CH.4 TEST

Kyle is a highly focused manager who always has organizational goals in mind. He is constantly evaluating the best way to move forward in the company. Simultaneously, he has concern and respect for his followers and does his best to encourage them. Kyle's management style could be described as ______.

team management

The Blake and Mouton Leadership Grid management style assigned to a leader who cares a lot about results as well as their followers would be ______.

team management

Which of the following statements best describes the practical application of the behavioral approach?

false

One strength of the Blake and Mouton approach is that it advocates adjusting leadership style based on the situation.

False

The inconsistencies of the behavioral approach have led to its application outside of leadership and development programs but not within them.

False

"I'll never be a leader!" Emily moaned. "I just don't have the right personality type!" Which of the following strengths of the behavioral approach could counter Emily's assertion?

Leadership is not a matter of traits, but behaviors that can be learned

Roy is moderately focused on devising and completing work goals and is reasonably concerned with keeping employee morale at satisfactory levels. Which of the following management styles best describes Roy's style?

Middle-of-the-road management

A company has started using the behavioral approach to help them design and implement employee assessments that identify leader behaviors. Why would the company's new methods fail to predict successful leaders for them?

The behavioral approach fails to produce consistent results

A company manager has decided to utilize the behavioral approach to assess his leader behaviors and determine a plan for improvement. This wil be a successful way to use the behavioral approach because it can help him determine how he can be more effective.

True

Grid seminars help to find and modify ineffective leadership behaviors.

True

Relationship-oriented people are primarily interested in connecting with others and making a pleasant work environment.

True

The behavioral approach provides a general means of evaluating the behaviors of leaders.

True

The paternalistic leadership style has been shown to be effective in Turkey.

True

Why does the behavioral approach not advocate a particular leadership style?

Which leadership behaviors are most effective is often situation dependent

The behavioral approach asserts that actions occur on a task level and organizational level.

false

Results-oriented leaders who tend to ignore followers' personal needs are using ______.

authority-compliance management

The behavioral approach hasn't found a universal style of effective leadership because it ______.

doesn't take context into account

Researchers at Ohio State found that one of the two basic types of leader behaviors is being focused on activities such as scheduling, organizing, and assigning roles. This type of leadership behavior is known as ______.

initiating structure

A key strength of the behavioral approach is that it ______.

shifts from the trait perspective to a perspective that leadership can be learned

Multiple studies have validated the idea that leadership behaviors cluster into which two categories?

task and relationship

A human resources specialist is looking for the best way to integrate the behavioral approach into her leadership training seminars. Which of the following would be the most useful approach?

to make use of a tool like the Blake and Mouton Leadership Grid that provides feedback on leadership style