L.E.A.D. 4

Paternalistic and maternalistic use both _____ and ______ but never combine the two.

1,9 and 9,1

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

Behavioral

Grid seminars are training and development programs that make use of the styles approach. These seminars are done through the use of _____ findings.

Black and Mouton's

Your boss listens to employees' personal problems and tries to create a positive work environment by being agreeable, eager to help, comforting, and uncontroversial while remaining less concerned with producticity. This is an example of _____.

Country Club Leadership

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

Country Culb

The behaviroal approach explains _____.

Describing Leader Behaviors

The behavioral approach works by ____.

Describing Major Types of Leader Behaviors

Blake & Mouton indicated that opportunistic leaders have a ____ style that they typically use and a _____ style they use under pressure.

Dominant, Back-Up

Behavioral approach contributes to leadership understanding by ____.

Expanding Focus to What Leaders do.

Creating a timeline for subordinates to follow is a relationship leader behavior.

False

Which study analyzed questionnaires taken by followers as they described their leader behaviors?

Ohio State Studies

Sara is criticized for shifting her management style too much and is known as a leader who watches out for herself. She is a ___.

Opportunistic Leader

The leader of your club is a fun person. She sets up a great atmosphere at meetings and events, but your club never really gets any work done and accomplishes few of its stated goals. This leadership style can most accurately be plotted where on the Leadership Grid?

2,8

I am the lead barista at a local coffee shop managing four staff. I love to chat with them regularly, work with them on schedules that fit their needs, and work to develop camaraderie amongst all. I do assign tasks and hold them accountable for the work, but that is my secondary concer. My behavior would plot on the Blake and Mouton Leadership Grid at what point?

3, 8

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

Authority Compliance

You are required to report directly to your supervisor every morning. Upon arrival he gives you a large list of tasks to be completed by the end of the day; he states he will be checking in after lunch to see your progress. This is an example of ______.

Authority Compliance Management

I am doing a training program for staff to help them understand how to integrate both task and relationship behaviors in the workplace. I am applying the main components of which approach in this training session?

Behavioral

Which approach describes how leaders act?

Behavioral

Jennifer can see that her leader sometimes directs the team and sometimes tries to build realtionships 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

Which scholar(s) created the Leadership Grid?

Blake and Mouton

Middle-of-the-road management best describes leaders who are ____.

Compromising

Relationship behaviors include _____.

Consideration

A leader who makes sure the personal and social needs of followers are met is displaying ____.

Country Club Behaviors

The Ohio State studies identified the behaviors of consideration and initiating structure as _____.

Distinct and Independent

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

False

In the Leadership Grid, the 9,9 type of leader prefers the middle ground, soft-pedals disagreement, and swallows convictions in the interest of progress

False

Only leaders at the top level of an organization can effectively apply task and realtionship behaviors.

False

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

Flase

Relationship behaviors _____.

Help Group Members Feel Comfortable With One Another

Blake and Mouton's research identified ____.

How Leaders Combine Concern for Results and Concern for People

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

Task behaviors include

Initiating Structure

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

Initiating Structure

Jim is a manager of a restaurant. He is very concerned with efficiency and goal accomplishment as well as very intent on making employees happy through lots of participation and open-mindedness.

Jim is a High-High Style Leader.

The focus of behavioral approach is on ____.

Leader Actions

Using the behavioral approach, ______.

Leaders Can Learn a Lot About Themselves in How They are Perceived by Others

Researchers developed a questionnaire called the LBDQ. The letters "LBDQ" stand for what?

Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaire

Your boss tires to create a positive work environment while also instructing employees about what tasks to do and when they should be completed. This is an example of _____.

Middle-of-the Road Leadership

The behavioral approach is being applied when a corporate trainer ____.

Uses Assessments to Help Leaders Discover Their Relative Focus on Goals vs. People

The behaviroal approach describes _____.

What Leaders Do

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

False

Which scholar(s) explored leadership behavior on performance of small groups?

University of Michigan Studies

Which leadership style, according to Blake and Mouton, includes rewards and approval for people in return for their loyalty and obedience?

Paternalism/Maternalism

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

Relationship

Jamal enjoys interacting with the team members he supervises. He is employing _____.

Relationship Behaviors

Mia expresses interest in her employees' personal and professional lives. She is demonstrating _______.

Relationship Behaviors

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

Larry dislieks giving instructions to employees. He is uncomfortable using ______.

Task Behaviors

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

Team

I get involved with my team and create a positive environment while directing daily operations and keeping results of the team high. I am using ____.

Team Leadership

Each day of the week you meet with your direct supervisor and your coworkers for a morning meeting. The meeting is open-forum and issues, goals, topics, and ideas are all discussed at the meeting, during which the supervisor responds when able and asks for feeback often. This is an example of _____.

Team Management.

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

The Research Has not Shown How Leader's Behaviors Correlate with Performance Outcomes

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

The Wide Range of Reasearch on Leadership Behaviros Gives it Credibility

Collectively among all the reasearch on the Behavioral Approach, what is one consistent finding from the research?

There Was no Universal Style Determined to be Best

Which point on the Leadership Grid is proven to consistently be the best form of leadership?

There is No Best Style

The behavioral approach reminds leaders that ____.

They Should Continually Engage in Both Task and Relationship Behaviors

The behavioral approach reminds leaders that _____.

They Should Continually Engage in Both Task and Relationship Behaviros

A criticism of the behavioral approach is that the research on behavioral approaches has not adequately shown how leaders' behaviors are associated with performance outcomes

True

In the Leadership Grid, a person who uses but does not integrate the 1, 9 and 9,1 behavioral styles of leadership could be called a "benevolent dictator."

True

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

True

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

True