.

True

A nondirective leadership style has the advantage of allowing for more freedom of discussion which defuses conflict.

True

A recommended way of creating a socially responsible organizational culture is for managers to lead by example.

True

A study of 3,000 executives found that those who obtain the best results are likely to shift their leadership style frequently.

True

According to Fiedler's theory, task-motivated leaders perform the best in situations of high control and low control.

True

According to the contingency theory of leadership, certain situational forces are beyond the leader's complete control.

True

An example of a situational force in leadership is group member characteristics.

True

An important factor of being judged a "best company to work for" is the input provided by company employees.

True

An ineffective way to lead an organization through a crisis is to strongly defend yourself against your critics or deny wrongdoing.

True

A recent development in corporate philanthropy is for corporate leaders to demand

a good return on investment for their donated money.

An example of a formal mechanism for dealing with ethical problems is

an ethics committee for reviewing complaints about ethical problems.

An explanation offered for ethical behavior in terms of interpersonal skills is that when you are close with people, you are more likely to

behave ethically with them.

A large research study about sex differences in effectiveness between men and women leaders found that

both sexes were perceived about the same in overall effectiveness.

When senior management provides strategic leadership for ethics,

senior managers become ethics leaders.

The purpose of a tough question by a leader is to help the person or group

stop and think about why they are doing or not doing something.

A major source of individual differences in ethics and morality among leaders is

the leader's level of greed, gluttony, and avarice.

In path-goal theory, the directive leader improves morale when

the task is unclear.

A key part of evidence-based leadership or management is to

translate principles into practice.