Chapter 3 Homework

Visionary

Jennifer, the CEO of a petrochemical company, aims to make it the largest exporter of petrochemicals in the country. Vision: The ability to imagine different and better conditions and ways to achieve them

Personalized Charismatics

Monica, a senior bank manager, uses her power and authority for accomplishing personal goals. Personalized Charismatic: a charismatic leader who exercises few restraints on the use of power in order to best serve his or her own interests

In a meeting with the sales manager, Ken, Ashley told Ken that it was his job to find a way to increase sales, particularly if he wanted to keep his job. If you were Ashley's adviser, what will be you advice to her regarding this issue?

Suggest that a positive, warm attitude may help in such situations while an in-you-face attitude may bring detractors.

The Communication Styles of Charismatic Leaders > a. ___________ >Using Metaphors and Analogies > b. __________ > Use of Social Networking > c. __________

a. Leadership by Inspiration b. Gearing Language to Suit Different Audiences c. Leading by Storytelling

Which of the following is not a way in which transformation takes place?

Spreading resources throughout the organization

An effective way for highly charismatic leaders to influence external stakeholders is:

by becoming the symbol of their organization.

Leadership Polarity

Adrian, a powerful politician, has both followers and detractors. Leadership Polarity: the idea that leaders are often either revered or vastly unpopular

developing her personal brand

Dana's profile on a job portal is designed in a manner that highlights strengths that are unique and differentiate her from competition. This is an example of _____.

Which of the following facilitates proactive behavior on the part of subordinates?

Giving group members more autonomy

Which of the following is a rationale for the ability of charismatic leaders to remember people's names they have seen only a few times?

They take strong personal interest in people.

The air of confidence and dominance found in higher degrees in a charismatic leader could possibly turn into _____.

narcissism

Which of the following is a characteristic of true charismatic and transformational leaders?

They are highly concerned about human welfare and attaining outstanding organizational performance.

Based on feedback of being harsh to her team members, Ashley decided to prepare a video that would be distributed on the Ultra Cover intranet. A central part of her message was that about four billion people in the world use some type of portable phone or computer, and that only 3 percent of them are purchasing a cover for these devices. She concluded, "We have a potential market of about 3.9 billion people throughout the world who could use at least one Ultra Cover. We have just begun our journey to greatness." If you were Ashley's adviser, what would be your feedback to Ashley's video message initiative?

Tell her that she has done well to put the message across to gain some positive opinion about her leadership.

Tyron is excited by the "path not taken." Exploring the unknown and trying to accomplish what others have never done before excites him in spite of the possibility of failure. This demonstrates that charismatic leaders such as Tyron _____. Great leaders, particularly those in public life, are great actors. They are _____ in significant, positive ways is a major contributor to their charisma.

yearn to accomplish activities others have never done before dramatic and unique

Socialized charismatic

In which of the following leadership types do the followers have a clear sense of who they are and a clear set of values? a. Leadership polarity b. Personalized charismatic c. Laissez-faire d. Socialized charismatic

Ashley's first step after making direct observations at the Ultra Covers division was to inform the manufacturing group that if they could not reduce manufacturing costs by 10 percent within six months, she might shut down domestic manufacturing and outsource all manufacturing to China. What might have been a more effective first step?

Make group members feel more capable by slowly increasing the difficulty level of assignments

Socialized Charismatics

Nicholas, a manager, always sets goals that fulfill the needs of his team members. Socialized Charismatic: a charismatic leader who restrains the use of power in order to benefit others.