LDR Final Exam

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Which of the following are affiliated with "Organization-Orientated Behaviors?"

All of the Above

Ethical Leadership based on Personal Integrity involves:

All of the above

Organizations can enhance leadership development by using the following?

All of the above

The complexity leadership Theory includes which of the following primary leadership styles?

All of the above

The three major elements in developing staff include the following?

All of the above

The transformational leader must change organizations and people in the following three successive stages?

All of the above

Which of the below are factors in the "Leader Characteristics," Leadership theory?

All of the above

Which of the following are attributed to Communication Skills?

All of the above

Which of the following is NOT true of the model of ethical and exemplary leadership with regards to the person of Good character?

Attempts to undermine others

Operations Planning involves which of the following:?

Coordinating tactical issues into a detailed blueprint

It's a waste of time for a leader to set aside time for reflection and the planning process?

False

Laissez-Faire leadership involves the leader being very "hands-on" in the organization's operations?

False

The "transformational" leadership theory emphasizes the individual traits and skills that leaders bring to all leadership tasks?

False

The Leadership Action Cycle (LAC) identifies five factor clusters?

False

The development of leadership occurs only through formal training?

False

Transactional leaders rarely rely on certain types of power (legitimate, reward and punishment)?

False

When selecting major goals for an organization, a leader should NOT be concerned with how realistic they are?

False

When someone resists change, it's always "irrational?"

False

With regards to the analytical skills of a leader, memory is not a requisite skill?

False

The following are attributed to an "Assessment of the Organization and its environment?

Innovation and Creativity

Which of the following is NOT an example of Distributed Leadership?

Laissez-Faire

Which leadership styles are most commonly described by leadership theories?

None of the above

With regards to the six personality Traits that contribute to Leader Effectiveness, which of the following is NOT applicable?

Punctuality

The Path-Goal theory emphasizes which two types of contingencies found in transactional leadership models?

Task & Subordinate Characteristics

A classic or historian example of someone exhibiting the Attribution Theory is Winston Churchill?

True

Charismatic Leadership is based on the leader's passion, confidence and exceptional ability to persuade and sway people?

True

David Rosenbloom identified "excessively rigid adherence to rules or past practice" as a common problem that occur in decision making?

True

Delegation has two major elements: the designation of responsibility and the allocation of authority?

True

Distributed leadership emphasizes the sharing of functions through empowerment mechanisms such as participation and delegation?

True

During the assessment phase, leaders must also examine a series of constraints within which they must work?

True

If successfully managed, conflict can breed a creative ferment that can contribute to problem-solving?

True

Informal leaders can be participants, activists or diehards, depending on their ability to influence their colleagues?

True

Lack of sufficient resources is a chronic problem at some level for all managers?

True

Leaders using competency-based approaches can enhance their ability and reduce criticism by both "Clearly identifying the purpose" and "providing a level of specificity"?

True

Management is about is about order and consistency and as such, focuses on planning, organizing, controlling, staffing and budgeting?

True

Management-by-Exception is a style that utilizes mistakes or deviations from standards?

True

Network leadership focuses on power sharing among organizations?

True

One major weakness of ethics based leadership is that if offers little insight into the more pragmatic aspects of leadership?

True

One of the most common definitions of leadership is the ability to influence others?

True

People orientated competencies are central to leadership?

True

President Eisenhower was quoted as saying that supreme quality of leadership is unquestionable integrity?

True

Self Leadership is the process of influencing oneself?

True

Taking Responsibility for acquiring new information is paramount for a leader focused on Continual Learning?

True

The earliest documented study of ethical leadership dates back to Aristotle?

True

The most overarching elements of "Personal Integrity" are consistency and coherence in practicing personal values?

True


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