sls-1261 study guide (chapter five and six)

Adapting to changing times is the most important for which approach to leadership?

Contingency approach

Which of the following is the clearest example of socially responsible behavior on the part of a business firm?

Creating a pleasant workplace

A principle of ethical and moral leadership is to:

pay attention to all stakeholders.

The employees of a company feel that management does not make fair decisions when increasing salaries or promoting people. Which ethical screen is used by the employees to question the decisions of the management in the given example?​

Justice

Which one of the following is the most recommended approach to leadership during a crisis?

Lead with compassion.

_____ is designed to increase the frequency and quality of conversations about performance and professional development between managers and group members so that competence is developed, commitment takes place, and turnover among talented workers is reduced.

Situational leadership II

A recent development in corporate philanthropy is for corporate leaders to demand:

a good return on investment, in terms of social impact.

Chief operations officer Joan has an ethical mind, so she has a point of view that helps workers:

aspire to do good work that matters to many people.

A leader at the post-conventional level of moral development is likely to:

attempt to do the most good for the most people.

The situational leadership model II emphasizes contingency factors relating to:

characteristics of group members.

Division manager Pedro believes strongly in the path-goal theory of leadership, so he engages in behaviors that:

complement subordinate characteristics and task demands.

When asked about leadership effectiveness, an executive said in part, "The length of the leash varies with different people. . . ." The executive's comments support the _____ perspective on leadership.

contingency

A _____ perspective is that the leader's behavior is profoundly influenced by the situation.

contingency leadership

The virtuous cycle in relation to social responsibility suggests that

corporate social performance and corporate financial performance feed and reinforce each other.

Kevin announces that starting next financial year, 25% of his team members' salaries will depend on their performance. His team members had no say in this process. In the context of the Normative Decision Model, Kevin demonstrates _____.

deciding

Studies have shown that employees working in an ethical environment tend to:

deliver superior peformance.

Baxter, a chief operating officer, practices contingency leadership when he:

discards old ideas that no longer fit the situational forces.

According to the normative decision model, leaders must choose a style that brings about the correct degree of _____ when making decisions.

group participation

An example of a formal mechanism for dealing with ethical problems is:

having an ethics committee for reviewing complaints about ethical problems.

Following Fiedler's contingency model, a leader can increase situational control by:

increasing his or her position power.

An ethical screen is used primarily when facing a situation that:

involves deciding if an act is ethical or unethical.

In Fiedler's contingency theory, an important dimension for rating the situation is :

leader-member relations.

Most unethical behaviors have:

led to the layoffs of thousands of workers.

The contingency approach to leadership explains that leaders are most effective when they:

make their behavior tuned to situational forces.

Chief financial officer Justin took his family on an Asian vacation using the company jet. He excuses his behavior by stating, "My family and I were spreading goodwill around the world for the company." Therefore, Justin tries to defend his actions by:

rationalizing

When senior management provides strategic leadership for ethics,

senior managers become ethics leaders.

Ethics deals mostly with:

separating right from wrong.

Rita is a leader of high integrity. According to the technical meaning of integrity, Rita will:

stick to the principles she thinks are right.

The general point of Fiedler's contingency theory of leadership is that the best style of leadership is determined by:

the situation in which a leader works.

​A journalist questions the director of a chemical manufacturing company about the possible hazards of a recently introduced chemical for use in water purification systems. The journalist's question is based on the _____.

utilitarian notion of doing the greatest good for the greatest number of people

An authority cited in the leadership text argues that ethics is at the center of leadership because a rational leader:

wants everybody to benefit.

George and Jonathan are the production and marketing managers of a firm. While George is optimistic to work out the issues of his least preferred coworker, Jonathan ​is adamant that the least preferred coworker in his team has to be replaced. In this case, which of the following statements is true?

​George is relationship motivated , while Jonathan is task motivated.

Who among the following is a coaching leader?​

​Ryan, who gives clear task directions to his teammates and encourages and listens to them

​Which of the following is true of a delegating decision making style?

​The leader works behind the screen.

Blue Inc., a highly profitable consumer goods manufacturing company, invests in a number of social responsibility initiatives that in turn generate profit for the company. Which feature of corporate and social performance is illustrated in the given scenario?​

​Virtuous circle

​Ayan, the newly appointed team manager of the sales team, practices autocratic leadership in his team. However, his team members who are quite experienced and equipped in their fields are not satisfied with the style of leadership practised by Ayan, which negatively affects the team productivity. This scenario depicts the violation of _____.

​a contingency approach to leadership

Annette's team has been able to meet the production target of 20,000 units per year. In the next financial year, Annette sets a target of 25,000 units for the team. Accordingly, the individual targets are set to increase. In the context of the path-goal theory of leadership effectiveness, Annette follows the _____ of leadership. ​

​achievement oriented style

One of the approaches for achieving a socially responsible and ethical organization is to _____.​

​engage in philanthrophy

Amanda, a business analyst, presents false research findings to her manager to prove that the desired results have been achieved and to get appreciation for her work. ​Which level of moral development is illustrated in the given scenario?

​preconventional level

​Craig, a sales manager, has been asked to explain the under performance of his team in the previous financial year. Instead of understanding and working on resolving the team's issues, Craig comes up with a number of defensive statements and deny wrong doing from his team's part. This is known as _____ the problem.

​stonewalling