Leadership Chapter Five
Adapting to changing times is the most important for which approach to leadership?
Contingency approach
Which one of the following is the most recommended approach to leadership during a crisis?
Lead with compassion.
_____ is designed to increase the frequency and quality of conversations about performance and professional development between managers and group members so that competence is developed, commitment takes place, and turnover among talented workers is reduced.
Situational leadership II
The situational leadership model II emphasizes contingency factors relating to:
characteristics of group members.
Division manager Pedro believes strongly in the path-goal theory of leadership, so he engages in behaviors that:
complement subordinate characteristics and task demands.
When asked about leadership effectiveness, an executive said in part, "The length of the leash varies with different people. . . ." The executive's comments support the _____ perspective on leadership.
contingency
A _____ perspective is that the leader's behavior is profoundly influenced by the situation.
contingency leadership
Kevin announces that starting next financial year, 25% of his team members' salaries will depend on their performance. His team members had no say in this process. In the context of the Normative Decision Model, Kevin demonstrates _____.
deciding
Baxter, a chief operating officer, practices contingency leadership when he:
discards old ideas that no longer fit the situational forces.
According to the normative decision model, leaders must choose a style that brings about the correct degree of _____ when making decisions.
group participation
Following Fiedler's contingency model, a leader can increase situational control by:
increasing his or her position power.
In Fiedler's contingency theory, an important dimension for rating the situation is :
leader-member relations.
The contingency approach to leadership explains that leaders are most effective when they:
make their behavior tuned to situational forces.
The general point of Fiedler's contingency theory of leadership is that the best style of leadership is determined by:
the situation in which a leader works.
George and Jonathan are the production and marketing managers of a firm. While George is optimistic to work out the issues of his least preferred coworker, Jonathan is adamant that the least preferred coworker in his team has to be replaced. In this case, which of the following statements is true?
George is relationship motivated , while Jonathan is task motivated.
Who among the following is a coaching leader?
Ryan, who gives clear task directions to his teammates and encourages and listens to them
Which of the following is true of a delegating decision making style?
The leader works behind the screen.
Ayan, the newly appointed team manager of the sales team, practices autocratic leadership in his team. However, his team members who are quite experienced and equipped in their fields are not satisfied with the style of leadership practised by Ayan, which negatively affects the team productivity. This scenario depicts the violation of _____.
a contingency approach to leadership
Annette's team has been able to meet the production target of 20,000 units per year. In the next financial year, Annette sets a target of 25,000 units for the team. Accordingly, the individual targets are set to increase. In the context of the path-goal theory of leadership effectiveness, Annette follows the _____ of leadership.
achievement oriented style
Craig, a sales manager, has been asked to explain the under performance of his team in the previous financial year. Instead of understanding and working on resolving the team's issues, Craig comes up with a number of defensive statements and deny wrong doing from his team's part. This is known as _____ the problem.
stonewalling