Week 2- Practice- Chapter 7: Leadership Behavior

According to the text, organizing a campaign to stop the construction of a Walmart store is an example of [Blank 1] [Blank 2]

1- Community 2- Leadership

Early research on leader behavior at Ohio State University was completed using a questionnaire called the [Blank 1] [Blank 2] Description Questionnaire.

1- Leader 2- Behavior

The text defines the process of building a team of volunteers to accomplish some important community outcome as [Blank 1] [Blank 2]

1- community 2- leadership

In the context of 360-degree feedback processes found in organizations, identify the true statements about the verbal 360-degree technique in comparison with the leadership versatility approach. (Check all that apply.)

It provides very detailed and context-specific information on what leaders need to keep doing, do more of, and change in order to be more effective. It tends to be used more with senior leaders because of the time and expense involved.

Which of the following was not one of the four categories of leadership behaviors identified in the University of Michigan studies?

Subordinate control

Competency models

Describe the behaviors and skills needed for organizational success.

True or false: A manager's self-appraisal is the most accurate source of information regarding leadership strengths and weaknesses.

False

True or false: Competency models are typically the same across organizations, especially those within a particular industry.

False

True or false: Competency-based 360-degree questionnaires are currently the most prevalent 360-degree feedback process that can be found in organizations.

True

An assessment that includes feedback from a boss, from direct reports, from peers, and from oneself is called 360 degree or ___ feedback

multirater

Another term for 360 degree feedback is [Blank 1] feedback

multirater

Research on 360-degree feedback in organizations shows that emotions are contagious, which means that someone hanging out with a friend who is despondent, mad, or elated is much more likely to exhibit the same emotions. This is known as the

1- contagion 2- effect

How much a leader emphasizes meeting work goals and accomplishing tasks is referred to as [Blank 1] [Blank 2]

1- initiating 2- structure

Concern for people and concern for production are the two dimensions of the [Blank 1] [Blank 2]

1- leadership 2- grid

Which method of research was central to the early research on leader behavior at Ohio State University?

Questionnaires.

True or false: Leadership behaviors are a function of intelligence, personality traits, emotional intelligence, values, attitudes, interests, knowledge, and experience.

True

According to the Ohio State studies, _______ refers to how friendly and supportive a leader is to subordinates.

consideration

The verbal 360-degree technique

10-15 superiors, peers, and direct reports are asked to share a target individual's strengths and areas of improvement as a leader in phone or face-to-face interviews.

Which of the following statements on 360 degree feedback in organizations is not true?

360 degree feedback systems are designed to make comparisons between people.

a leadership behavior

Concerns a specific action, such as "setting specific performance goals for team members"

A leadership skill

Consists of three components, which include a well-defined body of knowledge, a set of related behaviors, and clear criteria of competent performance

Criteria

Good leaders check to see whether a delegated task was accomplished in a satisfactory manner.

Behavior

Good leaders effectively communicate their expectations concerning a delegated task.

Knowledge

Good leaders understand when and to whom a particular task should be delegated.

At which organizational level would an individual need allocate capital to maximize business success?

Group manager.

The leadership versatility approach

Superiors, peers, and direct reports provide ratings on the extent to which target individuals demonstrate too much, just the right amount, or too little strategic, operations, enabling, or forcing leadership behavior for a particular position.

According to the Leadership Grid, the most effective leaders have a _____ concern for people and a ____ concern for production.

high, high

Research on 360 degree feedback shows that the least effective leaders had _____ self ratings and ____ ratings of others.

high, low

Focusing on getting results through personal proficiency is appropriate at which level of the Leadership Pipeline?

individual contributor

According to the University of Michigan studies, which of the following are employee-centered dimensions of leadership behavior?

leader support and interaction facilitation

A company interested in building teams and getting results through others should look for a leader with good ______ skills.

leadership

Analyzing issues, making decisions, financial savvy, and strategic thinking are all _____ skills.

business

In the context of the contagion effect, research on 360-degree feedback in organizations shows that _____.

individuals who work for superiors receiving above-average ratings from others are likely to receive above-average ratings themselves

In the context of assessing leadership behaviors, arrange the steps involved in competency-based 360-degree questionnaires, the 360-degree feedback process found in organizations, in the correct order of occurrence. (Place the first step at the top.) Instructions Choice 1 of 4. Generate feedback reports that reflect the consolidated rating results. toggle button Generate feedback reports that reflect the consolidated rating results. Choice 2 of 4. Identify the behaviors leaders need to exhibit to be effective at a particular organizational level. toggle button Identify the behaviors leaders need to exhibit to be effective at a particular organizational level. Choice 3 of 4. Administer the questionnaires created to target individuals, superiors, peers, and direct reports. toggle button Administer the questionnaires created to target individuals, superiors, peers, and direct reports. Choice 4 of 4. Build questionnaires that reflect the behaviors leaders need to exhibit to be effective at a particular organizational level. toggle button Build questionnaires that reflect the behaviors leaders need to exhibit to be effective at a particular organizational level.

1. identify the behavior leaders need to exhibit to be effective at a particular organizational level2. build questionnaires that reflect the behaviors leaders need to exhibit to be effective at a particular organizational level3. administer the questionnaires created to target individuals, superiors, peers and direct reports4. generate feedback reports that reflect the consolidated rating results