LDR 3332 Management and Leadership- CH 4

Which of the components on Blake & Mouton's Leadership Grid has high concern for interpersonal relationships and low concern for task accomplishment?

Country club

What two types of leadership behavior were identified by the program of research at the University of Michigan?

Employee orientation and production orientation

Which of the following is not a relationship-focused leader behavior?

Initiating structure

Daily meetings, open communication, face-to-face interaction, and accessibility are all behaviors of which type of leader?

Relationship

I am the lead barista at a local coffee shop managing four staff. I chat often with the staff and enjoy joking with them but only after I have assigned the tasks and they have accomplished them. My behavior would plot on the Blake & Mouton Leadership Grid at what point?

5, 5

I am able to identify task and relationship types of behaviors in my leader. I am applying the main focus of which leadership theory?

Behavioral

Jennifer can see that her leader sometimes directs the team and sometimes tries to build relationships with the group. She does not change her behaviors based on whom she is interacting with; Jennifer just can pick out when she uses these two different styles. Jennifer's leader is using

Behavioral leadership

According to Blake and Mouton, the "authority compliance manager" is highly concerned with people and has little concern for results. You Answered true

F

According to the Leadership Grid, opportunistic leaders rely primarily on the 5, 5 style of leadership.

F

Assisting group members in building cohesiveness is primarily a task behavior.

F

A leader who is indifferent and apathetic is displaying

Impoverished behaviors

I am really not interested in interacting with my staff nor do I put much emphasis at all on how the team performs. I am using

Impoverished leadership

Paternalism/maternalism refers to a leader who

Is a benevolent dictator

Which of the components on Blake & Mouton's Leadership Grid has medium concern for interpersonal relationships and task accomplishment?

Middle of the road

Research in behavioral style has not supported a universal high-high leadership style that is most effective in all situations.

T

The behavioral approach is not describing what leaders do but who leaders are.

T

The behavioral approach is used in many training and development programs.

T

The leader behavior categories in the behavioral approach are called directive and supportive.

T

I am meeting my new team, which I will directly supervise for the first time. I introduce myself and jump right into the agenda items for the jobs each team member will be assigned. I am using

Task behaviors

Which of the following is a strength of the behavioral approach?

The wide range of research on leadership behaviors gives it credibility