Chapter 11: Traditional Leadership Approaches

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Which of the following describes someone with a 1,1 rating on the Leadership Grid?

I distance myself from taking active responsibility for results to avoid getting entangled in problems. If forced, I take a passive or supportive position

Which of the following questions does Vroom's decision tree approach purport to answer?

Which of the following questions does Vroom's decision tree approach purport to answer?

When you complete the Least Preferred Coworker Scale, you should have whom in mind?

the person with whom you can work the least well

How many separate decision trees are there in Vroom's decision tree approach?

2

According to the leadership grid approach, the ideal manager has a ________ rating on the leadership grid.

9 to 9

_____________ is more closely associated with management than with leadership.

Acquiring resources

trait approach

Attempted to identify stable and enduring character traits that differentiated effective leaders from nonleaders

Vroom's Decision Tree Approach

Attempts to prescribe how much participation subordinates should be allowed in making decisions

Michigan leadership studies

Defined job-centered and employee-centered leadership as opposite ends of a single leadership dimension

ohio state leadership studies

Defined leader consideration and initiating-structure behaviors as independent dimensions of leadership

employee-centered leader behavior

Involves attempting to build effective work groups with high performance goals

consideration behavior

Involves being concerned with subordinates' feelings and respecting subordinates' ideas

initiating-structure behavior

Involves clearly defining the leader-subordinate roles so that subordinates know what is expected of them

job-centered leader behavior

Involves paying close attention to the work of subordinates, explaining work procedures, and demonstrating a strong interest in performance

__________ refers to guiding and influencing others to work willingly toward the leader's objectives.

Leadership

According to two well-known leadership experts, "_________ controls, arranges, does things right; __________ unleashes energy, sets the vision so we do the right thing."

Management, leadership

As a process, the definition of leadership incorporates three components. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

Planning long-term, strategic changes in an organization

Least-preferred coworker (LPC)

Scale presumed to measure a leader's motivation

LPC theory of leadership

Suggests that a leader's effectiveness depends on the situation

path-goal theory oof leadership

Suggests that effective leaders clarify the paths (behaviors) that will lead to desired rewards (goals)

influence

The ability to affect the perceptions, beliefs, attitudes, motivation, and/or behaviors of others

_________________ determine(s) the degree to which subordinates should participate in the decision-making process, according to Vroom's decision tree approach.

The characteristics of the situation

Five Styles: Delegate:

The manager allows the group to define for itself the exact nature and parameters of the problem and then develop a solution

Five Styles: Decide

The manager makes the decision alone and then announces or "sells" it to the group.

Five Styles: Consult (Group)

The manager presents the problem to group members at a meeting, gets their suggestions, and then makes the decision.

Five Styles: Facilitate

The manager presents the problem to the group at a meeting, defines the problem and its boundaries, and then facilitates group member discussion as members make the decision.

Five Styles: Consult (Individually)

The manager presents the program to group members individually, obtains their suggestions, and then makes the decision.

behavioral approach

Tried to identify behaviors that differentiated effective leaders from nonleaders

Leadership Grid

a method of evaluating leadership styles. The overall objective of an organization using the Grid is to train its managers using organizational development techniques so that they are simultaneously more concerned for both people and production

Dawn is a manager who sets difficult goals while communicating confidence in subordinates' abilities to achieve those goals. Which type of leadership is Dawn practicing?

achievement-oriented

Which of the following is more closely associated with leadership than with management?

building trust

On the Leadership Grid, what label reflects a leader's focus on efficiency, productivity, and goals when deciding how to best accomplish a task?

concern for production

Oleg follows Vroom's decision tree to a terminal node, then discusses an important issue with his subordinates before making a decision. Oleg used the ______ style.

consult

The model proposed by Tannenbaum and Schmidt is a __________

continuum of leadership behavior

In path-goal theory, the ________ leadership style is best for situations with ambiguous, unstructured tasks.

directive

The consideration leadership behavior identified by the Ohio State studies corresponds to the ______ leadership behavior identified by the Michigan studies.

employee-centered

Early researchers of leadership believed that leaders, as compared to non-leaders, tended to have more of which of the following attributes?

energy level, intelligence, self-confidence

The job-centered leadership behavior identified by the Michigan studies corresponds to the ______ leadership behavior identified by the Ohio State studies.

initiating-structure

leadership

process: the use of noncoercive influence to direct and coordinate the activities of group members to meet a goal property: he set of characteristics attributed to those who are perceived to use such influence successfully

task structure

s routine, simple, easily understood, and unambiguous.

In path-goal theory, the ________ leadership style is characterized by being "friendly and approachable" and showing concern for the status and well-being of subordinates.

supportive

According to Fiedler, _____________ leaders will do well when the situation is extremely favorable or extremely unfavorable for the leader (where leader-member relations, task structure, and leader position power are all very high or very low), and ______________ leaders will do well in more moderate situations.

task-oriented, relationship-oriented

leader-member relations

the personal relationship that exists between subordinates and their leader.

leader position power

the power inherent in the leader's role itself.


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