MGT 475 Chapter 7

Which of the following statements concerning 360-degree feedback systems is most likely TRUE?

360-degree feedback should be build around an organizations competency model

Which skill category relates to analyzing issues, making decisions, and thinking strategically?

Business skills

According to Hogan and Warrenfelz, which of the following skills is the most difficult to change?

Intrapersonal

Adequate organization performance is possible through balancing the necessity to get work out while maintaining morale of people at a satisfactory level. In the context of the Leadership Grid, what leadership orientation does this statement signify?

Middle-of-the-road management

Which of the following statements concerning 360-degree feedback systems is most likely FALSE?

Most 360-degree feedback systems are designed to make comparisons between people

Which of the following leadership questionnaires measured the extent to which leaders in industrial settings exhibited consideration and initiating structure behaviors?

SBDQ

The two dimensions of the leadership grid are:

concern for people and concern for production

The leadership dimensions that were identified by the Ohio State studies are

consideration and initiating structure

Behaviors concerned with motivating subordinates to accomplish the task at hand are called _______ behaviors

goal emphasis

Community leaders are most likely to:

have fewer resources than most leaders

In terms of Leadership Grid, leaders scoring 1,9 show:

high concern for people and low concern for production

Leaders high in initiating structure are most likely to:

monitor subordinates' performance levels

Building social capital

refers to developing relationships that allow people to work together

Which term refers to how much a leader is friendly and supportive toward subordinates?

Consideration

Which of the following is NOT a source for 360-degree feedback?

Customers

work facilitation behaviors deal with leaders:

acquiring and allocating resources

Mobilization is best defined as

engaging a critical mass to take action for the purpose of achieving a specific outcome

In general, researchers have reported that subordinates are more satisfied when leaders

exhibit a high level of consideration

The leadership competency of helping a group or community recognize and define its opportunities and issues in ways that result in effective action is known as

framing

Goal emphasis and work facilitation are _____ leadership dimensions

job-centered