Leadership Management - Chapter 3 & 4

Which of the following is an intrinsic reward?

Personal growth

Followers are more likely to use ________ power to change their leader's behavior if they have a relatively high amount of referent power with their fellow co-workers.

coercive

Influence is best defined as the:

degree of actual change in a target agent's values.

_______ is exercised in the service of higher goals to others or organizations and often involves self-sacrifice toward those ends.

socialized power

Technical competence is especially important for first-line supervisors because they:

spend a great amount of time training their followers.

What is the fastest way to alter the culture and norms of a team?

Change the people in the team

Which of the following is occurring when agents ask targets to participate in planning an activity?

Consultation

________ power is a function of the amount of knowledge one possesses relative to the rest of the members of a group.

Expert

Why do followers most likely need to have a high level of technical competence?

Technical expertise plays a key role in supervisors' performance appraisal ratings of subordinates.

A politician's advisor explains how demographic changes in the politician's district make it important for the politician to spend more time in the district seeing constituents than she has in the past. This is an example of:

a rational persuasion.

During the first two weeks on the job, a new leader should schedule one-on-one meetings with peers. Which of the following issues should most likely be discussed with peers?

How issues are raised and decisions made on their boss's team

During the third month, leaders of large teams should have separate second meeting with direct reports that are held off-site. Which of the following is NOT one of the key issues that should be discussed with the direct reports during these meetings?

Identifying personal career goals

Why should task forces that are formed to work on key change initiatives be staffed by stars?

Improves the odds of good recommendations being made

Which of the following refers to one person's actual behaviors designed to change another person's attitudes, beliefs, values, or behaviors?

Influence tactics

Which of the following statements concerning power and influence is most likely FALSE?

Leaders in well-functioning firms are rarely influenced by their subordinates.

Which of the following statements is most likely true of legitimate power?

Legitimate power depends on a person's organizational role.

When a team has fewer than 15 people, what should new leaders do during the first two weeks?

Meet one-on-one with direct reports and group stars

Which of the following would be the best way to establish and maintain good peer relationships?

Recognize common interests and goals

Which statement is most likely true about followers and superiors having effective working relationships?

Superiors and followers with good relationships tend to experience less conflict.

Based on the research of Peterson and Hicks, which statement about the development planning process is most likely FALSE?

The second phase in development planning requires conducting a formal GAPS analysis.